National Water Lead

Unique opportunity to join a global consultancy firm in spearheading the development across our multi-disciplinary civil team
- Work within a forward-thinking, truly diverse and inclusive organisation
- Genuine flex working opportunities including hybrid working and part time hours

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**:
Due to consistent growth in our business, we are currently looking for a National Water Lead to join either our Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane or Gold Coast team. We have multiple opportunities for engineers with various skill sets across our civil teams in Places (Urban Development) and Mobility (Highways and Rail) Business Areas.

**Role accountabilities**:

- Proactively managing selected projects or components of projects with a focus on drainage and stormwater investigation, analysis and design;
- Providing both leadership and technical advice to project team members;
- Working in collaboration with other design disciplines to ensure the integrity of the overall design;
- Confirming relevant authority requirements, standards, specifications and procedures to the design scope of works;
- Review of, and ensuring compliance with, the components of the project for which we are responsible, including drawings, reports, specifications and studies and the interfaces with other disciplines;
- Guiding the technical development of junior engineers in the stormwater discipline area.

**Qualifications & Experience**:
First and foremost, you share our passion for improving quality of life. You are a seasoned leader in your field with strong industry ties and demonstrated credibility in a consulting environment. You will come to us with:

- Demonstrated experience in stormwater drainage design using 12d and DRAINS are a requirement. Additional expertise in general civil works, WSUD or flood modelling advantageous.
- Excellent communication and relationship building skills, both internally and externally;
- Experience of working in multi discipline design and/or project teams; and
- Relevant engineering degree (Civil or Environmental). Chartered status or seeking equivalent professional accreditation advantageous.

**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.

Arcadis Australia is an endorsed employer for all women. See our range of benefits and policies directly at WORK 180.#LI-BS2