Role description:

Arcadis is searching for a Senior Project Manager to join our Resilience Water Team in Charleston, South Carolina! This role is critical to successful delivery of our water, wastewater, stormwater, and coastal resilience programs in the Southeast.

The position will provide technical leadership, project management, and client interface support across an interdisciplinary project team, with a strong emphasis on collaboration, communication, and growth-oriented delivery.

As a Senior Project Manager, you will work with multiple engineering disciplines on water, wastewater, stormwater, municipal, federal, riverine, and coastal-related projects. You will manage the full spectrum of the project lifecycle (conceptual-level planning, permitting, detailed design development, and construction support) and participate in business development activities. Example projects include stormwater management, wastewater collections, distribution system improvements, inflow and infiltration, asset management, coastal flood protection, and more.

Role accountabilities:

In this role, you will manage each phase of assigned projects including contracting, planning, scheduling, budgeting, resourcing, supervising design, reporting progress, supporting procurement of construction services, and administering construction activities. You will perform a critical role in keeping projects on task, on time and on budget. Where applicable, you will evaluate plans and technical design for completeness and constructability, you will support permitting and other professional engineering services during construction, which may include construction observation, review of shop drawings, responses to requests for information (RFIs), and permit closeouts. Additional responsibilities include:

• Overseeing the development of design calculations, technical report sections, technical design drawings and specifications
• Preparing construction packages (including all deliverables) for the engineering, procurement, and construction of water/wastewater/stormwater systems for clients
• Developing cost estimates and project schedules, completing design tasks within budget and on schedule
• Supervising and supporting the work of others and mentoring junior-level engineering and design/drafting staff
• Leveraging work experience and client relationships to win new projects, in collaboration with Principal-level staff.
• Preparing and presenting project-related information to clients for weekly and monthly progress meetings
• Traveling for project site visits, client meetings, or other project-related activities

Qualifications & Experience:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Mechanical, Environmental Engineering or related field.
• 12 years of relevant engineering project management experience.
• PE license or ability to obtain within 6 months.

Preferred Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have at least 6 years of experience in project management involving design and construction engineering projects. They should possess demonstrated project leadership experience, having served as a Task Manager, Design Lead, or Technical Lead on projects of varying sizes.

Preferred qualifications include a Master's degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field. Experience in coastal resilience, federal contracting, construction inspection and management, as well as asset management and condition assessment, is highly desirable. Additional preferred qualifications include process mechanical design experience and active participation in regional or national professional associations. PMP certification is considered a plus.

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 $140,000 - $180.000/year. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

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