[Hiring] Design Manager @Arcadis

Role Description

Arcadis is seeking a Design Project Manager for our Government and Civic market sector, with a strong emphasis on managing multidisciplinary design teams and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, compliant, and cost-controlled project outcomes for Federal clients, including USACE, NAVFAC, and AFCEC. This role resides within the Design Management Department of the North America Places group.

Role accountabilities:

• Managing multidisciplinary design teams to ensure coordinated, high-quality technical deliverables across all project stages.
• Implementing and enforcing quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) processes throughout design development.
• Maintaining fiduciary responsibility for project budgets, including monitoring expenditures, managing scope, forecasting costs, and ensuring delivery meets financial targets.
• Acting as the primary client interface, leading reviews, presenting design decisions, and ensuring client objectives and federal requirements are consistently met.
• Developing and managing detailed project execution plans, schedules, and design delivery workflows using digital platforms and best-practice methodologies.
• Driving on-time delivery of all design milestones and managing change, risk, and scope within established project controls.
• Coordinating work across architects, engineers, consultants, and stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of all design components.
• Preparing and delivering clear written reports, technical documentation, and presentations, with a strong focus on federal standards, compliance, and funding considerations.
• Contributing to pursuit strategies, fee proposals, and the development of winning approaches for federal design projects.
• Providing leadership as a “seller-doer,” supporting both project delivery and business development activities.
• Travel up to 20%, including occasional overnight stays.

Qualifications

• 10+ or more years’ relevant experience in the federal market sector.
• Min. 5+ years’ experience leading large multi-discipline design-engineered solutions and construction projects.
• Strong financial background related to projects and client management.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills that are clear and concise.
• Experience reviewing drawings and multi-discipline designs on digital platforms.
• Experience working with projects that utilize Fundamental knowledge of Autodesk Platforms: Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) or Building Information Modelling (BIM) engineered solutions.
• Obtain Certified Project Management (CPM) certification status within 30 days of hire. The company provides training with employment.
• BA in Architecture or Engineering-related fields focused on the built environment.
• Candidates need to be a citizen of the United States of America.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program).
• 401K.
• Short-term and long-term disability (STD, LTD).
• Accidental death and 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.
• The salary range for this position is $130,000 - $150,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project, and location.