Senior Resident Engineer

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 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 Senior Resident Engineer to join our Construction Management team supporting municipal infrastructure, water, wastewater, and capital improvement projects throughout the New York City and Lower Hudson Valley region. This role is responsible for leading on-site construction oversight, managing field staff, coordinating with contractors and design teams, and ensuring projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in compliance with client and regulatory requirements.

Role accountabilities:

• Lead day-to-day construction management and resident engineering activities for complex water, wastewater, and municipal infrastructure projects.
• Serve as the primary liaison between contractors, clients, regulatory agencies, and design teams throughout project execution.
• Review construction plans, specifications, RFIs, shop drawings, and proposed design changes to ensure constructability and compliance with project requirements.
• Manage and mentor construction management field staff, providing oversight of inspections, project documentation, reporting, and contract administration activities.
• Oversee daily inspection reporting, recordkeeping, correspondence, and preparation of project deliverables in accordance with client requirements.
• Administer construction contracts, including review and negotiation of change orders, contractor payment applications, and field directives.
• Monitor contractor performance, safety compliance, quality, schedule adherence, and overall project execution, proactively addressing issues to maintain project objectives.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable safety regulations, permits, environmental requirements, and agency standards while fostering a strong safety culture across project teams.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in the State of New York
• 10 years of experience serving as a Resident Engineer, Assistant Resident Engineer, or in a similar construction management leadership role on large capital improvement projects

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven experience successfully managing multiple projects, field teams, and stakeholder relationships in a fast-paced environment
• Leadership, communication, and relationship-management skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across project teams
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project and Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Demonstrated commitment to safety, quality, client service, and delivering successful project outcomes

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. 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 employer. 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 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $200,000 - $220,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project, and location.

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