Predevelopment Manager

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Ready to experience a better way to build your career? ARCO hires only the best and brightest dedicated to providing our clients with superior solutions, cultivating our award-winning workplace culture, and driving success at all levels of the business.

We are looking for a predevelopment professional to join our team in our Philadelphia office (King of Prussia). From day one, you will be given the tools to excel in your role, take on meaningful responsibilities, and experience why ARCO is truly the best place to build a career.

We are dedicated to the well-being of our associates and are proud to be consistently recognized as a Best Place to Work. Our compensation and benefits package not only supports our associates and their families but benefits local communities and communities around the world.

• Industry‑leading performance‑based bonus program
• Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP)
• Traditional and Roth 401k
• Tuition reimbursement for associates
• Scholarship for associates’ children up to $28,000 per child
• 1-month paid sabbatical after every five years of employment, plus $5,000 for travel
• 15 business days of PTO + 8 paid holidays + 1 floating day
• 1-week paid volunteer leave each year
• Family Planning support
• 12 weeks of paid maternity leave
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

At ARCO, our first core value is to treat people fairly and do the right thing. We are committed to building and sustaining a culture that supports diversity and inclusion. We are proud to be a drug‑free workplace and an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

From recruiting, training, and hiring practices to selecting our subcontractors, we understand that diversity of all those involved in the construction process enhances our ability to deliver the best solutions to our customers. We hire the best and the brightest from across the country—a team of experts in architecture, design, engineering, project management, and business services.

• Attend meetings with design/build professionals to understand project requirements
• Research and collect site‑specific information to initiate the land development process
• Manage the entitlement/project approval process
• Prepare schematic site plans to illustrate site develop ability based on site constraints
• Produce colored renderings of land plans
• Perform site investigative due diligence
• Prepare schematic site plan, grading & utility plans to best inform site planning effort for cost and constructability
• Review project design drawings to assist the project management team
• Work with the team to value engineer sites
• Assist with civil/site training for associates
• Meet with customers to review concept plans, discuss advantages to multiple approaches, and work to define direction of project with design/build contracting team
• Stay informed about industry trends, regulations, and best practices to provide clients with up‑to‑date information and innovative solutions.

• Experience:
  
  Minimum of 3+ years of engineering and land planning, with a focus in the industrial asset class.
• Education:
  
  BS in Civil Engineering or other Engineering or Design discipline.
• 4+ years of engineering and land planning experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license is a plus but not required. ARCO will support the pursuit of licensure.
• AutoCAD and Civil 3D experience required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Project and Excel.

We are proud to be one of the fastest‑growing, privately‑owned companies in America, celebrating over 30 years of experience as design‑build experts. We have completed over 6,300 design‑build projects across 48 states and 48 major cities nationwide. We ranked #4 out of the top 100 design‑build companies in the U.S. and #17 on ENR's Top 400 Contractors list of 2024. Most importantly, our clients appreciate us and want to do business with us.

We are looking for people with the same enthusiasm, passion, and respect for the hard work that brought us to where we are today. If the answer is, "Yes!" we look forward to meeting you.

ARCO does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third‑party recruiting agencies without pre‑approval from ARCO’s Human Resource team. Pre‑approval is required before any external candidate can be submitted. ARCO will not be responsible for fees related to unsolicited resumes and for candidates who are sent directly to our hiring managers.

EOE, including disability/vets.

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