Sr. Mechanical Engineer; PE | Federal Projects
Job Description
Position: Sr. Mechanical Engineer (PE) | Federal Projects
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Join Arcadis as a Senior Mechanical Engineer supporting federal facility projects. In this role, you will act as a Federal Subject Matter Expert (SME), leading mechanical design across multiple concurrent projects while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and federal clients to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions. The role includes approximately 20% travel for site visits and client engagement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead mechanical design teams and mentor junior staff to produce construction-ready design packages
- Design facilities across industrial, commercial, and institutional sectors
- Have design skill sets in HVAC and Plumbing
- Support projects with USACE and NAVFAC
- Lead project lifecycle activities including budgets, proposals, schedules, staffing, and resource allocation
- Engage in business development and client relationship building within government sectors
- Ensure compliance with federal and industry standards (UFC, UFGS, NFPA, NEC, NESC, NETA, ANSI, IEEE, UL, UBC, IEC, CE, EN, ASHRAE)
- Travel as required (~20%)
Required Qualifications:
- U.S. Citizenship: (required for federal project work)
- Minimum: 12 years of consulting engineering experience with strong federal project exposure
- Proven experience: delivering IFC design packages
- Bachelor's degree: in mechanical engineering
- Active Professional Engineering (PE) license: in the U.S. (multi-state preferred)
- Strong communication skills: (presentation, written, and verbal)
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.
Benefits of Working with Arcadis:
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 year. The salary range for this position is $110,000 – $180,000.
Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.