Electrical Engineer (Water/Wastewater)

Job description

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. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together. **Role Description:** Arcadis is seeking a talented **Electrical Engineer** to join our growing Resilience Water team. This hybrid position can be based in any of our Ohio offices or in Detroit, Michigan. In this role, you'll help design and deliver the critical infrastructure that provides safe, reliable water services to communities across the region. Working alongside industry-leading engineers, project managers, and technical specialists, you'll contribute to a diverse portfolio of municipal water and wastewater projects, gaining exposure to every phase of project development, from planning and design through construction and commissioning. This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, collaborating across disciplines, and seeing their work make a tangible impact on the communities where they live and work. At Arcadis, you'll have the opportunity to grow your technical expertise, expand your project responsibilities, and contribute to sustainable solutions that improve quality of life for generations to come. **Role Accountabilities:** As a member of our multidisciplinary project team, you will support the planning, design, and delivery of electrical systems for municipal water and wastewater facilities, helping clients modernize infrastructure, improve operational reliability, and achieve long-term resilience goals. - Design electrical systems including power distribution, motor control centers (MCCs), VFDs, lighting, instrumentation, communications, and control systems for water and wastewater facilities. - Prepare engineering deliverables such as one-line diagrams, control schematics, specifications, plans, and design calculations using industry-standard design software. - Perform power system analyses and technical studies to support safe, efficient, and resilient facility operations. - Collaborate with project managers, process engineers, mechanical engineers, contractors, and clients to deliver high-quality solutions on schedule and within budget. - Support construction activities through submittal reviews, responses to RFIs, field investigations, and startup/commissioning support. - Participate in client interactions, technical discussions, and proposal development while helping identify innovative solutions that address evolving infrastructure needs. **Travel:** Occasional travel may be required to support client meetings, site visits, field investigations, and project delivery activities. What You'll Bring: You are a motivated engineer with experience in electrical design and power distribution systems for municipal water and wastewater facilities. You enjoy working in a collaborative environment, take ownership of your work, and are passionate about delivering practical solutions to complex infrastructure challenges. Success in this role requires strong technical skills, attention to detail, effective communication, and the ability to manage multiple priorities while working with diverse teams and stakeholders. **Qualifications & Experience:** - Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, or a related discipline - 5 years of experience supporting water/wastewater projects - EIT certification or Professional Engineer (PE) license Why Arcadis? We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why 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. Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy. Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging 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. Arcadis offers benefits for full-time and part-time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program, and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance, and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $80,461- $132,761. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project, and location. #LI-RJ1 #Resilience-NA #Water-NA #WaterJobsOhio