About the role

  • Senior Project Manager overseeing highway design projects, leading teams and mentoring engineers at Michael Baker International. Specializing in roadway design and client communication.

Responsibilities

  • Work on a team of engineers with design and production of highway construction drawings
  • Prepare and review project bid documents, including plans, specifications, quantities, and cost estimates; perform roadway design tasks such as horizontal and vertical geometry, 3D corridor modeling, and design calculations.
  • Holds responsibilities of a Task Lead and communicate with the Project Managers on key issues and project progress.
  • Prepare moderately complex studies, construction documents, drawings, maps, reports, and supporting documentation
  • 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 technicians and less experienced engineers and engineers-in-training
  • Maintain knowledge through completion of various training initiatives: attending seminars, reviewing professional publications, attending in-house systems/management training
  • Reviews shop drawings for conformance with Contract Plans.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (Master’s degree preferred)
  • 15+ years of highway design experience supporting transportation clients, including agencies such as NYSDOT, NYCDOT, NYCDDC, NJDOT, NJTA, and/or PANYNJ
  • Strong working knowledge of federal, state, and local design standards, including: AASHTO Design Guidelines for Highways and Streets, FHWA MUTCD, NYS DOT, NYC DDC, and NYC DOT standards
  • Professional Engineering (PE) license in New York (NJ license a plus)
  • Proven ability to lead and mentor multi‑disciplinary teams on complex transportation projects
  • Strong written and verbal English communication skills, essential for client interaction and long‑term success
  • Ability to quickly learn and apply company policies, procedures, software tools, and client standards.

Benefits

  • Training opportunities locally and nationally
  • Online Leadership Institute for soft skills development
  • Project Management mentorship

Job title

Project Manager – Highway

Job type

Experience level

SeniorLead

Salary

$140,000 - $213,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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