Senior Highway Project Manager
About The Position
Michael Baker International is seeking a Senior Highway Project Manager to join their Harrisburg Highway Team. This role involves managing multidiscipline projects for PennDOT, municipal, and private clients, providing engineering design and oversight for transportation projects, and supporting Consultant Project Management efforts. The position also includes mentoring and supporting the development of junior staff. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with various types of highway projects, including interstates, limited access roadways, new alignments, widenings, intersection/interchange improvements, and full access roadways and bridges. This is a highway design-focused role requiring demonstrated expertise in highway engineering, with significant growth potential for career acceleration.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil Engineering or Engineering Management.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license – licenses in neighboring states a plus
- 15+ years of experience on Management of Highway design projects (PennDOT projects preferred)
- Demonstrated success in the delivery of transportation projects and programs.
- Strong knowledge of PennDOT standards, procedures, and delivery practices
Responsibilities
- 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
- Perform other duties as assigned
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision insurance
- 401k Retirement Plan
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Life, AD&D, short-term, and long-term disability
- 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
