Assistant Resident Engineer

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34000 people in over 30 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

As an Assistant Resident Engineer you will support the Senior Resident Engineer in the field administration and construction oversight of transit and rail projects with an emphasis on station facility and infrastructure work typical of agencies such as CTA and Metra. This role will help confirm that work is performed in accordance with contract documents quality requirements safety expectations schedule commitments owner procedures and the constraints of active transit operations.

Role accountabilities:

• Support the Senior Resident Engineer with day-to-day field administration contractor coordination and owner communication.
• Track submittals schedules insurance permits testing documentation and other contract requirements to confirm timely review and approval by the appropriate stakeholders.
• Coordinate and participate in meetings with contractors facility personnel design consultants agency representatives and other project stakeholders.
• Prepare and distribute meeting minutes action item logs and related project correspondence.
• Verify that required material inspections testing activities and quality documentation are completed reviewed and properly filed.
• Maintain and organize inspection records daily reports photos shop drawings submittal logs and other construction documentation.
• Monitor contractor progress against the approved construction schedule and support identification of potential delays access constraints outage conflicts public-facing impacts or coordination issues.
• Assist with review documentation and processing of potential changes change orders field directives and related cost or schedule impacts.
• Support review of contractor pay applications by confirming quantities backup documentation field progress and alignment with contract requirements.
• Coordinate with inspection staff to gather field reports photos testing records and other documentation required for official submission.
• Support final project closeout including punch list tracking as-built documentation warranties manuals O&M materials and other contract-required deliverables.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelors degree in civil engineering construction management or a related field required.
• Professional Engineer license preferred; EIT with a clear path toward PE licensure will also be considered.
• Minimum of 8 years of construction management resident engineering field engineering or inspection-related experience preferably on transit or rail projects.
• Station construction or renovation experience preferred including passenger facilities platforms vertical circulation track-adjacent work utility coordination access constraints and work in active operating environments.
• Familiarity with contractor safety coordination rail/transit access procedures right-of-way restrictions outage planning and work performed adjacent to the public or active operations preferred.
• Experience working with public transit agencies such as CTA Metra or similar rail/transit owners is preferred.
• Strong documentation communication and coordination skills with the ability to work effectively with contractors owners designers inspectors and operations personnel.
• Experience with construction management and document control tools such as Primavera P6 Bluebeam Revu Microsoft Office and electronic document control systems preferred.

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its 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.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll 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 15 days PTO that accrue per salary range for this position is $97000 - $146000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors such as experience education budget internal equity project and location.

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