Description

At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life. In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few. Our people value different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future.

One of our core values is ‘people first’, and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential. You’ll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people’s lives. You’re encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.

Role description:

Arcadis is the world’s leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. Our Environmental Business Line is seeking an Engineer to grow and support our team at our Irvine, California location. We are looking for a candidate with strong organizational and team building skills, who can thrive within a dynamic workflow. This position offers the flexibility of working remotely / work-from-home as appropriate.

You will collaborate with Senior Scientists/Engineers, Project/Program Managers, and recognized Technical Experts on various activities and develop your technical experience on diverse environmental assessment and remediation projects for industrial and federal clients. In this role, you will grow and expand your engineering skills by producing innovative solutions for challenging projects while navigating project success through interactions with clients, stakeholders, and regulators. As part of this team, you will support and advance our growing emerging contaminant project portfolio and remediation capabilities. You will develop your leadership skills and have mentorship opportunities as you direct junior engineers and other staff.

At Arcadis, you’ll have the opportunity to work on projects both locally and in over 70 countries aimed at improving the quality of life and addressing societal changes around resilience. We differentiate ourselves through our talented and passionate people, our unique combination of capabilities covering the entire asset lifecycle, our deep market sector insights, and our ability to seamlessly integrate health and safety, sustainability and digital components into the design of our solutions around the globe.

Role accountabilities:

Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Engineering design and treatment system optimization support
• Providing program support to a variety of projects underway for the US Federal Government and industrial clients.
• Travel (25%): assisting in the field with investigations and sampling, conducting pilots and full-scale remedial efforts, and participating in face-to-face client, technical, and other stakeholder meetings.
• Assisting with the development of technical reports, presentations, cost-estimates, and proposals
• Working effectively with local, national, and global technical and client teams.
• Preparing Feasibility Studies
• Developing visual, graphical, and tabular summaries of environmental data and trends
• Coordinating work schedules with subcontractors
• Conducting project related research (historical data, regulations, etc.)
• Oversee scope of work and the operational workload of a project team including sub-contractors, ensuring work is allocated appropriately and resources are fully utilized
• Work collaboratively with other design disciplines to ensure the integrity of the overall design or solution
• Manage the performance of team members and sub-contractors, identifying and ensuring the resolution of any issues
• Manage the production of, and quality assure analysis and design and the associated documentation and reports to ensure they meet or exceed client expectations as well as Arcadis requirements, and they comply with national standards and codes of practice
• Present and gain agreement of design options and opportunities to maximize the profitability of design components and drive the implementation of these
• Develop effective working relationships with the Project Director or Manager and with the client to ensure there is effective communication of progress and changes, as well as the resolution of issues
• Support the Project Director or Manager in the commercial management of the project (e.g. contract, invoicing, debt, etc.) to ensure a successful result
• Lead and provide direction and technical advice to team members, to support them in their delivery on the project and in their professional development
• Develop and maintain a good understanding of the services delivered by Arcadis, of the client’s business and the industry sector to facilitate personal networking and to consolidate personal and company credibility in the industry

Key skills:
• Experience in Oil & Gas sector, Energy sector, or Chemical sector
• Experience with soil vapor investigation, remediation and regulatory compliance is a plus
• Proficient with Microsoft Office-based software programs (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including technical writing.
• Focus on health and safety
• Demonstrated teambuilding and organizational skills

Qualifications & Experience:

Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent in an appropriate area, or closely related field
• 5 or more years’ relevant work experience
• Professional Engineer (PE) in California

Preferred Qualifications:
• M.S. in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Hydrogeology, or closely related field

Why Become an Arcadian?

Our work with clients has a direct impact on people’s lives and on the planet. We make moving, living and belonging in cities safer, more resilient and more sustainable. By partnering with our clients as responsible custodians of our earth's resources, we can create a sustainable planet.

We continue to think of new ways to make positive impacts and create better experiences for people; data driven and digital solutions have become part of the Arcadis DNA. Working together with clients and using techniques like design thinking, we can get to the heart of our clients’ most pressing challenges and work together to solve them.

As a global business, we have committed to support five of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that our projects contribute to a better and more sustainable future for all. But it’s not just the work that we do on client projects that benefits communities and our planet. As a global business, we are committed to making a positive impact to society by supporting local communities where we operate.

To help protect our planet, we monitor and measure non-financial information to inform business decisions and reduce our own environmental impact as part of our commitment to be net zero carbon as a global company by 2030.

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.

Transform Your World

Arcadis offers benefits for full 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 adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer seven paid holidays and potentially up to two floating holidays per calendar year depending on start, and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $104,920 - 125.00 / year.

Responsibilities

• You will collaborate with Senior Scientists/Engineers, Project/Program Managers, and recognized Technical Experts on various activities and develop your technical experience on diverse environmental assessment and remediation projects for industrial and federal clients
• In this role, you will grow and expand your engineering skills by producing innovative solutions for challenging projects while navigating project success through interactions with clients, stakeholders, and regulators
• As part of this team, you will support and advance our growing emerging contaminant project portfolio and remediation capabilities
• Engineering design and treatment system optimization support
• Providing program support to a variety of projects underway for the US Federal Government and industrial clients
• Travel (25%): assisting in the field with investigations and sampling, conducting pilots and full-scale remedial efforts, and participating in face-to-face client, technical, and other stakeholder meetings
• Assisting with the development of technical reports, presentations, cost-estimates, and proposals
• Working effectively with local, national, and global technical and client teams
• Preparing Feasibility Studies
• Developing visual, graphical, and tabular summaries of environmental data and trends
• Coordinating work schedules with subcontractors
• Conducting project related research (historical data, regulations, etc.)
• Oversee scope of work and the operational workload of a project team including sub-contractors, ensuring work is allocated appropriately and resources are fully utilized
• Work collaboratively with other design disciplines to ensure the integrity of the overall design or solution
• Manage the performance of team members and sub-contractors, identifying and ensuring the resolution of any issues
• Manage the production of, and quality assure analysis and design and the associated documentation and reports to ensure they meet or exceed client expectations as well as Arcadis requirements, and they comply with national standards and codes of practice
• Present and gain agreement of design options and opportunities to maximize the profitability of design components and drive the implementation of these
• Develop effective working relationships with the Project Director or Manager and with the client to ensure there is effective communication of progress and changes, as well as the resolution of issues
• Support the Project Director or Manager in the commercial management of the project (e.g. contract, invoicing, debt, etc.)
• to ensure a successful result
• Lead and provide direction and technical advice to team members, to support them in their delivery on the project and in their professional development
• Develop and maintain a good understanding of the services delivered by Arcadis, of the client’s business and the industry sector to facilitate personal networking and to consolidate personal and company credibility in the industry

Qualifications

• Experience in Oil & Gas sector, Energy sector, or Chemical sector
• Proficient with Microsoft Office-based software programs (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including technical writing
• Demonstrated teambuilding and organizational skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent in an appropriate area, or closely related field
• 5 or more years’ relevant work experience
• Professional Engineer (PE) in California

Educational Requirements

• Bachelors Degree

Benefits

• 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 adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement
• We offer seven paid holidays and potentially up to two floating holidays per calendar year depending on start, and 15 days PTO that accrue per year
• The salary range for this position is $104,920 - 125.00 / year