Staff Water Engineer
Arcadis
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Remote · Philadelphia, PA · Posted November 5, 2026
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About the job
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
We are searching for a Staff Water Engineer to support and grow our Water team in East Windsor, NJ. This candidate will use their expertise and technical knowledge to deliver design work for water/wastewater clients in New York and across North America
Role accountabilities:
As a Staff Water Engineer you will evaluate, plan, design and support management of projects for water / wastewater treatment and conveyance (pipelines, treatment, and pumping facilities). Part of your responsibility will be to exercise judgment on details of work and make preliminary selections and adaptations of engineering alternatives. You will need to complete technical reports with guidance from more senior team members.
There will be occasional fieldwork activities such as site visits, construction inspection, sampling, water quality analyses, asset inventory, flow monitoring set-up and monitoring, technology evaluations, and plant operations information, process troubleshooting and optimization. This will require support of professional engineering services during construction: construction observation, review of submittals and shop drawings, responses to request for information (RFIs) and permit closeouts.
With guidance from senior level engineers you will also be responsible for managing tasks as a project resource, completing allocated activities to meet budget, timeframe and quality objectives and meeting or exceeding client expectations. When needed, you will be expected to carry out investigations and analyses to support the development of technical solutions and prepare documentation and reports ensuring accuracy and compliance with Arcadis requirements and relevant national standards and codes of practice.
At Arcadis you will be a part of working in an interdisciplinary team to liaise with project managers/team leaders and clients to ensure effective communication on project matters. Your knowledge will be used to contribute to the resolution of technical issues on projects and provide technical guidance to other team members as well as collaborate with other design disciplines to ensure the integrity of the overall design or solution.
Qualifications & Experience:
Skills and Abilities:
Detail oriented with knowledge of relevant national standards and codes of practice,
Ability to provide technical guidance.
Advanced research, data gathering, technical writing and analysis skills,
Developing skills including technical, project management, relationship management, sector expertise and commercial awareness,
Work independently.
Excellent interpersonal, problem solving, time management and communication skills
Valid driver's license with the ability to commute to project sites.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in an appropriate area of engineering
4 years of experience in engineering AND PE License
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. 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 employer. 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 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $120,000 - $130,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.
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