What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Assurance Officer / Principal Resident Engineer position at Arcadis?
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 seeks a Senior Construction Principal/Resident Engineer - Municipal Utilities, with 12 or more years’ experience, to join our Water Construction Management team in one of the Arcadis San Francisco Bay Area offices.
Arcadis has significantly grown its municipal water team and construction management services in Northern California over the past few years. Continuing the path of growth, this position offers an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated individual to join our local team. The Senior Resident Engineer, with the support of a strong nationally recognized technical staff, will utilize their expertise and technical knowledge of the water and wastewater construction market along with a proven reputation within Northern California to successfully execute projects, to help build and grow our practice.
Role accountabilities:
In the Quality Assurance Officer / Principal Resident Engineer position, you will provide construction leadership throughout all project phases, managing project teams’ daily activities, contracts, and QA/QC requirements while keeping clients updated on progress. You will monitor contractor performance, site safety, subcontractors, and suppliers regularly informing clients of any changes or deviations from the plan. Responsibilities include developing scopes of work and budgets, and working with Project/Program Managers to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and meet client expectations.
You will supervise and mentor junior technical staff and utilize your expertise to manage QA material testing, review technical submittals, interpret specifications, and recommend deficiency notices for non-conformances. Additionally, you will lead meetings with clients, local agencies, and the community, using your communication skills to recommend improvements to project costs, budgets, and schedules, requiring experience with Primavera or MS Project. Other duties include liaising with design staff to obtain field information for correspondence, RFIs, and shop drawing reviews. Key attributes for this role include proven excellence in client management and project delivery, strong communication and leadership skills, and proficiency with the MS Office Suite.
Qualifications & Experience:
Required Qualifications
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 PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $142,000 - $242,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.
#Resilience-ANA
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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 seeks a Senior Construction Principal/Resident Engineer - Municipal Utilities, with 12 or more years’ experience, to join our Water Construction Management team in one of the Arcadis San Francisco Bay Area offices.
Arcadis has significantly grown its municipal water team and construction management services in Northern California over the past few years. Continuing the path of growth, this position offers an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated individual to join our local team. The Senior Resident Engineer, with the support of a strong nationally recognized technical staff, will utilize their expertise and technical knowledge of the water and wastewater construction market along with a proven reputation within Northern California to successfully execute projects, to help build and grow our practice.
Role accountabilities:
In the Quality Assurance Officer / Principal Resident Engineer position, you will provide construction leadership throughout all project phases, managing project teams’ daily activities, contracts, and QA/QC requirements while keeping clients updated on progress. You will monitor contractor performance, site safety, subcontractors, and suppliers regularly informing clients of any changes or deviations from the plan. Responsibilities include developing scopes of work and budgets, and working with Project/Program Managers to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and meet client expectations.
You will supervise and mentor junior technical staff and utilize your expertise to manage QA material testing, review technical submittals, interpret specifications, and recommend deficiency notices for non-conformances. Additionally, you will lead meetings with clients, local agencies, and the community, using your communication skills to recommend improvements to project costs, budgets, and schedules, requiring experience with Primavera or MS Project. Other duties include liaising with design staff to obtain field information for correspondence, RFIs, and shop drawing reviews. Key attributes for this role include proven excellence in client management and project delivery, strong communication and leadership skills, and proficiency with the MS Office Suite.
Qualifications & Experience:
Required Qualifications
- 12 years’ total experience, with a minimum 10 years of construction experience on water wastewater plants & facilities projects as a Resident Engineer or Construction Manager.
- Bachelors’ degree in Engineering or Construction.
- 12 years of construction experience specifically related to water or wastewater facilities, with a minimum of 10 years' experience on projects as a Resident Engineer or Construction Manager on a $50 million water/wastewater project.
- Masters’ degree in Engineering, Construction or a BS in these fields and an MBA.
- the PE, a CCM is also highly desired.
- US Army Corps of Engineers Construction Quality Management Certification
- Active participation in a regional or national professional association.
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 PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $142,000 - $242,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.
#Resilience-ANA
#Water-ANA
Salary : $142,000 - $242,000