Senior Project Manager, Drinking Water

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.

Arcadis is seeking an experienced, driven Senior Project Manager with a proven track record of delivering drinking water projects to join our Resilience Water Business Line in Columbus, Ohio.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a self-motivated leader to join one of the nation’s most respected municipal consulting firms.

As part of Arcadis’ Midwest design hub in Columbus, you’ll collaborate with some of the region’s top talent on complex, high-profile water infrastructure projects across the U.S. and around the world.

As a key member of our Water Business Line, you will help uphold Arcadis’ reputation for excellence by driving client success, leading project execution, managing strategic pursuits, and coordinating multidisciplinary design teams and technical experts.

This leadership role offers significant opportunities for professional growth and career advancement.

• Lead the planning, design, and construction of drinking water infrastructure projects, including treatment plants, distribution systems, and pump stations.
• Manage all aspects of project delivery—scope, budgets, schedules, risk, and staffing—to ensure successful, profitable outcomes.
• Oversee the preparation of detailed designs, specifications, and construction documents, and provide construction administration and oversight.
• Collaborate with Area Leaders and Client Account Leaders on project pursuits, proposals, and client relationship management.
• Mentor and support junior staff, fostering technical excellence, professional growth, and adherence to Arcadis’ quality and safety standards.

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering (or a related field)
• 8 years of experience delivering drinking water projects, including progressively responsible leadership roles within the consulting/water industry
• Professional Engineer (PE) license, or ability to obtain licensure through reciprocity

• Demonstrated ability to lead teams, manage complex projects, and build strong client relationships.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a collaborative mindset and passion for mentoring others.

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.

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.

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 20 days of PTO that accrue per year.

The salary range for this position is $100,000 - $170,000.

Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project, and location.

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