Senior Technical Manager - Highway/Roadway

TRANSPORTATION PRACTICE

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DESCRIPTION

Michael Baker International is seeking a Senior Technical Manager for our New York office who is eager to support our Highway Design group and lead the successful growth of our transportation infrastructure practice in New York.

The successful candidate will have the ability to assist and lead the design and development of roadway design tasks and plans preparation.

We are specifically looking for candidates that manage and specialize in design of roadway geometry, roadside protection, ADA, site work, utilities, development of contract documents (specifications, plans, cost estimates, etc.), Maintenance and Protection of Traffic, cost/benefit alternative analyses, stakeholder coordination, and technical proposal contributions.

Experience with agencies, such as NYSDOT, NYCDOT, NYCDDC, NJDOT, NJTA, and/or PANYNJ is preferred.

Teamwork is the cornerstone of our practice, and the candidate will be expected to work well within a multi-disciplined team environment, coordinating at times with office executives, department managers, project managers, and staff.

In addition to the hands-on roadway design experience on traditional projects, design-build will also be an exciting opportunity.

RESPONSIBILITIES


* Work with a team of engineers with design and production of highway construction drawings.

Manage hybrid teams across local and regional offices.


* Reviews project bid documents, including preparation of studies, reports, plans, cost estimates, and specifications.

Specific civil engineering tasks include horizontal and vertical geometric design, 3D corridor modeling, preparation of design calculations, quantity calculations, construction specifications, and preparation of construction cost estimates.


* Holds responsibilities of a Technical Lead or Project Manager and communicate with the staff on key issues and project progress.


* Occasionally visit work site(s) and report findings to other experienced engineers and/or project managers.


* Communicate with clients regarding project issues, holds and attends meetings.


* Defines scope of work and staff-hour requirements for client proposals.


* Assist project managers in ensuring that project/task schedules and budgets are met.


* Assists in technical aspects of proposal production.


* Ensure work efforts for assigned tasks fall within established budgets.


* Mentor project managers, technicians and less experienced engineers and engineers-in-training to ensure timely and accurate document or drawing preparation.


* Maintain knowledge through completion of v...