AI Technical Design Lead

Location: Canada

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 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.

Our Digital Engineering team is seeking an AI Technical Design Lead with a reputation for technical excellence and innovation, delivering prestigious and challenging projects across the globe. Various work projects include new major highways, bridges, rehabilitating critical infrastructure, designing landmark structures, and rail & transit engineering work that leaves a tangible and lasting impact on communities in Canada. This role is especially focused on the design and delivery of bridges and structures within the context of rail and transit projects, supporting major transit expansions, upgrades, and new line developments.

As the AI Technical Design Lead, you will play a key role in delivering challenging schemes, mentoring junior engineers, and driving innovation through the application of digital engineering and AI tools. This role goes beyond traditional design: it's about shaping the future of bridge engineering through sustainability, digital transformation, and advanced analytics, with an emphasis on meeting the unique demands of rail and transit infrastructure.

Role accountabilities:

In this role you will lead and contribute to the design and analysis of complex structures, rail and transit infrastructure including steel, concrete, and composite types, using industry-standard tools such as AutoCAD, Revit, Civil 3D, Bentley, SYNCHRO, Niricson, SAP
2000, TILOS, and MIDAS to enable Digital Twin development for design, planning, new construction, repair work, safety, logistics for construction phases and to enable digital asset management for asset longevity. You will apply sound independent engineering judgment across multiple projects-including those in the rail and transit domain-ensuring technical excellence and strict compliance with relevant codes and standards, including those specific to rail and transit authorities.

You will be responsible for managing or supporting the delivery of projects from concept through to construction, ensuring that outcomes are sustainable, innovative, and work closely with teams to consistently exceed client expectations. Your work will also require a robust understanding of design risk management, developing project schedules, staging plans and quality management systems, incorporating AI ensuring all deliverables meet the highest standards.

In this position, you will also drive digital and AI innovation by collaborating with Design & Engineering teams, as well as AI and data science professionals, to develop advanced tools for structural health monitoring, predictive maintenance, and design optimization. You will play a key role in integrating AI technologies-such as generative design, computer vision, and digital twins-into highways, roads, bridges, rail and transit design workflows, with a specific focus on enhancing asset performance and safety for rail and transit clients.

In addition, you will champion the adoption of automation, Building Information Modeling (BIM), and data-driven engineering processes across infrastructure and transit-related projects, supporting workflow automation to enhance efficiency and quality.

As a technical leader, you will provide subject matter expertise, technical guidance, and mentoring for a team of engineers, typically comprising 3 to 5 members. You will foster a culture of continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and digital upskilling, ensuring your team is well-equipped to tackle emerging challenges in the industry and the specific complexities associated with rail and transit projects. Effective communication will be essential, as you will be expected to convey complex technical solutions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including major transit authorities and stakeholders.

Finally, in this role you will collaborate across Arcadis' global regions, supporting major international infrastructure projects-including high-profile rail and transit undertakings-and ensuring the seamless integration of best practices and innovative solutions. Your leadership and collaborative approach will help drive both project success and organizational growth on a global scale.

Qualifications &

Experience:

Required:

* BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng in Structural / Civil Engineering (or related discipline)

* Professional Engineer (CEng/PE) status or working towards it

* Previous relevant…