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Get Access To All JobsPOSITION - DESIGN MANAGER - FEDERAL (USA) GOVERNMENT SECTOR
LOCATION - United States (hybrid role)
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 Design Project Manager for our Government and Civic market sector, with a strong emphasis on managing multidisciplinary design teams and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, compliant, and cost-controlled project outcomes for Federal clients, including USACE, NAVFAC, and AFCEC.
This role resides within the Design Management Department of the North America Places group.
Role accountabilities:
- Managing multidisciplinary design teams to ensure coordinated, high-quality technical deliverables across all project stages
- Implementing and enforcing quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) processes throughout design development
- Maintaining fiduciary responsibility for project budgets, including monitoring expenditures, managing scope, forecasting costs, and ensuring delivery meets financial targets
- Acting as the primary client interface, leading reviews, presenting design decisions, and ensuring client objectives and federal requirements are consistently met
- Developing and managing detailed project execution plans, schedules, and design delivery workflows using digital platforms and best-practice methodologies
- Driving on-time delivery of all design milestones and managing change, risk, and scope within established project controls
- Coordinating work across architects, engineers, consultants, and stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of all design components
- Preparing and delivering clear written reports, technical documentation, and presentations, with a strong focus on federal standards, compliance, and funding considerations
- Contributing to pursuit strategies, fee proposals, and the development of winning approaches for federal design projects
- Providing leadership as a “seller-doer,” supporting both project delivery and business development activities
- Travel up to 20%, including occasional overnight stays
Qualifications & Experience:
- 10+ or more years’ relevant experience in the federal market sector, Min. 5+ years’ experience leading large multi-discipline design-engineered solutions and construction projects
- Strong financial background related to projects and client management
- Strong written and verbal communication skills that are clear and concise
- Experience reviewing drawings and multi-discipline designs on digital platforms
- Experience working with projects that utilize Fundamental knowledge of Autodesk Platforms: Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) or Building Information Modelling (BIM) engineered solutions
- Obtain Certified Project Management (CPM) certification status within 30 days of hire. The company provides training with employment
- BA in Architecture or Engineering-related fields focused on the built environment
- Candidates need to be a citizen of the United States of America
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 $130,000 - $150,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.
POSITION - DESIGN MANAGER - FEDERAL (USA) GOVERNMENT SECTOR
LOCATION - United States (hybrid role)
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 Design Project Manager for our Government and Civic market sector, with a strong emphasis on managing multidisciplinary design teams and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, compliant, and cost-controlled project outcomes for Federal clients, including USACE, NAVFAC, and AFCEC.
This role resides within the Design Management Department of the North America Places group.
Role accountabilities:
- Managing multidisciplinary design teams to ensure coordinated, high-quality technical deliverables across all project stages
- Implementing and enforcing quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) processes throughout design development
- Maintaining fiduciary responsibility for project budgets, including monitoring expenditures, managing scope, forecasting costs, and ensuring delivery meets financial targets
- Acting as the primary client interface, leading reviews, presenting design decisions, and ensuring client objectives and federal requirements are consistently met
- Developing and managing detailed project execution plans, schedules, and design delivery workflows using digital platforms and best-practice methodologies
- Driving on-time delivery of all design milestones and managing change, risk, and scope within established project controls
- Coordinating work across architects, engineers, consultants, and stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of all design components
- Preparing and delivering clear written reports, technical documentation, and presentations, with a strong focus on federal standards, compliance, and funding considerations
- Contributing to pursuit strategies, fee proposals, and the development of winning approaches for federal design projects
- Providing leadership as a “seller-doer,” supporting both project delivery and business development activities
- Travel up to 20%, including occasional overnight stays
Qualifications & Experience:
- 10+ or more years’ relevant experience in the federal market sector, Min. 5+ years’ experience leading large multi-discipline design-engineered solutions and construction projects
- Strong financial background related to projects and client management
- Strong written and verbal communication skills that are clear and concise
- Experience reviewing drawings and multi-discipline designs on digital platforms
- Experience working with projects that utilize Fundamental knowledge of Autodesk Platforms: Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) or Building Information Modelling (BIM) engineered solutions
- Obtain Certified Project Management (CPM) certification status within 30 days of hire. The company provides training with employment
- BA in Architecture or Engineering-related fields focused on the built environment
- Candidates need to be a citizen of the United States of America
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 $130,000 - $150,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.
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Tailor your portfolio to infrastructure projects
Arcadis Design Managers are evaluated on their ability to lead multidisciplinary teams across infrastructure, water, or urban development projects. Frame your portfolio around project delivery outcomes and cross-functional coordination, not just design execution.
Confirm your degree aligns with the role
USCIS requires Design Manager petitions to qualify as specialty occupations, meaning your degree must directly relate to the position. A degree in civil engineering, architecture, or urban planning strengthens your case far more than a general management credential.
Target Arcadis postings that list LCA-backed positions
Arcadis files Labor Condition Applications with the DOL before sponsoring any H-1B. Roles already in active hiring cycles are more likely to have LCA filings in progress, so prioritize open positions over speculative outreach to recruiters.
Clarify sponsorship scope during initial recruiter conversations
Arcadis sponsors multiple visa categories for this function, including OPT and TN in addition to H-1B. Ask your recruiter early which pathway applies to your situation so you can align your timeline with any USCIS filing or PERM labor certification requirements.
Use Migrate Mate to find open Design Manager roles at Arcadis
Sponsorship-eligible postings are not always flagged on general job boards. Migrate Mate filters Arcadis listings specifically for visa-sponsored Design Manager positions, saving you from applying to roles where sponsorship is unavailable.
Prepare for a structured offer-to-filing timeline
Between offer acceptance and an H-1B start date, USCIS processing and any required PERM recruitment steps can span several months. Nail down your current visa status expiry date before negotiating a start date with Arcadis to avoid a gap in work authorization.
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Does Arcadis sponsor H-1B visas for Design Managers?
Yes, Arcadis sponsors H-1B visas for Design Manager roles. The company has a consistent track record of filing H-1B petitions for professional and technical positions within its consulting practice. Your offer letter will typically confirm sponsorship intent, and Arcadis's legal team handles the petition filing with USCIS once you have a confirmed start date.
Which visa types does Arcadis commonly use for Design Manager roles?
Arcadis sponsors H-1B, H-1B1, TN, F-1 OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, and employment-based Green Cards including EB-2 and EB-3 for qualifying candidates. TN visas are an option for Canadian and Mexican nationals in eligible roles. F-1 OPT and CPT are commonly used for early-career hires who are already in the U.S. on a student visa.
How do I apply for Design Manager jobs at Arcadis?
You can browse and apply for Design Manager positions at Arcadis directly through their careers portal or through Migrate Mate, which filters for sponsorship-eligible roles specifically. When applying, tailor your resume to reflect project delivery experience in infrastructure or consulting environments. Arcadis recruiters typically screen for both technical competency and experience managing client-facing projects at scale.
What qualifications and experience does Arcadis expect for a Design Manager?
Arcadis generally expects a bachelor's or master's degree in civil engineering, architecture, urban planning, or a related discipline. Relevant professional licensure such as a PE or RA is an asset in many markets. Project management experience on complex, multi-stakeholder infrastructure or design projects is typically required, along with demonstrated ability to manage budgets, schedules, and consultant teams.
How do I navigate the visa sponsorship timeline after receiving an offer from Arcadis?
Once Arcadis extends an offer, their immigration counsel will assess your visa category and initiate the appropriate filing. For H-1B, USCIS cap-subject petitions can only be filed once per year with an October 1 start date, so timing your offer relative to the April lottery registration window matters. TN and OPT transfers typically process faster. Communicate your current status expiry date to your Arcadis HR contact as early as possible to avoid gaps.
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