Electrical & Controls Program & Project Manager

Arcadis; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 87,400 - 131,760; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401K plan

Paid parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

15 days PTO per year

Job summary

A sustainable design and engineering firm is seeking a Senior Project Engineer specializing in electrical and controls, with 10-15 years of experience. The role involves leading projects for major rail clients in North America, with responsibilities including project sales, compliance, and team management. Applicants should have a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and strong leadership skills. Competitive salary range of $87,400 to $131,760 depending on experience is offered. Join us to make a meaningful impact.

Qualifications

• 10 years of relevant electrical and controls experience.
• Strong Project Engineering experience in leading multi-disciplined projects.
• Prior Railroad Project Experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead sales and development of electrical & controls projects.
• Ensure compliance with contracts, specifications, and regulations.
• Manage project teams and coordinate resources.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Project management

Team leadership

Communication skills

Client relations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Engineer in Training certification

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 36,000 people, in over 70 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 currently searching for a Sr. Project Engineer – Electrical & Controls with 10 – 15 years’ experience, to join our engineering team serving all 6 Class I freight railroads in North America. Arcadis is leader in railroad environmental engineering, fueling, and facilities engineering. This is a very exciting opportunity for a Sr. project engineer to become a leader in our growing team, work directly with our Rail clients and immediately make a clear difference for our clients, our team, and their career. The position has tremendous growth opportunity for the Sr. Project Engineer that would like to expand their Project Management and Client Development (Seller/Doer) career. Location is flexible. Salary level depends on experience level. Our team works with clients to achieve business objectives by creating and implementing innovative and effective solutions using state-of-the-art practices and technologies. This position is an exciting opportunity for a self‑motivated, team‑oriented and flexible individual with strong communication skills and the initiative to tackle new projects, challenges, and concepts. The successful applicant will utilize their experience and expertise to successfully lead selling, design, and implementation of electrical and controls engineering projects for our Rail clients throughout North America.

Role accountabilities

• Leading and performing the sales and development of electrical & controls projects as a service for rail clients while serving as a Sr. Project Engineer, leveraging the candidate’s experience in railroad related engineering projects (including industrial wastewater facilities, fuel and oil storage facilities, structures, and car & diesel shops) including investigations, studies, analysis, designs, and construction administration services
• Leading and managing the planning, design, and construction administration of projects to ensure compliance with contracts, drawings, specifications, codes, statutes, rules, and regulations, as well as Arcadis' quality and safety practices
• Leading and communicating with project teams, establishing goals and objectives, and scheduling and coordinating resources to deliver projects on time, within budget, and to the performance expectations of the client
• Providing technical expertise on multi‑disciplined projects as design leader
• Proficient at the development of detailed plans and specifications

Qualifications & Experience

Required Qualifications

• 10 years of relevant electrical and controls experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field of study.
• Engineer in Training required, Professional Engineer preferred.
• Strong Project Engineering experience including at least 10 years of demonstrated experience leading small to large sized, multi‑disciplined, electrical or controls Engineering projects.
• Strong team leadership experience including technically leading overall project delivery expectations, prioritizing tasks, and mentoring.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Prior Railroad Project Experience and client facing skills.

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 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 are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. 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.

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 $87,400 - $131,760. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.