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About the Role
Arcadis is seeking a Principal 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. This role involves providing technical leadership, guiding multidisciplinary teams, and solving complex structural challenges.
Responsibilities
- 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.
Requirements
- At least 15 years of progressive structural engineering experience supporting major infrastructure projects.
- 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 SAP2000 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.
Skills
- Seismic design
- Heavy civil structures design
- Structural analysis
- Finite element structural analysis software (SAP2000, MIDAS)
- Geotechnical analysis software (Plaxis, FLAC)
- Project management
- Leadership
- Communication
- Collaboration
Location
- San Francisco, CA
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 15+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related field from an ABET-accredited institution.
- Current California Professional Engineer (PE) license.
Salary/Compensations
- $156,860 - $235,290
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision
- EAP
- 401K
- STD
- LTD
- AD&D
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Reward & recognition program
- Optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement
- Nine paid holidays
- 15 days PTO that accrue per year
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.
- 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 employer.
- 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.