Water Reuse Practice Lead - Midwest

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Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are a global team of over 36,000 people in more than 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. With the power of many curious minds, we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Water Reuse Lead to support and drive the strategic growth of our Water Reuse Practice in the Midwest. This leadership role focuses on advancing technical delivery, client development, and regulatory engagement across recycled water and wastewater projects.

As the Midwest Water Reuse Lead, you will help shape Arcadis’ water reuse strategy throughout the Midwest. This leadership position centers on delivering innovative recycled water solutions, supporting business development efforts, and ensuring successful execution of high-impact projects. You will work with internal teams and external stakeholders to promote sustainable practices and reinforce Arcadis’ position as a market leader in water reuse across the Midwest.

• Lead the development and implementation of the Midwest’s water reuse strategy, including tracking key projects, engaging with regulatory agencies, and supporting market positioning initiatives.
• Manage the full project lifecycle for municipal recycled water and wastewater treatment projects, from planning and design through construction and implementation.
• Collaborate with Area and Account Leaders on business development activities, including client engagement, proposal development, scope definition, and fee estimation.
• Oversee multidisciplinary project teams, ensuring successful delivery that meets budget, schedule, quality, and safety expectations.
• Represent Arcadis at industry events and within professional organizations, while mentoring junior staff and fostering a collaborative, high-performance team environment.
• Travel as required to support business development efforts, client meetings, site visits, and project execution.

The ideal candidate will bring direct experience with implementing advanced water reuse technologies, including disinfection, membrane filtration, reverse osmosis, ozonation, UV advanced oxidation, and corrosion control. Proven client management skills are essential, including the ability to foster strong relationships, support strategic pursuits, and contribute to proposal development and interview preparation. Strong written and verbal communication skills are critical, with the ability to deliver effective client presentations and convey complex technical information.

A collaborative leadership approach, combined with excellent interpersonal skills, is key to mentoring staff and supporting the growth of multidisciplinary teams.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, Chemical Engineering or related field from an ABET accredited school
• 10 years of relevant experience in municipal water/wastewater engineering and consulting

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master of Science or Master of Engineering in a related field
• 15 years of experience in municipal water/wastewater engineering and consulting
• Professional Engineer license
• Active participation in regional and/or national professional associations

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging:
We want you to bring your best self to work every day. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full-time and part-time positions, including medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition programs, and optional well-being benefits, adoption assistance, and tuition reimbursement. Nine paid holidays and 20 days of PTO accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $115,328 - $163,304. Actual salaries will vary based on experience, education, budget, internal equity, project, and location.

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Seniority level:
Not Applicable

Employment type:

Full-time

Job function:
Other

Industries:
Professional Services

Louisville, KY

4 days ago