Principal Civil 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 and solving the world’s most complex challenges together.

Arcadis is seeking an experienced Civil Engineer to join our Design Engineering team with a remote flexible opportunity. The selected candidate may be based out of any Arcadis office in the Western US with an expectation of full-time office or hybrid home‑office working.

As a Principal Civil Engineer you will support a growing base of complex mining, reclamation, restoration, and development projects throughout North America. You will engage directly with clients and the regulatory community, and mentor junior staff. Engineering activities will include providing technical leadership from conceptual planning through design and into construction.

Work activities are a mix of design analysis, calculation preparation and review, technical advisory roles, report writing, construction support, cost estimation, value engineering analysis, and leading teams of engineers in project delivery. Projects typically involve large‑scale earth moving and regrading, engineered containment such as caps and covers and waste repositories, stormwater management facilities, environmental remediation, roads, land development, and stream and wetland restoration.

The role is primarily office‑based with expected project‑related travel (e.g., site visits, client engagement, regulatory meetings) up to 20% depending on project and client expectations.

• Develop concept‑level plans with project managers and senior technical team members to address client needs.
• Lead and manage teams of junior engineers throughout the entire project lifecycle.
• Review regulations and standards to plan technical studies, project designs, and permitting activities.
• Analyze documentation—technical reports, maps, drawings, test results, aerial photographs—to understand site characteristics.
• Perform hydrologic and hydraulic analyses and develop stormwater management designs using 3D design software (e.g., Autodesk Civil3D).
• Design stormwater best management practices, including infiltration basins, bioretention areas, and filters.
• Prepare and oversee design documentation, drawings and technical specifications.
• Provide senior review of engineering calculation briefs, design reports, drawings, technical specifications, and permitting submittals.
• Offer office‑based construction support through RFI responses, technical submittal reviews, and real‑time design changes.
• Present technical and engineering topics to clients and regulatory agencies.
• Collaborate on proposal writing, cost estimating, client presentations, and professional conferences.
• Mentor and delegate tasks to junior team members, fostering professional growth.

Required:

• Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience (15 or more preferred).
• Prior experience supporting mining projects.
• Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) with ability to obtain reciprocity in western states.
• Proficiency with civil design using computer‑based modeling applications (Civil 3D or similar).
• High proficiency with Microsoft Office products.

Preferred:

• Experience in oil and gas, landfills, transportation, or power and water utilities.
• Proficiency with hydrologic and hydraulic modeling software (HydroCAD, WinTR‑55, HEC‑RAS, HEC‑HMS, SWMM, or similar).
• Experience with mine permitting requirements and federal environmental regulations (e.g., CERCLA).
• Prior experience as an Engineer of Record.

Arcadis offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision; EAP; 401(k); STD, LTD, AD&D; life insurance; paid parental leave; reward & recognition program; optional wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance, and tuition reimbursement. Nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $122,400–$204,600. Actual salaries vary based on experience, education, budget, internal equity, project, and location.

Arcadis is 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.