Project Electrical Engineer - Living

About the position

Arcadis is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join our Design & Engineering team within the North America Places group. We are looking to grow our team of skilled multi-discipline engineers and engineering consultants throughout North America. The role sits within our Places Global Business Area (GBA). We work with our clients around the world to create, support, and enhance smart, safe, and sustainable places where people live, work, learn and thrive. Places impact on the quality of people’s lives through new or redeveloped Data Center, Transit Facility, Commercial and Retail, Mixed-Use Residential, Institutional/Educational, and Social Infrastructure developments. Arcadis is the second largest architectural firm in the world. Join us in our journey to become the largest engineering firm in the world by expanding our reach in the Southern California region. In this role, you will be accountable for providing first-in-class solutions to internal and external clients through your technical expertise in electrical engineering and associated building systems. You will use your knowledge of building-level power distribution, lighting, emergency power, controls, and similar building systems in combination with an affinity for client interaction to provide sustainable, high-quality deliverables ranging from front end planning reports to issue for Construction document packages. This position has flexible working hours, and you will join a collaborative team that truly values its people. This is a key location based position. While work scopes may be located throughout the United States, we are searching for individuals in the Southern California area to support our existing world-class Living architectural practice.

Responsibilities

• Have a solid understanding of and ability to develop engineering reports, calculations, drawings, and specifications both directly and indirectly through team members.
• Openness to using existing skills in related areas and comfort with doing new things.
• Shared ownership of opportunity pursuit, strategy creation, client relationships, attention to quality, and delivery excitement/innovation.
• Be aware of and engaged in organizations and clients in the region. Have the ability to raise and take ownership of project opportunities.
• Soft skills to be successful within a multicultural environment with people of differing backgrounds. Ability and flexibility to directly work with teammates throughout the globe.
• Up to 20% travel may be required which will include overnight stays.

Requirements

• 6+ or more years’ relevant MEP experience within the Living practice landscape.
• Professional Engineer in California.
• Ability to communicate both internally and externally regarding client needs/desires and technical solutions.
• Experience working with projects that utilize Fundamental knowledge of Autodesk Platforms and other digital design tools including Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) or Building Information Modelling (BIM) engineered solutions.
• BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng or equivalent in engineering.

Nice-to-haves

• Direct working experience on past projects with Arcadis (including legacy CRTKL and IBI) architects.
• Experience in full-service consulting design firms and coordination with in-house A/E resources.
• Adaptable to new digital tools such as AI in an effort to understand how delivery must change over the short and medium term.
• Practical Sustainability and carbon reduction experience.
• Experience with urban environments implementing transformative solutions.
• Experience with user-experience-centric-type projects requiring narrow engineering solutions.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• 401K plan.
• Short-term disability (STD) and long-term disability (LTD) insurance.
• Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Reward & recognition program.
• Optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance, and tuition reimbursement.
• Nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year.