Environmental Engineer

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:

As a Staff Environmental Engineer in either Milwaukee, WI, Chicago, IL, Cincinnati, OH, Minneapolis, MN, or Pittsburgh, PA, you will work alongside scientists, engineers, project managers, and technical experts on various activities in support of diverse environmental assessment and remediation projects. You will be involved in a mix of process-mechanical technical work, such as remediation system detailed design, operation and maintenance of systems and project task management, such as coordinating field work conducted out of other offices and managing project schedules and budgets. This role requires a self-starter and leadership attitude and the willingness to train and mentor junior staff. 

Role accountabilities:

• Lead (with PM and senior staff guidance) environmental remedial systems and assessments, including preparation of detailed design drawings (process-mechanical, process flow diagrams, piping and instrumentation diagrams), technical specifications, and design calculations (basis of design, pump hydraulic, and gravity flow).
• Willingness to learn and expand skillset: Additional project work may involve process-mechanical support of excavation dewatering design, conveyance design, demolition and supporting infrastructure design, utility isolation and expansion design, and new facility design. 
• Prepare startup plans and standard operating procedures with guidance from senior staff.
• Coordinate with various engineering design disciplines to produce cohesive design documents.
• Delegate to junior staff or drafting staff to produce design drawings.
• Research feasibility of alternative design approaches, site conditions, and regulatory agency specifications.
• Assist with the development of Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study Reports, this includes the coordination of figure generation, data management, work plans, and/or other required supporting documents.
• Coordinate and participate in field activities which include onsite treatment system startup and engineering oversight during construction. 
• Coordinate and oversee the work of subcontractors.
• Coordinate field activities which may include contractor/vendor oversight for site characterization, soil sampling and/or groundwater/remediation well installation and construction, groundwater sampling, and excavation oversight.