Lead Phase I and II engineering design for transportation projects, managing budgets, teams, and client relationships while ensuring compliance with IDOT standards.
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:
A seasoned Project Manager to lead Phase I and/or Phase II engineering design for IDOT and Illinois local agency projects in the Chicago area. This role suits a technically strong leader who values client collaboration, team leadership, and successful delivery of public infrastructure projects in a hybrid work environment.
What You’ll Do:
- Manage scope, schedule, budget, staffing, and delivery of municipal and local agency transportation projects
- Lead multidisciplinary teams and coordinate internal staff and subconsultants
- Oversee Phase I and Phase II design in accordance with IDOT standards and MFT requirements
- Monitor project performance, financials, schedules, and risk; prepare internal and client reports
- Maintain strong client relationships and support business development efforts
- Coordinate with regulatory agencies and ensure safety and compliance standards are met
- Approve project-related administrative items including timesheets and project charges
- Conduct QA/QC reviews and resolve technical challenges as projects progress
- Support proposal development and help position teams for future work opportunities
- Travel occasionally to support project and client needs
What You Need to Succeed:
- 10+ years of experience working on Illinois DOT and/or local agency transportation projects
- Required experience with IDOT Bureau of Local Roads projects; Tollway experience is a plus
- Project background in roadway, utilities, public works, streetscape, and federally funded programs
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
- Illinois P.E. license (or ability to obtain within six months)
- Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and change management skills
- Proficiency in MicroStation, OpenRoads Designer, ProjectWise, Bluebeam, and MS Office
- Ability to manage teams across multiple offices and coordinate with clients and stakeholders
COMPENSATION
The approximate compensation range for this position is $115,478 to $180,344. 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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About UsMichael 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.
*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.
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