Infrastructure Subject Matter Expert
About The Position
Tidal Basin, a Michael Baker company, is seeking an Infrastructure Subject Matter Expert to provide senior technical leadership for the planning, funding, design, implementation, resilience, and oversight of public infrastructure portfolios. The role operates in a consulting and client-service environment supporting federal, state, territorial, tribal, and local government programs. Assignments may involve disaster recovery, resilience, housing, infrastructure, grants management, and other public-sector initiatives. The successful candidate combines technical knowledge with disciplined documentation, responsive client service, collaboration, and sound judgment. Responsibilities and independence may vary depending on the client, contract, program phase, location, and assigned scope of work.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in civil, environmental, structural, coastal, or related engineering; planning; architecture; or a comparable discipline.
- At least ten years of progressive infrastructure planning, design, construction, funding, or program delivery experience.
- Demonstrated leadership of complex multidisciplinary infrastructure initiatives.
- Ability to communicate professionally, manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and produce accurate, well-organized work.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications and ability to learn client and company systems.
Nice To Haves
- PE, RA, AICP, PMP, ENV SP, CFM, CCM, or comparable credential.
- Federal disaster recovery, mitigation, resilience, or grant-funded capital program experience.
- Experience advising state or local government executives and managing large portfolios.
- Consulting experience supporting government clients or work performed in a regulated, deadline-driven environment.
- Experience working with geographically dispersed, multidisciplinary, or surge teams.
Responsibilities
- Advise clients on infrastructure strategy, project prioritization, funding, delivery models, resilience, and lifecycle considerations.
- Lead technical reviews of scopes, feasibility studies, alternatives, designs, cost estimates, schedules, permits, and construction approaches.
- Evaluate water, wastewater, stormwater, drainage, transportation, coastal, energy, public facility, and community infrastructure needs.
- Integrate hazard mitigation, climate resilience, benefit-cost, environmental, equity, and operability considerations into project decisions.
- Guide compliance with federal funding, procurement, environmental, labor, and documentation requirements.
- Facilitate coordination among owners, engineers, regulators, utilities, emergency managers, funding agencies, and community stakeholders.
- Resolve complex technical, eligibility, scope, cost, schedule, and implementation issues.
- Develop portfolio governance, standards, review gates, risk frameworks, and performance measures.
- Provide technical input to grant applications, Action Plans, project worksheets, and funding strategies.
- Review critical deliverables and provide independent quality oversight.
- Mentor technical staff and coordinate multidisciplinary reach-back resources.
- Support proposals, interviews, client development, and thought leadership.
- Perform other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned to meet project, client, and organizational needs.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Health Savings Account (HSA).
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
- Life, AD&D, short-term, and long-term disability coverage.
- Professional and personal development.
- Generous paid time off.
- Commuter and wellness benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
