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:

Arcadis seeks an engineer or scientist to join our Water Management, Urban and Coastal Resiliency Team in New York City in May, 2023.

With the support of one of the industry’s leading technical and professional staffs, this new team member will support a growing base of projects throughout the country with private, federal, state, and local government clients related to risk assessment, climate adaptation, resilience planning, policy, project development, feasibility studies, engineering design, as well as project funding and implementation. The role offers an excellent opportunity to learn and grow professionally while working on a wide variety of projects alongside a dedicated and experienced staff. It is critical that this team member be collaborative and communicative in their approach, and that the Arcadis mission to “Improve Quality of Life” resonates deeply with this individual.

Role accountabilities:

• Providing technical support for tasks related to planning and engineering studies for an existing and expanding client base in relation to coastal protection, risk assessment, stormwater management, groundwater, benefit cost analysis, environmental and social impact analysis, and other resilience needs
• Collaborating with integrated, multi-disciplinary teams of planners, engineers, scientists, designers, and others
• Analyzing data and preparing static and/or dynamic reports of results
• Working on a variety of projects simultaneously
• Assisting with the identification and description of cost effective, technically feasible, and environmentally sound resilience actions
• Participating in client and project development and assist with proposals and marketing materials as needed
• Mentoring and being mentored, vertically and horizontally, to ensure shared knowledge and growth across the team
• Occasionally traveling to local and potentially national client sites, conferences, or internal workshops
• Supporting team research, development, and thought leadership

Qualifications & Experience:

Required Qualifications

• 0-5 years’ experience
• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Coastal Sciences, Geology, Computer Science, or related quantitative field
• Interest working with multidisciplinary teams
• Strong experience and comfort working in MS Office Software
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong critical thinking skills
• Familiarity working with GIS software (i.e., ESRI or QGIS)
• Familiarity with Python, R, Matlab, Fortran, Bash, or related coding languages
• Interest and willingness to learn and grow within a team environment
• Interest in supporting urban and coastal climate adaptation initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

• Master of Science in Geology, Engineering, Coastal Sciences or related quantitative field
• One or more of the following:
  • Proficiency with Python, R, Matlab, Fortran, Bash, or related coding languages
  • Experience with DELFT3D, ADCIRC, SWAN, MIKE, HEC-RAS, and/or other industry hydrodynamic modeling software
  • Proficiency with ESRI GIS software, specifically ArcGIS Pro
  • Experience with dashboarding software such as PowerBI or Tableau
• Experience working in the coastal restoration or flood risk resilience fields

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In accordance with the New York City Equal Pay Transparency Rules:

Arcadis offers benefits for full time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage along with a 401K plan, STD and LTD, and Life Insurance as well as some additional optional benefits.

Full time positions also come with annual PTO days and at certain levels a bonus program may apply.

The Salary Range for this role is $57,845 - $86,981 for New York City based positions only.

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.

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