Senior Transportation Principal Project Manager

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 a Senior Transportation Principal Project Manager to help drive our dynamic and fast-growing Mobility team in Louisiana. This is a hybrid position, blending the flexibility of remote work with the energy and connection of in-office collaboration. In this influential role, you’ll partner with seasoned transportation professionals, delivering high-impact projects across a diverse range of clients and funding sources. Plus, you’ll have opportunities to collaborate with Arcadis teams outside Louisiana, broadening your network, building client relationships, and developing new business as you oversee the successful delivery of marquee transportation projects.

Role accountabilities:

• Lead and manage transformative transportation design projects—from roundabouts and traffic signals to bridges, highways, and interchanges—with an unwavering commitment to quality and innovation.

• Own the full client experience, engaging directly at every stage of project pursuit, development, and delivery.

• Guide all phases of complex projects, setting direction, ensuring alignment, and driving results across multi-disciplinary teams.

• Mentor and empower project teams, ensuring assignments are completed with technical excellence and collaborative spirit.

• Develop project scopes and budgets, interface with clients, and build robust project plans and schedules that drive success.

• Expand your impact by supporting and leading initiatives with other Arcadis offices, sharing best practices, and growing your professional network.

• Demonstrate your communication and leadership strengths by confidently leading meetings, orchestrating resources, and delivering engaging presentations—cultivating meaningful relationships and earning the trust of both clients and colleagues.

• Champion Arcadis’ commitment to quality and safety, upholding our standards and contributing to an inclusive, high-performance culture.

• Be a driving force for excellence by championing Arcadis’ unwavering commitment to quality and safety, setting the standard for outstanding project delivery while actively shaping an inclusive, high-performance culture where everyone thrives.

Qualifications & Experience:

• 20+ years of progressive highway design or project management experience, with deep expertise in LADOTD standards and procedures.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or a related field.

• Louisiana Professional Engineer (PE) license.

Preferred:

• Proven success leading and inspiring multi-disciplinary teams.

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 20 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $136,400 - $170,500. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

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