Water Engineer

Entry-Level Water Engineer

Arcadis is currently seeking an Entry-Level Water Engineer to join our Los Angeles, CA office. Arcadis provides multiple onboarding and development programs created for our young professionals that support professional growth and help drive creativeness, innovation, and greater integration within our local, national and global teams.

As a Water Engineer, you will support the planning, design, and execution of a wide range of water and wastewater infrastructure projects, contributing to both technical delivery and client-focused solutions. This role involves working on sustainability and resilience initiatives, preparing technical documentation, and collaborating with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure successful project outcomes.

• Perform planning studies, design, and field investigations for water and wastewater systems, including collection, transmission, distribution, pumping, and treatment facilities
• Support sustainability and resilience projects, which may include vulnerability assessments, mitigation assessments, as well as planning and design initiatives for utilities, municipalities, and cities.
• Prepare comprehensive written technical reports, Preliminary Design Reports, evaluation memorandums, spreadsheets, and permitting applications
• Develop written communications and engaging presentations for both internal teams and external stakeholders
• Assist utilities, municipalities, and cities with planning and design solutions to meet infrastructure needs
• Contribute to project coordination and technical analysis to support successful project execution

This role requires a reliable, client-focused professional who can work effectively both independently under the guidance of project managers and collaboratively within a team environment. The ideal candidate demonstrates flexibility in taking on a variety of assignments, along with the initiative to embrace new projects and challenges as they arise. A solid understanding of engineering concepts, theories, and practices related to water, wastewater, and stormwater systems is essential for success in this position.

Required Qualifications:

• BS in Civil or Environmental Engineering

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity/experience with ArcGIS and/or hydraulic modeling software is ideal but not required.

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day. 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 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.

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 wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $65,578- $98,366.

Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.