Senior Engineer - Geotechnical

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

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 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:

The role involves overseeing the technical aspects of smaller and/or less complex tasks or components within larger projects, with a focus on meeting financial, quality, timeframe, and health and safety objectives. Typically, individuals in this position take on a controlling technical role for a single discipline on smaller and/or less complex tasks or specific elements within larger projects. 

They may also undertake a Task Management Role in alignment with Arcadis Task Manager Academy competence requirements. Additionally, the responsibilities include coordinating and managing small teams of engineers and technicians within their own discipline. The overarching goal is to ensure maximum satisfaction among internal stakeholders by championing care and proactively collaborating with them throughout the project.

Role accountabilities:

• Apply Arcadis Health and Safety Principles during work planning and delivery.
• Perform role according to the Arcadis behavioral framework.
• Support the management of performance and behaviors of more junior staff.
• Promote the business culture within the organization.
• Work in collaboration with other design disciplines, applying engineering management solutions to ensure overall design integrity.
• Agree and implement task delivery approaches in collaboration with Arcadis regional office colleagues.
• Manage selected tasks, taking responsibility for resource allocation and successful delivery.
• Provide management and technical advice to junior project team members.
• Work alongside team leadership and operate at a level consistent with a senior engineering professional.
• When appointed as a Task Manager, take responsibility for assisting with budget preparation, monitoring progress, identifying out-of-scope works, and forecasting as appropriate.
• When appointed as a Task Manager, drive task performance, service delivery, and technical and commercial outcomes, undertaking reviews to ensure delivery exceeds expectations.
• When appointed as a Task Manager, communicate with team members to ensure understanding and engagement with the delivery strategy, brief, and project requirements. Additionally, manage the acquisition, deployment, and management of resources for optimal resource allocation.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Provide leadership and technical guidance to junior team members.
• Identify personal knowledge and skill limits.
• Exercise sound independent engineering judgment and take responsibility for delivery outcomes.
• Demonstrate appropriate professional standards, recognizing obligations to society, the profession, and the environment.
• Exercise responsibilities in an ethical manner.
• Communicate effectively with others at all levels, both orally and in writing.
• Discuss ideas and plan competently and confidently.
• Possess effective personal and social skills.
• Manage diversity issues.
• Deliver compliance with Arcadis management system requirements, supporting design and engineering projects.
• Bachelor Degree in Engineering or equivalent and formally licensed to act as a professional engineer (if required in their Arcadis GEC country).
• Possess 5-10 years of relevant professional experience

Why Arcadis?

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’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, 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.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

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We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why equality and inclusion is at the forefront of all our activities. 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; women, minorities, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, caste, creed, colour, religion, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, and gender identity.