03 Oct
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Poutrix
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Canada
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. This role is intended for experienced civil engineers who are ready to transition from primarily technical delivery into a structured Project Management development track.
The successful candidate will provide technical leadership on land development projects while progressively developing client management, project financial management, business development, and team leadership skills. This is not an immediate Project Manager role, but rather a deliberate progression toward managing projects, clients, schedules, and budgets under the mentorship of senior leaders. Act as the Project Engineer (PE) and technical lead on assigned land development projects alongside Project Managers, Senior Engineers, and Designers.
Lead the preparation and review of grading, servicing, stormwater management, erosion and sediment control, and site servicing designs. Coordinate with planners, architects, landscape architects, surveyors, geotechnical consultants, environmental consultants, utility agencies, municipalities, and approval authorities. Participate in client, municipal, and consultant meetings as a technical representative of the project team.
Develop an understanding of client objectives, project risks, project budgets, approval strategies, and delivery schedules. Build and maintain professional relationships with clients, municipal reviewers, utility agencies, and project stakeholders. Guide projects through preliminary design, municipal approvals, detailed design, tendering, construction, and assumption.
Conduct site visits, construction reviews, and field investigations as required. Demonstrate leadership and initiative in identifying project risks, technical challenges, schedule impacts, and client concerns before they become project issues. Contribute to proposal preparation, project planning, fee development, staffing forecasts, and business development activities.
Work on projects that include: Draft Plan Subdivisions Industrial and employment lands Commercial developments Institutional projects Municipal infrastructure improvements Lead municipal approval submissions and coordinate responses to review comments for Site Plan, Draft Plan of Subdivision, Condominium, and related planning applications. Develop and execute approval strategies in collaboration with senior project managers, clients, municipalities, and project teams. Serve as the primary technical contact for assigned clients.
Build long-term client relationships through responsive service and technical leadership. Lead technical delivery of grading, servicing, stormwater management, and land development projects. Prepare and oversee engineering designs, calculations, reports, and construction drawing packages.
Engineering Briefs
Civil land development type engineering submissions (servicing, grading etc..) Review and direct Civil 3D production completed by designers and technologists. Interpret municipal standards, agency requirements, engineering criteria, geotechnical recommendations, and site constraints to develop practical engineering solutions. Coordinate directly with clients, municipalities, utility agencies, review authorities, architects, and partner consultants regarding project requirements and approvals.
Lead responses to municipal review comments and coordinate revisions with internal project teams. Manage action items arising from project meetings and maintain accountability for deliverables.
Support Project Managers with: Project schedules Resource planning Progressively assume responsibility for managing small projects or portions of larger projects under the mentorship of senior staff. Perform QA/QC reviews of drawings, engineering reports, calculations, and submission packages. Mentor EITs, Designers, and Technologists on design principles, municipal approvals, project delivery, and qualified practice.
Technical Requirements Engineering Design
Municipal servicing design Sanitary sewer design Site servicing analysis Hydraulic grade analysis Municipal infrastructure design standards Approvals &
• Project Delivery Site Plan Approval applications Draft Plan of Subdivision applications Municipal engineering submissions Tendering and contract administration support AutoCAD / Civil 3D Working proficiency with Civil 3D sufficient to lead and review technical production Pipe networks Data Shortcuts QA/QC of design models and drawing packages Engineering Reports &
• Analysis Technical memoranda Engineering calculations Construction cost estimates Civil Engineering degree. ~ licensed in Ontario, or actively pursuing licensure with a clearly demonstrated path toward obtaining designation. ~5 - 8 years of relevant land development consulting experience. ~ Experience leading technical delivery of Site Plan, Subdivision,
and/or Condominium developments. ~ Strong understanding of Ontario municipal engineering standards and approval processes. ~ Working knowledge of AutoCAD Civil 3D. ~ Strong technical writing skills and ability to prepare professional engineering documentation. ~ Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and competing deadlines. ~ PCSWMM, Visual OTTHYMO, or other stormwater modelling software experience. Previous experience mentoring EITs, Designers, or Technologists. Construction administration and field review experience. Exposure to project financial management and scope control. Business development or client account management exposure. SOFT SKILLS &
• EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE Demonstrates accountability and ownership of project outcomes, not just assigned tasks. Demonstrates initiative and proactively advances projects without waiting to be directed. Identifies risks early and develops practical mitigation strategies. Strong decision-making and engineering judgment. Effective communicator who can explain technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences. Comfortable managing conflict, differing stakeholder interests, and competing project priorities. Works effectively within multidisciplinary and multi-office project teams. Demonstrates curiosity, accountability, and a desire for continuous improvement. Open to modern technology, digital delivery tools, and AI-enabled workflows while maintaining sound professional judgment. PROJECT MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT TRACK Project planning and scheduling Financial performance tracking Resource planning 5-8 years of experience in land development consulting, municipal engineering, or related civil infrastructure design. ~ Demonstrated progression toward technical leadership, client interaction, and project management responsibilities. You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion &
• Belonging 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. 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. The salary range for this position is $80,000 - $120,000.
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