Senior Architect – Data Centre and Mission-Critical Sector
About the 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 Senior Architect – Data Centre and mission-critical Sector to join our team in support of current and future major infrastructure, data centre, and industrial facility projects. The ideal candidate will thrive in a collaborative team environment where strong communication, meticulous attention to detail, and a commitment to excellence drive the successful execution of project design. This role will have a particular focus on data centre opportunities and design development , contributing to high-performance, sustainable, and innovative solutions.
Our industrial clients span manufacturing, public transit, automotive, aerospace, food and beverage, warehousing/distribution/logistics, chemicals and polymers, municipal infrastructure, power and energy, science and technology, and national defense sectors, delivering projects that include maintenance and transit facilities, warehouses, distribution centers, data centers and mission-critical facilities, manufacturing plants, food processing sites, energy stations, aircraft hangars, and support spaces.
Role accountabilities:
- Lead design efforts for industrial and data center projects
- Coordinate multidisciplinary project teams to ensure aligned and integrated delivery
- Prepare design and technical deliverables across all project phases
- Uphold Arcadis standards for quality, safety, and project delivery excellence
- Facilitate team and client meetings, provide project updates to leadership and key stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and decision-making
- Collaborate on developing winning strategies for RFPs and competitive pursuits
- Deliver engaging presentations, both written and verbal
- Identify business development opportunities across disciplines
- Engage in client communication, proposal preparation, and project interviews
- Develop and maintain strong client relationships to support long-term growth
Qualifications & Experience:
- Professional degree in architecture (M.Arch., B.Arch., or equivalent) from an accredited institution
- OAA Licensed Architect with at least 10 years’ experience in data centre and industrial building projects
- Proven experience leading and delivering large-scale, complex data centre and industrial projects
- Strong project leadership and multidisciplinary team coordination skills with minimal supervision
- Expertise in architectural design, technical detailing, and construction documentation
- Solid understanding of zoning bylaws and the Ontario Building Code
- Demonstrated business development capabilities, including client engagement and proposal preparation
- Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills, including effective presentations
- Commitment to sustainability, innovation, and high-quality design
- Portfolio submission required; willingness to travel for field work and adapt to various work environments
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.
The salary range for this position is $89,000-$134,000. The base salary represents Arcadis’ hiring range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as location, skills, experience, and qualification for the role.
About Arcadis
Arcadis is your global sustainable transformation partner. Proven pioneers for a sustainable future, partnering on the most transformative projects of our time.
With over 36,000 people active in more than 30 countries, we bring together the best minds from around the world to deliver intelligent products and solutions that address the challenges of climate change, energy affordability and livable cities. We go beyond traditional design, engineering, architecture and consultancy, using data-driven insights for tailored solutions in the environments we co-create.
Whether reducing flood risks in the Netherlands, strengthening New York’s coastlines against hurricanes or revolutionizing Sydney’s transit system, our world-changing solutions leave a positive and lasting impact.
Our work has helped more than a third of the world's communities become more resilient, and hundreds of clients to advance their decarbonization and net-zero goals. Together, we are committed to solving today's greatest problems; and creating a blueprint for a better, more sustainable future, designed to thrive.
Arcadis. Improving quality of life.
Senior Architect – Data Centre and Mission-Critical Sector
About the 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 Senior Architect – Data Centre and mission-critical Sector to join our team in support of current and future major infrastructure, data centre, and industrial facility projects. The ideal candidate will thrive in a collaborative team environment where strong communication, meticulous attention to detail, and a commitment to excellence drive the successful execution of project design. This role will have a particular focus on data centre opportunities and design development , contributing to high-performance, sustainable, and innovative solutions.
Our industrial clients span manufacturing, public transit, automotive, aerospace, food and beverage, warehousing/distribution/logistics, chemicals and polymers, municipal infrastructure, power and energy, science and technology, and national defense sectors, delivering projects that include maintenance and transit facilities, warehouses, distribution centers, data centers and mission-critical facilities, manufacturing plants, food processing sites, energy stations, aircraft hangars, and support spaces.
Role accountabilities:
- Lead design efforts for industrial and data center projects
- Coordinate multidisciplinary project teams to ensure aligned and integrated delivery
- Prepare design and technical deliverables across all project phases
- Uphold Arcadis standards for quality, safety, and project delivery excellence
- Facilitate team and client meetings, provide project updates to leadership and key stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and decision-making
- Collaborate on developing winning strategies for RFPs and competitive pursuits
- Deliver engaging presentations, both written and verbal
- Identify business development opportunities across disciplines
- Engage in client communication, proposal preparation, and project interviews
- Develop and maintain strong client relationships to support long-term growth
Qualifications & Experience:
- Professional degree in architecture (M.Arch., B.Arch., or equivalent) from an accredited institution
- OAA Licensed Architect with at least 10 years’ experience in data centre and industrial building projects
- Proven experience leading and delivering large-scale, complex data centre and industrial projects
- Strong project leadership and multidisciplinary team coordination skills with minimal supervision
- Expertise in architectural design, technical detailing, and construction documentation
- Solid understanding of zoning bylaws and the Ontario Building Code
- Demonstrated business development capabilities, including client engagement and proposal preparation
- Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills, including effective presentations
- Commitment to sustainability, innovation, and high-quality design
- Portfolio submission required; willingness to travel for field work and adapt to various work environments
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.
The salary range for this position is $89,000-$134,000. The base salary represents Arcadis’ hiring range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as location, skills, experience, and qualification for the role.
About Arcadis
Arcadis is your global sustainable transformation partner. Proven pioneers for a sustainable future, partnering on the most transformative projects of our time.
With over 36,000 people active in more than 30 countries, we bring together the best minds from around the world to deliver intelligent products and solutions that address the challenges of climate change, energy affordability and livable cities. We go beyond traditional design, engineering, architecture and consultancy, using data-driven insights for tailored solutions in the environments we co-create.
Whether reducing flood risks in the Netherlands, strengthening New York’s coastlines against hurricanes or revolutionizing Sydney’s transit system, our world-changing solutions leave a positive and lasting impact.
Our work has helped more than a third of the world's communities become more resilient, and hundreds of clients to advance their decarbonization and net-zero goals. Together, we are committed to solving today's greatest problems; and creating a blueprint for a better, more sustainable future, designed to thrive.
Arcadis. Improving quality of life.