Environmental Engineer - Sustainability Focus at Arcadis U.S.Inc. in New York, New York

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 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 an Environmental Engineer - Sustainability to join our team for a significant rail tunnel project in the New York / New Jersey area. In this role, you will lead and support efforts to integrate environmental, social, and economic sustainability throughout the project lifecycle.

Role Accountabilities:

• Lead the collection of design- and construction-phase data to track sustainability performance, including metrics such as embodied carbon, waste diversion rates, and energy efficiency.
• Develop and manage comprehensive Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reports, and dashboards for internal leadership and external stakeholders, including contributions to ESG reporting frameworks (e.g., GRI, CDP).
• Refine sustainability specifications, incorporating performance targets for low-carbon materials, waste management, and water conservation.
• Collaborate with the design team to document sustainability measures for Envision credits and compliance.
• Attend weekly construction management (CM) meetings and conduct regular site visits to monitor sustainability implementation.
• Partner with construction contractors to integrate sustainability requirements into construction practices and documentation.
• Review construction submittals for compliance with Envision and other sustainability requirements, ensuring timely documentation for certification purposes.
• Manage all Envision-related reporting and documentation, ensuring compliance with credit requirements across project packages.
• Work closely with GDC's Diversity and Community Outreach teams to support environmental justice and workforce development programs for disadvantaged communities.
• Collaborate with external partners, including contractors and sustainability consultants, to ensure alignment on sustainability goals.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Environmental Sciences, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in sustainability-focused roles, including LEED and/or Envision projects.

• Demonstrated expertise in data collection, analysis, and KPI reporting for large-scale projects.
• Familiarity with sustainability reporting frameworks such as Envision, LEED, GRI and CDP.
• Strong technical knowledge of sustainability standards and practices in the design and construction of infrastructure projects.
• Proven ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and manage stakeholder expectations.

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.

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 $100,000 - $140,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

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