Lead Drainage Engineer

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. Here you can help us solve complex challenges and deliver impactful solutions.

Lead Drainage Engineer – Michigan transportation practice. Under the direction of our Senior Hydraulic Design Manager, you will work on roadway drainage design projects across Michigan and Ohio with flexible work options.

• Engineering design for roadway drainage and design-build projects: collector streets, urban arterials, rural and urban expressways, interstates, and bridge replacements.
• Assist in all aspects of roadway drainage design including bridge hydraulic studies, culvert design, closed drainage system design, post‑construction water‑quality structure design, and erosion & sedimentation control.
• Prepare construction plans, project displays, cost estimates, reports, and technical memos.
• Utilize design software:
  Micro Station, Open Roads, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Microsoft Excel, GIS, HEC‑RAS, HY8, Flow Master, ICPR, Storm
  
  CAD, SMS, SRH2D, and HEC‑RAS 2D.
• Coordinate with project managers, ecologists, and roadway engineers.
• Direct junior engineer design activities.

• 7+ years of drainage design and project management experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• Professional Engineer license.
• Experience working on MDOT projects a plus.
• Basic understanding of FEMA floodplain regulations.
• Knowledge of stormwater design (open channel conveyance and closed drainage systems) and treatment using BMPs.
• Proficiency in software platforms:
  Bentley’s Storm
  
  CAD, Culvert Master, Flow Master, ICPR, HEC‑RAS, HEC‑HMS, HY8, SWMM, SMS, SRH2D, HEC‑RAS 2D.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills, flexibility to complete a range of tasks including field work.
• Initiative and ability to tackle new projects and challenges.
• NCEES record a plus.

Salary: $107,281 – $132,761. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, EAP, 401(k), STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program, wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement. Nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year.

We are an equal‑opportunity employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities, veterans, and individuals of any protected class are strongly encouraged to apply. Arcadis is committed to a policy of non‑discrimination in employment on any basis prohibited by law.

Location:

East Lansing, MI.