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Michael Baker International · 18 hours ago

Senior Technical Manager - Highway/Roadway

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$195K/yr - $250K/yr

20+ years exp

Michael Baker International is a leading provider of engineering and consulting services, and they are seeking a Senior Technical Manager for their New York office. The successful candidate will support the Highway Design group and lead the growth of the transportation infrastructure practice, focusing on roadway design and development tasks.

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H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Work with a team of engineers with design and production of highway construction drawings. Manage hybrid teams across local and regional offices

Reviews project bid documents, including preparation of studies, reports, plans, cost estimates, and specifications. Specific civil engineering tasks include horizontal and vertical geometric design, 3D corridor modeling, preparation of design calculations, quantity calculations, construction specifications, and preparation of construction cost estimates

Holds responsibilities of a Technical Lead or Project Manager and communicate with the staff on key issues and project progress

Occasionally visit work site(s) and report findings to other experienced engineers and/or project managers

Communicate with clients regarding project issues, holds and attends meetings

Defines scope of work and staff-hour requirements for client proposals

Assist project managers in ensuring that project/task schedules and budgets are met

Assists in technical aspects of proposal production

Ensure work efforts for assigned tasks fall within established budgets

Mentor project managers, technicians and less experienced engineers and engineers-in-training to ensure timely and accurate document or drawing preparation

Maintain knowledge through completion of various training initiatives: attending seminars, reviewing professional publications, attending in-house systems/management training

Reviews shop drawings for conformance with Contract Plans

Collaborate with Office Executive on staffing, forecasting, and resource planning

Qualification

Highway design experienceProfessional Engineering license3D modeling softwareFederal design standardsStakeholder coordinationMultitasking abilityEnglish skillsTeam leadership

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering

20 + years of related highway design experience for transportation clients; NYSDOT, NYCDOT, NYCDDC, NJDOT, NJTA, and/or PANYNJ

Working knowledge of federal and local design standards including but not limited to AASHTO Design Guidelines for Highway and Streets, FHWA MUTCD, NYSDOT, NYCDDC and NYCDOT

Professional Engineering license in NY

Ability to multitask and prioritize competing project obligations

Strong English language skills, written and verbal are essential to long term success in this role

Quickly get up to speed on our policy, procedures and relevant software while acquiring an understanding of the company's service offerings, and the client's standards and procedures relevant to your projects

Group leadership for multi-disciplinary staff

Experience with 3D modeling, Bentley InRoads and/or OpenRoads

Microsoft office Suite, MicroStation / InRoads and AutoCAD Civil 3D required

Strategic thinker with the ability to lead project tasks and contribute to business development efforts

Preferred

Master's Degree preferred

NJ license a plus

Experience with agencies, such as NYSDOT, NYCDOT, NYCDDC, NJDOT, NJTA, and/or PANYNJ is preferred

Company

Michael Baker International

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Michael Baker International is a Critical Service Provider company.

Founded in 1940

Alexandria, Virginia, USA

5001-10000 employees

http://mbakerintl.com/

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