Senior Transportation Planning 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 International, is currently seeking a Senior Transportation Planning Project Manager to join our team.

The ideal candidate will be driven, intellectually curious, committed to excellence, and demonstrate a desire to make a difference in the communities we serve.

As a Senior Transportation Planning Project Manager, you will support planners, traffic engineers, and project managers with planning activities, including data collection, analysis, reporting and presentations.

The Project Manager will also assist with client development and serve as a point of contact for transit and planning agencies in Texas and the Gulf Coast Region.

What You'll Do:


* Knowledge of planning disciplines, such as transportation planning, urban and community planning, resiliency and hazard mitigation planning, policy analysis, highway finance, bicycle/pedestrian planning, emerging mobility, including autonomous and Connected vehicles and Mobility as a Service, and transit planning


* Ability to conduct research and prepare statistical planning reports


* Collect and compile a variety of quantitative and qualitative data to prepare reports and maps


* Conduct field evaluations and assessments


* Research requirements and standards


* Develop reports under the direction of the project manager


* Reviews and evaluates transportation construction plans or studies in regard to bike/pedestrian and multimodal accommodations


* Participates in the development of Long- Range Planning efforts, studies, including major investments studies, environmental assessments, preliminary engineering studies, and other related activities.


* Develops and reviews conceptual project/plan design, project definition/criteria, scheduling, conceptual cost, and scope of services for long-range planning efforts, including development and review of project options and recommendations base upon input of major stakeholders and the community input.


* Works with major institutional stakeholders, business and community leaders, and neighborhoods to advance planning studies working to achieve consensus for recommendations that are cost-effective


* Develops and recommends innovative solutions for transportation strategies and programs


* Ensures that all planning activities comply with appropriate Federal and local regulations, policies, and procedures.


* Performs technical reviews of projects and prepares reports, analysis, and correspondence


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