Transportation Design Manager

Arcadis is seeking a Transportation Design Manager with a minimum of 10 years’ experience in highway design and, improvement projects. This position will be part of our design and engineering team and will manage technical delivery teams for current and upcoming projects in Louisiana and the Southeast.

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:

As a Transportation Design Manager, you will utilize your experience and technical knowledge of design and engineering as well as familiarity with local, state and federal project development processes to deliver project success for Arcadis and our clients. You will have the opportunity to coordinate all aspects of project design with various disciplines and will work closely with the Project and/or Program Managers as well as other members of the Project Management Team to ensure the successful completion of the projects within the established budget, schedule, quality, and safety parameters.

Role accountabilities:

• Take responsibility for coordinating design disciplines throughout the life of the project.


• Ensure the overall success of projects by facilitating cross-discipline coordination and review, and monitoring quality processes.


• Lead a diverse team of planners and designers to complete tasks and designs according to the client's schedule.


• Conduct design meetings with client and internal personnel to support program/project delivery.


• Conduct technical reviews of contract documents, technical requirements, and reference documents.


• Work with the Project / Program Manager and various discipline leads to develop design delivery plan and track project progress including any scope deviations. 

Qualifications & Experience:

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 10 years of project management and design experience with public sector clients


• Prior experience as a technical lead


• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (Engineering, Construction Management, etc.)


• Professional Engineer License in Louisiana Transportation Design.


• Experience delivering design-build or design-bid-build projects using LADOTD design and environmental processes.

  Key Attributes:

• Demonstrated ability to work with contractor clients both during tender phase and detailed design phases of design-build projects.


• Demonstrated ability to work with state and municipal clients in planning and design phases of design-bid-build projects.


• Strong communication skills, both written and oral.


• Excellent management skills to manage Arcadis personnel and sub-consultants.


• Develop/implement project delivery solutions.                 


• Represent the company to internal and external clients.


• Motivate, and build staff into a cohesive team to achieve project goals and objectives.                  


• Strong Mentoring and Leadership skills to facilitate Team Development requirements.

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 seven paid holidays and potentially up to two floating holidays per calendar year depending on start date, and 20 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $97600 - $146400.

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