Senior Transportation Planning Project Manager

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.

What We’re Looking For:

Michael Baker International, is currently seeking a Senior Transportation Planning Project Manager to join our team. The ideal candidate will be driven, intellectually curious, committed to excellence, and demonstrate a desire to make a difference in the communities we serve. As a Senior Transportation Planning Project Manager, you will support planners, traffic engineers, and project managers with planning activities, including data collection, analysis, reporting and presentations. The Project Manager will also assist with client development and serve as a point of contact for transit and planning agencies in Texas and the Gulf Coast Region.

What You’ll Do:

• Knowledge of planning disciplines, such as transportation planning, urban and community planning, resiliency and hazard mitigation planning, policy analysis, highway finance, bicycle/pedestrian planning, emerging mobility, including autonomous and Connected vehicles and Mobility as a Service, and transit planning
• Ability to conduct research and prepare statistical planning reports
• Collect and compile a variety of quantitative and qualitative data to prepare reports and maps
• Conduct field evaluations and assessments
• Research requirements and standards
• Develop reports under the direction of the project manager
• Reviews and evaluates transportation construction plans or studies in regard to bike/pedestrian and multimodal accommodations
• Participates in the development of Long- Range Planning efforts, studies, including major investments studies, environmental assessments, preliminary engineering studies, and other related activities.
• Develops and reviews conceptual project/plan design, project definition/criteria, scheduling, conceptual cost, and scope of services for long-range planning efforts, including development and review of project options and recommendations base upon input of major stakeholders and the community input.
• Works with major institutional stakeholders, business and community leaders, and neighborhoods to advance planning studies working to achieve consensus for recommendations that are cost-effective
• Develops and recommends innovative solutions for transportation strategies and programs
• Ensures that all planning activities comply with appropriate Federal and local regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Performs technical reviews of projects and prepares reports, analysis, and correspondence
• Participates in presentations, formal and informal to Boards, staff, consultants, governmental agencies, and public

What You Need to Succeed:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Planning, or related discipline
• 10+ years of experience in planning projects including transportation technology, traffic planning, modeling, safety, land use, transit, or policy planning
• Excellent oral and written communication skills for preparing and presenting planning reports and projects
• Knowledge of planning principals, best practices, and techniques of planning
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to work independently as well as in multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to accommodate occasional travel
• PE, preferred
• AICP and/or PTOE preferred

Compensation

The approximate compensation range for this position is $150,000 to $198,000. 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.

Why Choose Us:

• 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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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 over 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, creed, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, familial status, pregnancy or childbirth, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, status with regard to public assistance, or membership or activity in a local human rights commission, 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.

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*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.