Principal Hydrogeologist

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**:
Arcadis is seeking an experienced Principal Hydrogeologist to join our dynamic and nationally respected Hydrogeology team. This is an exciting opportunity to collaborate with one of our Technical Directors, where you’ll provide expert hydrogeological services to support the delivery of proposal submissions and multi-disciplinary award-winning projects.

If you are looking for a role where your expertise, leadership, and innovative thinking can drive meaningful outcomes, this is the opportunity for you

**Role accountabilities**:
As a Principal Hydrogeologist, your role will include:

- Working across a broad range of project types including engineering hydrogeology, groundwater contamination, water resource/catchment management, and impact assessment.
- Oversight and delivery of small to large-scale projects, including investigation, assessment, analysis, and reporting in line with industry best practices and principles.
- Maintaining clear communication with discipline leaders, clients, and stakeholders to ensure project objectives are met.
- Resolving technical challenges on projects and providing mentorship and technical guidance to less experienced team members.
- Collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams and clients to ensure project integrity and success.
- Driving high-quality bid submissions and contributing to the growth of our hydrogeology portfolio.
- Encouraging innovative, entrepreneurial thinking to deliver exceptional outcomes for our clients.

**Qualification & Experience**:
To thrive in this role, you will ideally possess:

- A postgraduate degree in hydrogeology or a related field such as engineering geology, environmental engineering, or environmental science with a hydrogeological focus.
- At least 10 years of experience delivering hydrogeological solutions on engineering, water resource, or environmental projects.
- Strong knowledge of relevant State and Federal legislation, particularly regarding groundwater and contaminated land.
- Technical expertise, field experience, and skills aligned with the responsibilities of this position.
- Proficiency in numerical modelling packages such as SEEP/W, MODFLOW, FEFLOW, and GIS software.
- Proven experience managing multiple, complex projects to achieve successful outcomes for clients and stakeholders.
- A demonstrated ability to contribute to and manage successful project bids.
- Strong leadership qualities, including influencing, motivating, and delegation skills.
- Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills, both internally and externally.

**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 skill-based approach, where you can hardness 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.

Veterans and spouses are invited to apply.

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