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About the Role

Arcadis is seeking a Senior Wet Utility Designer to join our fast-growing Utilities team in West Toronto. This is a leadership opportunity to contribute to large-scale transportation projects while leveraging your expertise in utility design and coordination. In this role, you will lead the preparation of detailed design drawings for wet utilities (storm, sanitary, and watermain), and guide multi-disciplinary projects, including civil, highways, and transit/rail infrastructure in the GTA. You will also mentor junior staff, manage complex designs, and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.

Responsibilities

Lead utility designs for MTO/Metrolinx and municipal projects.
Prepare and review preliminary and detailed utility design drawings, reports, and memos.
Design temporary and permanent relocations of utilities, including watermain, sanitary/storm sewers, gas, electricity, and telecommunications.
Ensure compliance with applicable standards, guidelines, and regulations.
Coordinate with project teams, clients, contractors, and third-party utility stakeholders.
Evaluate technical alternatives and resolve complex technical issues.
Interface with other disciplines.
Develop preliminary designs using CAD tools (e.g., Bentley, Autodesk) for wet and dry utilities.
Design utility protection and relocation plans across concept, preliminary, and detailed design phases.
Mentor junior staff and foster their professional development.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering.
8+ years of experience on large, complex transit/transportation projects with increasing levels of responsibility.
P.Eng. designation (or eligibility for designation).
Proficiency with CAD tools (MicroStation, Inroads/OpenRoads, or AutoCAD Civil 3D) related to sewers and watermain.
Strong written and oral communication skills.
Experience with sewer and watermain design calculation and modelling tools such as Infoworks, EPANET, Infoworks etc.
Knowledge of permits, licenses and approval procedures for utilities.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and lead multi-disciplinary teams.

Skills

Utility design
Utility coordination
Wet utility design (storm, sanitary, watermain)
Civil design
Highway design
Transit/rail infrastructure design
CAD tools (Bentley, Autodesk, MicroStation, Inroads/OpenRoads, AutoCAD Civil 3D)
Sewer and watermain design calculation and modelling tools (Infoworks, EPANET)
Trenchless methods for installing watermains and sewers
Construction field experience
Municipal and road authority standards

Location

West Toronto

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior
8+ years

Education Level

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering
Master’s degree considered an asset

Salary/Compensations

$84,800 to $127,200

About the Company

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.
We believe everyone's contribution matters.
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.

Equal Opportunity

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions.
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 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 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.