Arcadis is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join our Resilience Water team in Buffalo, NY.

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:

In this role, you will work alongside senior-level engineers, project engineers and our accounting and finance teams to support our delivery of projects consistent with client expectations, Arcadis’ quality processes and on-schedule and on-budget. You will be a critical member of our team and be expected to support our proven reputation of excellence in Client and Project Management along with executing projects and managing project pursuits within the municipal Water/Wastewater market of this region.

Role accountabilities:

• Assist our Engineers with managing scope, schedule, and budget for tasks and projects for our municipal clients. Projects will include planning, design and construction of water/wastewater treatment plants, storm water systems, distribution/collection systems, and pump/lift stations as well as creating construction documents, specifications, and providing engineering services during construction
• Become an Arcadis Certified Project Manager (CPM) and take on accountability for project management on assigned projects.
• Understand all client-specific invoicing requirements and ensure they are met.
• Support our Senior Engineers and Project Managers on resource management requirements and scheduling.
• Serve as a liaison between our Senior Engineers and our internal Accounting and Finance and Legal teams to ensure contracts and sub-contracts meet required needs, invoices are promptly managed and payments are distributed.
• Technical report writing and review for both proposals and project delivery.
• Prepare cost estimates and proposals
• Work effectively with project teams, clients, and all other stakeholders
• Coordinate work schedules with Arcadis staff and subconsultants
• Ensure project compliance with all Arcadis practices and quality and safety standards
• May require some regional travel for field visits up to 10%-20% of the time

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering or Science major
• 5 years of demonstrated project/program experience with increasing responsibilities

Key Skills & Attributes:

• Flexible to work with a variety of project teams locally and across remote offices
• Experience in development and execution of technical projects
• Leadership experience; including managing project delivery expectations, prioritization of tasks, and mentoring staff
• Experience or desire for client facing role with skills to include preparation and development of proposals, managing client expectations and overall relationship.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in the water/wastewater or environmental consulting field (or similar industrial experience)
• Masters of Business Administration (MBA)
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

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 $70,800 - $106,200.

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