Principle Structural Engineer

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

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Arcadis is currently seeking a Principle Structural Engineer with 15+ years of seismic design experience to lead the design of heavy civil structures including major transportation infrastructure projects in our San Francisco, CA office.

As a Principal Structural Engineer, you will provide technical leadership and strategic direction for the successful delivery of large-scale infrastructure projects. Applying your experience and sound engineering judgment, you will solve complex structural challenges, guide multidisciplinary teams, oversee design quality, and influence project outcomes from planning and design through construction. This role requires strong technical judgment, effective communication, and the ability to mentor engineering teams while building trusted relationships with clients, owners, contractors, and design partners.

• Lead the preliminary and final design of heavy civil and infrastructure structures, delivering compliant, constructible, and cost-effective solutions.
• Direct, review, and approve structural analyses, calculations, drawings, specifications, technical reports, studies, and cost estimates.
• Evaluate constructability, design risks, interfaces, and alternative solutions throughout design.
• Develop and execute project work plans, including scope, schedule, budget, staffing, deliverables, technical priorities, and quality-control activities.
• Monitor project performance and proactively manage technical, coordination, schedule, and delivery risks.
• Coordinate engineers, technicians, and design professionals across disciplines and offices to achieve fully integrated project delivery.
• Lead project meetings, design reviews, client engagements, and technical discussions, clearly communicating recommendations, decisions, risks, and impacts.
• Liaise with owners, contractors, consultants, reviewing agencies, and other stakeholders to resolve issues and support successful project outcomes.
• Provide engineering services during construction.
• Mentor and develop engineers and technical staff, promoting sound engineering judgment, accountability, collaboration, knowledge sharing, and technical excellence.
• Drive continuous improvement through lessons learned, innovative design practices, standardized processes, and advancement of structural engineering capabilities.

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related field from an ABET-accredited institution.
• At least 15 years of progressive structural engineering experience supporting major infrastructure projects.
• Current California Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Demonstrated expertise in California seismic analysis and design of reinforced concrete structures.
• Strong working knowledge of applicable codes and standards, including AASHTO, Caltrans, ASCE, and the California Building Code.
• Familiarity with finite element structural analysis software such as SAP
  2000 and MIDAS and geotechnical analysis software such as Plaxis and FLAC.
• Strong verbal and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively and professionally with clients.
• Professional fluency in written and spoken English.
• Strong leadership, multidisciplinary coordination, communication, and technical decision-making skills.

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