Design Build Manager/Senior Project Manager

Job Description What We’re Looking For: Michael Baker International is seeking an experienced Design-Build Manager / Senior Project Manager to lead the pursuit and delivery of complex design-build projects across the NY Metro region. This senior role is ideal for a proven leader with deep experience in design-build and P3 delivery, strong contractor relationships, and the ability to manage multi-disciplinary teams on large, high-profile infrastructure programs. An understanding of contractual requirements, clauses, notification requirements combined with organizational skills to maintain project information and records is essential.

The successful candidate will operate within the NY Metro area collaborating with various practices and assist with project delivery.

What You’ll Do

• Lead design-build pursuits and project delivery, including large and complex highway, bridge, aviation, and rail/transit projects.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams (Roadway, Bridge, Hydrology, Traffic, Utilities, and others) to ensure delivery of project milestones on schedule and within budget.
• Serve as a primary interface with contractor partners, clients, and internal leadership, ensuring clear communication and alignment.
• Support Go/No-Go decisions, teaming strategies, and strategic positioning for major design-build and P3 opportunities.
• Manage RFP/RFQ responses, pursuit strategy, work plans, schedules, and fee development.
• Review and negotiate design-build, teaming, and design agreements, ensuring compliance with company policies and contractual requirements.
• Identify project risks and non-conforming contractual terms; develop and implement risk mitigation strategies.
• Maintain responsibility for successful project execution post-award, collaborating with Michael Baker leadership and technical teams nationwide.
• Build and maintain trusted advisor relationships with key clients across the U.S.
• Travel within the continental United States as needed to support pursuits and project delivery.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field.
• 15+ years of project management experience preferred, including projects exceeding $100M in construction value.
• 20+ years of progressive experience in surface transportation, bridge, aviation, and/or rail/transit markets.
• 10+ years of experience in business development, preferably within design-build and/or P3 environments.
• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in New York; multi-state licensure and an active NCEES record preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to win and successfully execute large-scale projects (please include examples on your resume).
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills with the ability to engage executive-level stakeholders.

• Working knowledge of applicable design standards, including:

• AASHTO
• FHWA MUTCD

• NYSDOT, NYCDOT, NYCDDC

• Experience delivering projects for agencies such as NYSDOT, NYCDOT, NYCDDC, NJDOT, NJTA, and/or PANYNJ strongly preferred.

Compensation The approximate compensation range for this position is $195,000 - $250,000. 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.

About Us 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.

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