Project Manager

Michael Baker International•Mobile, AL

9d•$103,532 - $130,385

About The Position

Tidal Basin, a Michael Baker company, is seeking a Project Manager to plan, direct, monitor, and close complex public-sector consulting and program implementation engagements. The role manages scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, staffing, and client relationships 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 business, public administration, engineering, planning, emergency management, or a related field.
At least seven years of progressive project or program management experience, including multi-stakeholder delivery.
Demonstrated experience managing budget, schedule, teams, risks, and client communications.
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

PMP or comparable credential.
Federal grants, HUD, FEMA, housing, infrastructure, disaster recovery, or public-sector consulting experience.
Experience leading subcontractors and geographically dispersed teams.
Consulting experience supporting government clients or work performed in a regulated, deadline-driven environment.
Experience working with geographically dispersed, multidisciplinary, or surge teams.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary day-to-day client contact and maintain clear governance, escalation, and decision-making processes.
Develop and maintain project management plans, work breakdown structures, schedules, budgets, staffing plans, deliverable calendars, and communication protocols.
Direct multidisciplinary teams and subcontractors; assign work, clarify accountability, monitor performance, and resolve constraints.
Manage contract scope, task orders, amendments, change control, invoicing, and compliance with contractual requirements.
Monitor labor, expenses, revenue, forecasts, margin, backlog, and other project financial indicators; implement corrective actions when needed.
Maintain risk, issue, action, decision, dependency, and assumption logs.
Lead client meetings, executive briefings, status reporting, and deliverable reviews.
Implement QA/QC and ensure work products are accurate, timely, consistent, and ready for client and regulatory review.
Coordinate mobilization, onboarding, training, resource planning, and demobilization.
Ensure project records, data, and communications meet security, confidentiality, retention, and audit-readiness requirements.
Identify opportunities for process improvement, follow-on work, and client value while protecting scope and contractual boundaries.
Support proposals, staffing strategies, presentations, and lessons learned.
Perform other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned to meet project, client, and organizational needs.