Job Description

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:

The Enabling Infrastructure team is an established team of experienced engineers specialising in the delivery of development led infrastructure projects centred around our Birmingham, London, Bristol and Cardiff offices. As part of our wider growth strategy, we are seeking an experienced Principal Engineer to expand our capacity in the north of England. The role will nominally be based out of Manchester, but candidates will be considered in line with our agile / hybrid working policy.



The team works on projects across all of our global business areas - Mobility, Places and Resilience. We work in a wide variety of market sectors including strategic housing & residential, commercial & employment, transport hubs and major transport (rail and highways) projects. We are actively developing new client relationships within the ports and logistics sector, and we would welcome applications from candidates with previous experience in these sectors.



We are seeking to locate a career minded Engineer with ambition to progress their career further and who has gained work experience in the design of infrastructure and drainage solutions for development infrastructure projects. We would provide support in achieving Chartered / Incorporated status through an ICE training agreement.

Role Accountabilities:

Reporting to the Associate Technical Director/ Principal Engineer, you will have a keenness and willingness to learn and develop new engineering skills to support the successful delivery of infrastructure, highways and drainage projects.


Project duties will include providing engineering design support within the Enabling Infrastructure team, providing technical advice.

Prepare technical reports, drawings and calculations to for development related infrastructure design commissions including surface water, foul water, highways and utilities design to meet the client's requirements and adoptable standards, taking responsibility for technical output.

Support the delivery of projects including quality assurance and client feedback and ensuring effective communication of any changes/modifications.

Work in collaboration with other design disciplines and contractor D&B teams to ensure the integrity of the overall design.

Work in accordance with our Business Management processes and procedures;

Assist in achieving wider business goals for positive Safety, Health, Quality, and Sustainability outcomes.

Have a BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng or equivalent in Civil Engineering.

Keep up to date with developments in the industry sector and seek out opportunities to develop your professional profile.

Qualifications & Experience:

Applicants should have some prior experience of development infrastructure projects, with experience in the design of solutions for development infrastructure projects.



Applicants should be able to demonstrate the following:


Previous experience in some or all of the following aspects of development infrastructure design, including surface water, foul water drainage, highways, earthworks, and utilities design;

Knowledge of SuDS, SfA, DMRB, and Local Authority design standards;

Experience of preparing initial feasibility and site appraisal studies, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver successful planning applications

Experience of infrastructure design preferably in the use of Autodesk Civil3D for infrastructure design and Microdrainage/ Infodrainage for drainage design.

Awareness of design delivery to BIM protocols

Be self-motivated with good people and interpersonal skills to influence outcomes.

Have a BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng or equivalent in Civil Engineering.

Made positive progress toward achieving Chartered or Incorporated status.

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 believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.





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