Senior Hydraulic Modeler

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Arcadis is looking for an experienced Senior Hydraulic Modeler with strong technical leadership and project delivery experience to join our Resilience Water Team. This is an exciting opportunity for a self‑motivated and independent professional to JOIN our team locally with support from one of the best qualified consulting firms in the country. The position will utilize professional experience and technical knowledge of hydraulics, water distribution master planning, and computer modeling, combined with data analytics as part of our local project teams developing innovative solutions throughout the nation.

It offers high potential for growth, including leading multidisciplinary project teams, serving as a senior technical resource, mentoring junior staff, supporting client relationship development, and contributing to project pursuits and strategic growth opportunities.

This role will leverage strong leadership skills and technical expertise to support project teams in the development of water distribution system models and comprehensive water system master plans. The successful candidate will perform a range of engineering activities related to water distribution hydraulics, including pumping evaluations, flow test studies, water quality investigations, system planning, and the development of hydraulic and water quality models, as well as feasibility studies.

Key responsibilities include leading distribution system analyses through the development, calibration, and application of hydraulic models; applying data analytics and GIS tools to support project execution; and serving as a senior technical resource to provide modeling‑based insights for existing and proposed system improvements. The role also involves leading the preparation, review, and quality assurance of technical reports, memoranda, and master planning deliverables to ensure high‑quality, client‑ready outputs.

• Lead client coordination and presentations, communicate technical findings to diverse stakeholders, and support trusted advisor relationships with clients.
• Support or lead scope development, fee estimation, and technical approach definition for proposals and pursuits.
• Facilitate coordination for timely completion and submission of project deliverables.
• Maintain and increase professional and technical knowledge by having regular participation with industry associations, attending workshops, making presentations, and reviewing professional publications.
• Provide mentorship, technical guidance, and quality oversight to junior engineers and modelers. Manage or support multiple concurrent projects, including task delivery, coordination, budget awareness, and schedule adherence.
• Ensure project compliance with all Arcadis’ practices and quality and safety standards.

Some travel may be required for project site visits, client meetings, and other reasons depending on project staffing needs.

• 8+ years of experience in hydraulic modeling, water system planning, or related engineering work.
• Bachelor's in Civil or Environmental Engineering or a related Engineering field of study and a PE license.

Seeking a candidate with strong hydraulic modeling and engineering experience to support evaluations, investigations, planning efforts, feasibility studies, and modeling of water systems. Proficiency with Autodesk Info Water Pro and/or Bentley WaterGEMS is preferred, along with GIS experience using ArcGIS Pro. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to effectively present to stakeholders, collaborate with team members, and engage with clients.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office is expected, as is active participation in regional and/or national…