Sr. Mechanical Engineer (PE) | Federal Projects

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:

Join Arcadis as a Senior Mechanical Engineer supporting federal facility projects. In this role, you will act as a Federal Subject Matter Expert (SME), leading mechanical design across multiple concurrent projects while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and federal clients to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions. The role includes approximately 20% travel for site visits and client engagement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead mechanical design teams and mentor junior staff to produce construction-ready design packages
• Design facilities across industrial, commercial, and institutional sectors
• Have design skill sets in HVAC and Plumbing
• Support projects with USACE and NAVFAC
• Lead project lifecycle activities including budgets, proposals, schedules, staffing, and resource allocation
• Engage in business development and client relationship building within government sectors
• Ensure compliance with federal and industry standards (UFC, UFGS, NFPA, NEC, NESC, NETA, ANSI, IEEE, UL, UBC, IEC, CE, EN, ASHRAE)                                                     
• Travel as required (~20%)

Required Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizenship (required for federal project work)
• Minimum 12 years of consulting engineering experience with strong federal project exposure
• Proven experience delivering IFC design packages
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering
• Active Professional Engineering (PE) license in the U.S. (multi-state preferred)
• Strong communication skills (presentation, written, and verbal)

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 $110,000 – $180,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

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