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 34,000 people, in over 30 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.

This role will form an integral part of our Global Excellence Centre (GEC) – Arcadis’ centralized and fully integrated project delivery group. Our GEC is made up of more than 3,000 talented individuals working in offices across Philippines, Romanina and India, providing Capability, Capacity and a Competitive Advantage across a wide array of unique projects and services, in collaboration with our global businesses.

Arcadis' Philippines office is seeking an experienced Interior Designer to join our dynamic Workplace team, contributing to a range of high-profile projects.

In this role, you will contribute to the development of workplace test fits, space planning studies, and layout solutions, working under the guidance of senior designers and project leads. You will play a key role in delivering accurate, efficient, and code-compliant planning solutions within tight timelines, helping clients evaluate feasibility and optimize space performance.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including MEP and cost consultants, while supporting continuous improvement in digital workflows and planning tools.

Role Accountabilities:

• Embrace and demonstrate the Arcadis behavioral framework in your day-to-day work.
• Prioritize your own safety and safety of others by understanding and following the Arcadis Health and Safety Principles.
• Demonstrate the Arcadis behavioral framework in daily work and uphold Health & Safety principles.
• Develop test fits and space planning options under the guidance of senior designers, ensuring accuracy and compliance with Arcadis standards.
• Prepare blocking, stacking, and detailed layout plans to support feasibility studies and client presentations.
• Analyze headcount data, departmental adjacencies, and workflow requirements to translate program needs into space solutions.
• Ensure layouts comply with relevant building codes, life safety requirements, and ADA regulations.
• Coordinate with MEP disciplines to ensure proposed layouts are technically feasible.
• Prepare area calculations, furniture layouts, and basic schedules to support cost planning.
• Review own drawings carefully prior to submission to ensure quality and accuracy.
• Support senior team members during client presentations and internal reviews.
• Collaborate effectively with regional teams (primarily North America and Asia) in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Contribute to improving workflows, including digital tools and automation initiatives.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design or Architecture.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in Workplace design.
• Solid experience in test-fitting, blocking, and space planning.
• Ability to produce accurate test fits within tight deadlines (24–48 hours preferred).
• Proficiency in Revit is required.
• Familiarity with 3D visualization tools such as SketchUp or Enscape is preferred.
• Working knowledge of commercial building codes, ADA requirements, and space standards.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to maximize space efficiency within constraints.
• Good coordination skills with MEP and multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives including digital workflows, automation, and AI enables planning tools.

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. At Arcadis, you will have the opportunity to build the career that is right for you. Because each Arcadian has their own motivations, their own career goals. And, as a ‘people first’ business, it is why we will take the time to listen, to understand what you want from your time here, and provide the support you need to achieve your ambitions.