Senior Water/Wastewater Engineer

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

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Role description:

Arcadis is seeking a Senior Water/Wastewater Engineer to join our Resilience Water team in Syracuse, NY.


This role sits within our global business area Resilience. We work to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations. Around the world, we're feeling the effects climate change, rapid urbanization, loss of biodiversity. The rate at which we're seeing large-scale, unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires, is becoming more frequent. We are here to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations.

Role accountabilities:

As a Senior Water/Wastewater Engineer, you will apply your expertise and technical knowledge of water and wastewater evaluations, design, and construction to serve as a Lead Technical Designer, Task Manager, and/or Project Manager on projects in Upstate NY. This hands-on position involves leading tasks and projects, managing staff, working directly with clients, and participating in business development activities. As a Project Manager and team leader, you will develop municipal water and wastewater projects, ensuring their successful execution and delivery while enhancing the team's capabilities. Your responsibilities will span from planning to the design and construction of water and wastewater treatment plants, pump stations, stormwater systems, and distribution and collection systems.


You will be responsible for developing project scopes, budgets, and delivery schedules, ensuring that tasks and projects are completed on time and within budget. You will perform detailed engineering calculations and analyses using technical design software to address complex issues, with knowledge of CADD software being advantageous though drafting is not required. Your role will involve active participation in industry conferences and associations at various levels through committee memberships, presentations, and leadership roles. You will engage in marketing and business development activities for the water/wastewater market in the region including developing project proposals and collaborating with other senior staff to manage regional clients.


Additionally, you will coordinate project execution activities across disciplines and oversee design projects both small and large from inception to completion. Responsibilities include preparing comprehensive construction packages for water/wastewater systems, developing and managing cost estimates and project schedules, and supervising and mentoring junior engineers and technical staff. You are expected to uphold Arcadis' standards and specifications for municipal water and wastewater design and construction projects and will travel up to 20% for project-related activities.

Key Skills and Attributes:

The ideal candidate will possess strong staff development and supervision skills including the ability to mentor junior-level staff. Excellent written and oral communication skills are essential with the ability to convey information clearly and concisely. The role requires strong client relationship skills including experience in preparing and developing proposals, managing client expectations, and delivering engineering projects that meet or exceed client needs. A successful track record in water/wastewater plant and facility design as well as construction administration and oversight is critical. Additionally, the candidate should have experience preparing, reviewing, and approving project drawings, specifications, schedules, and cost estimates.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering or a related field of study
• 10 years of progressively responsible experience
• Licensed Professional Engineer in New York State

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering or an MBA
• 15 years of progressively responsible experience
• Secondary certification (W/WW Operators License, BCEE, PMP, LEED, ENV SP)
• Active participation in regional (local/state) and/or national professional associations

Continue your career journey as an Arcadian.

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You do meaningful work, and no matter where your next role in Arcadis takes you, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark; on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.


Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 20 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $125,000 - $160,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

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