Senior Plumbing and Fire Protection Design 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. 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 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. 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.

Role description:

Responsible for managing technical aspects of smaller and/or less complex tasks or components of larger tasks, meeting financial, quality, timeframe and health and safety objectives. Typically assigned to provide a controlling technical role for single discipline on smaller and/or less complex tasks or elements of larger tasks. May undertake a Task Management Role in line with Arcadis Task Manager Academy competence requirements. Coordinate and manage small teams of single (own) discipline engineers and technicians. Work to ensure maximum internal stakeholder satisfaction, championing care and proactively working with internal stakeholders

Role accountabilities:

• Provide management and technical advice to junior project team members
• Work alongside team leadership
• Operate at a level consistent with a senior engineering professional
• Provide specialized technical input to studies and design for staff's specific area of expertise
• Propose technical methodologies to deliver task requirements
• Work in collaboration with other design disciplines to ensure the integrity of the overall design
• Undertake verification checking of elements of work
• Undertake a leading assurance role to quality-assure outputs (e.g. drawings, reports, specifications, etc.) to ensure that they meet or exceed expectations as well as Arcadis requirements, and that they comply with national standards and codes of practice
• Participate in interdisciplinary reviews of deliverables on behalf of engineering discipline
• Perform quality control review of design calculations or drawings

Knowledge and Experience

• Ability to provide leadership and technical advice to junior team members
• Ability to exercise sound independent engineering judgement and take responsibility for delivery outcomes
• Demonstrate appropriate professional standards, recognizing obligations to society, the profession and the environment
• Able to communicate well with others at all levels including effective use of English orally and in writing
• Able to discuss ideas and plan competently and with confidence
• Have a sound knowledge of relevant design codes, legislation, hazards and safe systems of work
• Able to plan for effective task implementation and manage the planning and organisation of tasks, people and resources
• Able to effectively manage quality processes
• Have ability to use a sound evidence-based approach to problem solving and be able to contribute to continuous improvement
• Able to identify, review and select techniques, procedures and methods to undertake engineering tasks

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering or equivalent and formally licensed to act as a professional engineer (if required in their Arcadis GEC country)
• Minimum 7 years of experience in hydraulics design for process equipment. Experience in buildings (HVAC, Plumbing and Drainage, Fire Protection)

• In a task management role, preferable to have assisted an experienced task manager in the role

• Proficient in the application of international design standards: UK, US and Middle East.

• Proficient in the following engineering design fundamentals: hot and cold water systems, sanitary plumbing, surface water, drainage, gas systems, and fire protection system.

Proficient in the application of international design standards: UK, US and Middle East.

Proficient in the following engineering design fundamentals: hot and cold water systems, sanitary plumbing, surface water, drainage, gas systems, and fire protection system.

Why Arcadis?

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.