Senior Design Manager - Aerospace Projects - Los Angeles

Arcadis – Senior Design Manager, Aerospace Projects (Los Angeles)

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. With more than 36,000 people in over 70 countries, we are dedicated to improving quality of life.

Senior Design Manager – Aerospace Projects

Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid)

Arcadis is seeking an Architectural and Engineering Senior Design Manager with deep experience in aerospace projects to join our Design Management team within the North America Places group. This hybrid role requires an experienced candidate from the Los Angeles area to best serve our client base. Our team is growing, and we are looking to expand our skilled Design Managers throughout North America.

We work with clients worldwide to create, support, and enhance smart, safe, and sustainable places where people live, work, learn, and thrive. These places impact the quality of life through new or redeveloped Industrial & Logistics, including Intermodal Terminals, Data Centers, Commercial, Retail, Residential, Defense, or Social Infrastructure developments, as well as Automotive, Industrial Manufacturing, Rail, Urban Development Tech, Aerospace & Aviation.

• Coordinating with internal and external architects, engineers, designers, consultants, and managers to align strategic objectives and progress
• Quickly understand specified project scopes and develop project plans of execution for a variety of Design and Engineering service deliveries
• Spearheading strategic pursuits, creating winning delivery strategies, and developing fee projections to achieve the financial targets of the business, and creating the most advantageous delivery approach
• Building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Effectively deliver client presentations, prepare written reports, and communicate technical concepts, specifically around scoping requirements and risk
• Taking responsibility for financial and project management controls, which enable monitoring, modification, and forecasting as appropriate
• Managing the acquisition, deployment, and optimisation of resources for the project
• Driving timely service delivery, including technical and commercial outcomes, and undertaking reviews, ensuring delivery is above client expectations
• Effectively implement design delivery best practices, including risk and change management, project setup, and planning, using internal and external digital technologies

• 10+ years of relevant experience leading large multi-disciplinary teams
• Proven financial background related to projects and client management
• Experience working with projects that utilise Fundamental knowledge of Autodesk Platforms:
  Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) or Building Information Modelling (BIM) engineered solutions
• BA in Architecture or Engineering‑related fields, focused on the built environment
• Preferred certifications: PE, RA, PMP
• Practical Sustainability experience
• Obtain Certified Project Management (CPM) certification status within 30 days of hire. Arcadis will provide the training

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 well‑being benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. Salary range for this position is $109,186–185,616. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

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, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.