Senior Project Manager - Highway/Roadway

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. 

Description

Michael Baker International is seeking a dynamic Transportation Project Manager to join our Highway/Civil team and lead engineering design and delivery of roadway, highway, and freeway projects across New Jersey. This role offers the opportunity to manage high-impact infrastructure initiatives for NJDOT, NJTA, municipal, county, toll, and transit agencies.

Responsibilities

• Oversee plan preparation and design execution for conventional design-bid-build projects.
• Ensure compliance with NJDOT’s Capital Project Delivery Process and Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction.
• Conduct QA/QC reviews, provide staff training, and support professional development.
• Collaborate with senior leadership on staffing, forecasting, and resource planning.
• Manage hybrid teams across local and regional offices.
• Apply broad expertise in roadway design, drainage/stormwater management, permitting, structures, and traffic engineering.
• Demonstrate expertise with Departments of Transportation and public works infrastructure projects.

Professional Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
• 15+ years of experience in Transportation infrastructure projects.
• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of New Jersey.
• Proven experience with NJDOT and NJTA roadway design projects and delivery protocols.
• Strong technical background in transportation engineering: planning, preliminary design, final design, and PS&E.
• Skilled in developing contract documents including plans, specifications, schedules, and cost estimates.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to lead project tasks and contribute to business development efforts.
• Excellent communication skills—verbal, written, and client-facing.
• Hands-on leadership style with the ability to manage high-level project execution.

Compensation

The approximate compensation range for this position is $126,000-$200,000. This compensation range is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation is dependent upon factors such as education, qualifications, experience, skillset, and physical work location.

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Michael Baker International, a leading provider of engineering and consulting services, including design, planning, architectural, environmental, construction and program management, has been solving some of the world’s most complex infrastructure challenges for more than 85 years with a legacy of expertise, experience, innovation and integrity.

Based in Pittsburgh and with nearly 100 offices nationwide, we partner with clients on everything from roads, bridges, tunnels, mass transit, and airports, to water treatment plants, arctic oil pipelines, environmental restoration and specialized overseas construction. We serve as a trusted adviser to the communities we serve, making them safer, more accessible, more sustainable and more prosperous.

We provide visionary leadership in facilitating transformational change for our clients. Our work delivers differentiating innovations and dedicated experts who challenge the status quo and share a world of diverse experience and an impassioned entrepreneurial spirit. We deliver quality of life.

We Make a Difference.

Michael Baker International is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Michael Baker International provides equal employment opportunity for all persons, in all facets of employment. Michael Baker International maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply for any open position for which they feel they are qualified and all will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected status.

EEO is the Law. Applicants to and employees of Michael Baker International are protected under Federal law from discrimination.
*It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. *There is no current application deadline. Michael Baker will continue to accept applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or no longer needed.