Principal Construction Manager

Arcadis; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 315,000 - 330,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K

Paid parental leave

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Arcadis is seeking an experienced Principal Construction Manager to provide senior-level leadership for complex infrastructure and capital projects in the United States. This role acts as a liaison among clients, contractors, design teams, and project leadership to drive delivery from design through active construction.

The Principal Construction Manager will oversee construction execution, safety, quality, schedule, risk, and stakeholder engagement, resolving issues and ensuring alignment with

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant construction, construction management, design, or project delivery experience.
• Demonstrated experience supporting complex construction or infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of construction practices, contract documents, RFIs, submittals, change management, scheduling, quality, and field coordination.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior construction management leadership throughout design and construction.
• Serve as a primary point of coordination among the client, contractors, subcontractors, design teams, consultants, and project leadership.
• Lead and support construction-phase activities, including RFIs, submittals, design clarifications, change orders, field changes, and technical issue resolution.
• Monitor construction progress, schedule performance, quality, safety, labor resources, sequencing, and potential project risks.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to help ensure construction activities remain aligned with design intent, specifications, contract documents, and project requirements.
• Participate in and lead project meetings, construction coordination meetings, site walks, constructability reviews, and progress discussions.
• Identify potential delays, conflicts, material constraints, and construction risks and work with project stakeholders to develop practical mitigation strategies.
• Provide oversight of QA/QC activities and promote a strong culture of safety and accountability throughout project delivery.
• Review construction documentation and maintain appropriate tracking and follow-up of open project items.
• Support project turnover, closeout, as-built documentation, and resolution of outstanding construction items.
• Build trusted relationships with clients and project stakeholders while providing clear, timely communication on project performance, risks, and key decisions.

Skills

Construction leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Decision-making

Field & office work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Engineering, or related

Professional certification or licensure such as PE, CCM, PMP, or equivalent

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 an experienced Principal Construction Manager to provide senior-level construction leadership for complex infrastructure and capital projects. This individual will serve as a key liaison between clients, contractors, subcontractors, design teams, and project leadership, helping drive successful project delivery from design through active construction.

The Principal Construction Manager will provide leadership across construction execution, technical coordination, safety, quality, schedule, risk, and stakeholder engagement while helping resolve construction and design issues efficiently and maintaining alignment with project requirements.

Role Accountabilities

• Provide senior construction management leadership throughout design and construction.
• Serve as a primary point of coordination among the client, contractors, subcontractors, design teams, consultants, and project leadership.
• Lead and support construction-phase activities, including RFIs, submittals, design clarifications, change orders, field changes, and technical issue resolution.
• Monitor construction progress, schedule performance, quality, safety, labor resources, sequencing, and potential project risks.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to help ensure construction activities remain aligned with design intent, specifications, contract documents, and project requirements.
• Participate in and lead project meetings, construction coordination meetings, site walks, constructability reviews, and progress discussions.
• Identify potential delays, conflicts, material constraints, and construction risks and work with project stakeholders to develop practical mitigation strategies.
• Provide oversight of QA/QC activities and promote a strong culture of safety and accountability throughout project delivery.
• Review construction documentation and maintain appropriate tracking and follow-up of open project items.
• Support project turnover, closeout, as-built documentation, and resolution of outstanding construction items.
• Build trusted relationships with clients and project stakeholders while providing clear, timely communication on project performance, risks, and key decisions.

Qualifications & Experience

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant construction, construction management, design, or project delivery experience.
• Demonstrated experience supporting complex construction or infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of construction practices, contract documents, RFIs, submittals, change management, scheduling, quality, and field coordination.
• Proven ability to coordinate contractors, designers, engineers, clients, and other project stakeholders.
• Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to identify construction risks and effectively drive issues toward resolution.
• Ability to work effectively in both field and office/project-team environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Professional certification or licensure such as PE, CCM, PMP, or equivalent, depending on the project and discipline.
• Experience serving in an Owner's Representative, Construction Management, Program Management, engineering/design, or general contractor environment.
• Experience delivering large, complex capital improvement programs or infrastructure projects.

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.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• EAP
• 401K
• STD
• LTD
• AD&D
• life insurance
• paid parental leave
• reward & recognition program
• wellbeing benefits
• adoption assistance
• tuition reimbursement
• nine paid holidays
• 15 days PTO that accrue per year

The salary range for this position is $315,000 - $330,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.