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.

Arcadis is seeking a motivated and detail‑oriented Field Inspector to support the delivery of major transit construction projects, including stations, trackwork, guideways, facilities, and system upgrades. The Field Engineer will work closely with the Resident Engineer, inspectors, contractors, and project stakeholders to ensure that construction activities are executed safely, accurately, and in accordance with project requirements. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in the field, enjoys solving technical challenges, and is eager to grow within the transit and heavy‑civil infrastructure sector.

Role accountabilities:

• Support daily field oversight of contractor activities, ensuring work complies with approved plans, specifications, and safety requirements.
• Assist with reviewing submittals, RFIs, shop drawings, and technical documentation, coordinate responses with design teams and the Resident Engineer.
• Perform field measurements, quantity tracking, and verification of installed work for payment applications.
• Document field conditions through daily reports, photos, inspection logs, and progress summaries.
• Monitor construction progress and help identify potential issues related to schedule, quality, or safety.
• Support coordination with transit operations, maintenance, safety teams, and third‑party stakeholders to maintain safe work zones and minimize service impacts.
• Participate in field inspections, testing, and commissioning activities for systems and facilities.
• Assist with change order evaluations, cost analysis, and tracking of project risks.
• Maintain organized project records in accordance with client and firm standards.
• Promote a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement across all field activities.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• 1–4 years of experience in construction, engineering, or field inspection (transit or heavy civil experience preferred).

Key Skills & Abilities:

• Strong understanding of construction methods, materials, and field engineering practices.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and contract documents.
• Excellent communication, organization, and problem‑solving skills.
• Proficiency with construction and project management tools (e.g., Bluebeam, Procore, MS Project, Primavera P6).
• OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 certification preferred.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working on transit, rail, or public‑sector infrastructure projects.
• Ability to work effectively in active, operational transit environments.
• Strong attention to detail and a proactive approach to identifying and resolving field issues.

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.

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 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $85,000- $95,000. 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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