Senior Highway Project Manager

Transportation Practice

Consistently ranked by Engineering News-Record as a Top 20 transportation firm, Michael Baker International offers clients an integrated team of professionals versed in all aspects of transportation planning, design, permitting, and construction management and inspection.

In addition, Michael Baker International is a recognized leader in the practical aspects of operating and maintaining a safe and efficient transportation infrastructure.

What We're Looking For:

Michael Baker is seeking a Senior Highway Project Manager to be a part of our Harrisburg Highway Team.

Ideal candidates will demonstrate expertise in the management of multidiscipline projects for PennDOT, municipal, and private clients.

The Senior Project Manager will provide engineering design and oversight in the successful delivery of transportation projects as well as supporting our Consultant Project Management effort for PennDOT and other clients.

The role will include mentorship and support for development of younger staff.

The Project Manager will openly share technical knowledge and mentor engineers while supervising the preparation of studies, reports, quantities, cost estimates, and construction drawings for highway, bridge, and other transportation improvement projects.

Ideal candidates bring extensive experience with interstates and other limited access roadways, roadways on new alignment, widening of existing roadways, intersection and interchange improvements as well as full access roadways and bridges.

This is a highway design-focused role, and candidates must have demonstrated expertise in highway engineering.

This opportunity has a lot of growth potential and is perfect for someone interested in accelerating their career!

What You'll Do:


* Leading plan production for conventional design-bid-build and/or design-build Highway projects


* Working with a team of engineers and planners to develop strategies and teaming arrangements to pursue projects


* Mentoring project teams and junior staff


* Provide technical leadership and guidance to less experienced engineers


* Reviewing the work of other professionals, including QA/QC of plans and specifications, mentoring, training and growing staff in the performance of job duties


* Having a broad understanding of Highway design, including interstates and other limited access highways, state roadways, and local roads


* Review project proposals and plans to determine scope, schedule, budget, staffing, and delivery approach


* Prepare scopes of work and cost estimates for proposals


* Present project information in both written and oral formats


* Complete technical analyses, calculations, and design tasks as needed


* Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams across transportation practices


* Manage multiple projects - scope of work, schedules, and budgets


* Organize files and project documentation


* Occasional travel may be required
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