Construction Manager (Water/Wastewater)

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 seeking a Construction Project Manager to join our Construction Management Team in Richmond, Virginia!

This is an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated individual to join our team locally with support from one of the best-qualified municipal consulting firms in the country. The Construction Project Manager, with the support of a strong local recognized technical staff, will utilize their expertise and technical knowledge of project and construction management, managing and coordinating design services during the construction phase, oversee and support our field inspectors and other project assigned staff, manage all project documentation on various construction and/or reconstruction projects for municipal water and wastewater treatment plants, pump stations, storage facilities, or other related type construction projects. The Construction Project Manager will report to area Practice Lead for Construction Management services and other client account leaders. 

Role accountabilities:

The Construction Project Manager will provide overall construction phase project and construction management services for our projects.  This role will also be responsible for coordinating and managing design related services during construction such as submittal reviews, RFI reviews and response and coordinate technical input and guidance to the Owner, change management, schedule management, document management, risk management, quality management and manage project close out.  The role will also provide project monthly progress reports, liaison between the owner, contractor and engineering team, serve as the project’s point of contact for the project team and lead and support the resolution of any project issues. 

Other responsibilities include:

• Prepare requests for change proposals, review Contractor claims and change proposals, and prepare change orders, work change directive or field orders as required. 


• Monitor the Contractor’s progress per compliance with the contract documents and review and process the Contractor’s applications for payment. 


• Attend and conduct all related project meetings including the preconstruction conference, project meetings and other related project meetings. 


• Conduct regular site visits to observe construction activities at key milestones. 


• Conduct substantial completion inspections and prepare project punch lists. 


• Conduct final completion inspections. 


• Provide Record Drawings based on the Contractor’s as-built drawings.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required Qualifications

• 10 years of project management water or wastewater plant or pump station project experience.


• Licensed PE 


• Certified Construction Manager (CCM) through CMAA

Key Skills/Attributes

Key skills for this role include; project management of design related services during construction, construction management related services, experience schedule and cost management, identifying, analyzing, and providing recommendations for all project issues, ability to multi-task several projects, priorities and possess solid time management skills, develop project management plans, communication plans and develop strong project teams between owners, contractors and designers.  Proficiency in MS Office Suite (particularly MS Excel, MS Word, MS SharePoint, and Outlook) and document management software. 

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred qualifications for this role include; 15 or more years of responsible in charge project management, DBIA certified, engineering and construction management experience in wastewater and water process, storage and conveyance type projects.  Proven experience in delivering high quality projects, on time and within budget for owners.   

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 20 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $94,944 - $161,405/year. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

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