Principal Engineer - Standard Earthworks Details

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At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life. In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few. Our people value different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future.

One of our core values is ‘people first’, and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential. You’ll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people’s lives. You’re encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.

Role Description-
Our Geotechnical team is involved in some of the UK’s most high profile, complex and stimulating projects that are diverse and technically demanding. We have an enviable reputation in the delivery of some of the UK’s and indeed the world’s most prestigious and challenging projects. Our current client portfolio includes Highways England, Transport for London, Local Authorities, the Environment Agency, Canal & Rivers Trust, Water Companies, Network Rail and selected Civil Engineering Contractors for whom we undertake the planning, design and supervision of geotechnical engineering solutions for a variety of schemes including, managed motorways, harbours, ports, water treatment plants, reservoirs, rail electrification, station upgrades and structures in a wide range of geological conditions.

We are seeking a Principal Engineer to join our geotechnical team in London or Birmingham.

Role Accountabilities-
The successful candidate will

• Be response for standard earthworks details on our major infrastrucutre schemes and through liaison with the design teams, contractor, and subject matter experts on specific components (e.g., instrumentation / dissolution features / geo-environmental / hydrology) develop and update these with respect to geotechnical design of earthworks to be carried out by, and be the responsibility of, the individual design teams.
• Be responsbile for achieving consistency in the 3D earthworks modelling (Civil 3D sub-assemblies) construction details and material quanitifcations presented in the Schedule of Earthworks Quantities.
• Will support geotechnical designers to implement the standard earthworks details and Civil 3D sub-assemblies on a case be case basis, ensuring integration across standard details, asset specific drawings and specifications.
• Will provide integration of design ouput including providing guidance on the format of design deliverables (level of graphical detail on drawings) to meet the project requirements so that the contractor can deliver the design in line with the design intent.
• Keep abreast of best practices and industry standards in relation to earthworks design and construction
  

Qualifications & Experience-

• plan and manage tasks to time, budget and quality.
• can communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with people at all levels, across the project organisation
• will have extensive experience in the design and implementation of earthworks for civil engineering projects
• has experience of design and build contracts and assimilation of design and construction imperatives
• will have a working knowledge of SHW standard details
• should be fully familiar with MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, etc. as well as document management and data management systems (Sharepoint / ProjectWise / BIMXTRA or similar).
  

Why Become an Arcadian?

Our work with clients has a direct impact on people’s lives and on the planet. We make moving, living and belonging in cities safer, more resilient and more sustainable. By partnering with our clients as responsible custodians of our earth’s resources, we can create a sustainable planet.

We continue to think of new ways to make positive impacts and create better experiences for people; data driven and digital solutions have become part of the Arcadis DNA. Working together with clients and using techniques like design thinking, we can get to the heart of our clients’ most pressing challenges and work together to solve them.

As a global business, we have committed to support five of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that our projects contribute to a better and more sustainable future for all. But it’s not just the work that we do on client projects that benefits communities and our planet. As a global business, we are committed to making a positive impact to society by supporting local communities where we operate.

To help protect our planet, we monitor and measure non-financial information to inform business decisions and reduce our own environmental impact as part of our commitment to be net zero carbon as a global company by 2030.

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. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams- Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

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