Senior Project Manager

2 days ago


Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Arcadis Full time
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:

Arcadis is seeking a talented Senior Project Manager, Transportation Engineering for our dynamic Waterloo office. We are looking for a senior project manager with a background in road and transit projects in Ontario. Experience in some or all of Environmental Assessments, preliminary design, detailed design, transportation planning, traffic management, and traffic engineering would be an asset.

This role will utilize skills in leadership, business development, and client interaction. As a Senior Project Manager, you will help grow and maintain the business. This is an ideal opportunity for someone eager to take their professional portfolio to the next level and play a strategic, impactful role within the Arcadis practice.

Working within our Design & Engineering teams, you'll contribute to some of the world's most iconic and ground-breaking structures and spaces that transform the world around us, from making journeys easier to opening public places that bring people together.

We partner with our clients across the globe to design thriving and connected cities and communities that enable opportunity for all and keep the world moving. Climate change, urbanization, and digitization trends require today's mobility projects and systems to address an evolving set of demands from the world's growing population. We design connected, sustainable solutions that integrate existing infrastructure with new technologies, optimizing the mobility of people and goods.

Role accountabilities:

In this role you will serve as a Senior Project Manager, leading transportation-infrastructure projects such as Class Environmental Assessments, Transit Project Assessment Processes (TPAP), preliminary and detailed design assignments, as well as intersection and corridor improvement studies. You will take ownership as the Transportation Engineering task lead on large-scale projects, providing senior oversight on the review of preliminary and detailed design drawings, supporting and reviewing the development of Environmental Study Reports, traffic studies, technical reports, and spearheading proposal preparation.

In this role you will also be responsible for managing and optimizing staff productivity and utilization, providing mentorship to project teams, and supervising personnel to ensure high-quality project delivery. You will foster a culture of enthusiasm and client focus, take a leadership role in client liaison, and drive business development initiatives across Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge, and the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA).

In this role you will coordinate multidisciplinary project teams, ensuring effective management of project schedules and budgets, and provide strategic input into the management of the Transportation Group in the Waterloo office. As a senior leader, you will play a key role in advancing the group's expertise and reputation, supporting the growth of our business, and delivering innovative transportation solutions for our clients.

Qualifications & Experience:

  • Bachelor's University Degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited university
  • 5+ years of Project Management experience and 8+ years of Transportation Engineering experience
  • Experience in roadway preliminary or detailed design
  • P.Eng. (Eligible for Membership with PEO) preferred
  • Experience with local and regional authorities such as the Region of Waterloo, City of Kitchener, City of Cambridge, City of Waterloo, MTO, and adjacent regions (e.g., Halton, Peel, York, Durham) is an asset
  • Experience with preliminary and detailed design of intersections, arterial roads, highways, and freeways (alignments, geometrics, staging, traffic management, roadside safety)
  • Familiarity with AutoCAD, MicroStation, InRoads, and Civil3D is an asset
  • Understanding of traffic engineering principles
  • Familiarity with Waterloo Region and/or GTHA market conditions, public and private sector client base in and around Waterloo/GTHA
  • Experience with contract administration, construction inspection, and preparation of reports

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 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.


The salary range for this position is $112,000 - $162,000. The base salary represents Arcadis' hiring range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as location, skills, experience, and qualification for the role.


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