Senior Project Manager, National Dams Team
(Remote)
Michael Baker International is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join our National Dams Team. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a diverse portfolio of projects, including the design, assessment, remediation, and inspection of high-hazard dam facilities, as well as public and private drainage systems. Additionally, you would lead BMP design, NPDES permitting, and hydrologic and hydraulic (H&H) analyses.
You will serve as the design task leader for dam and surface water projects, with responsibility for managing budgets and schedules, participating actively in client meetings, and supporting the development of marketing proposals. This is a leadership role with significant opportunities for growth and advancement within a rapidly expanding segment of our business.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate experience in the design, assessment, and management of spillways, penstocks, and other dam components, as well as stormwater collection and conveyance systems, natural channel design, and bridge hydraulics. Experience with scour analysis and floodplain evaluations is also essential.
Candidates should have a solid understanding of permitting processes with agencies such as Dam Safety, FERC, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
What You’ll Do:
- Be instrumental in the successful planning, management, and delivery of our Dams Group projects
- Develop and manage projects and proposals to meet client and regulatory needs
- Work closely with the clients and regulatory agencies as part of a multi-discipline team
- Develop project scope of work documents and project plans that include an analysis of benefit, cost, work schedule, and any related risks
- Lead design team in developing project drawings, technical specifications, schedule, and bid tabs
- Monitor and communicate project related issues, scope changes variances and contingencies that may arise during the construction of projects
- Develop innovative and cost-effective solutions to construction-related conflicts and RFIs
- Meet with and effectively communicate with project partners, project stakeholders and public to maintain strong relationships
- Mentor junior staff
- Assist in marketing for the surface water discipline, the office, and the Company
What You Need to Succeed:
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or related Engineering degree
- Registered Professional Engineer (PE)
- 10 + years of project management experience in the dams, levee, and surface water design space
- Familiarity with basic hydrology and hydraulic design software
- Familiarity with AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Familiarity with permit application development and coordination for federal, state, and local agencies
- Previous experience working with projects that include planning & feasibility, assessments, design, grading, and detailing of dam and surface water facilities
- FERC experience and certification experience is a plus
Compensation:
The approximate compensation range for this role is $120,000 to $170,000 annually. 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:
- Leadership opportunities, upward mobility
- Professional and personal development
- 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
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.
WATER RESOURCES PRACTICE
Michael Baker International’s Water Group provides innovative consulting, planning and engineering solutions for the entire spectrum of the water cycle. We have proven experience in providing a full range of professional services from scientific and technical analysis, concept through design, and construction support services. Protection and management of water resources starts at the watershed level and follows the movement of water through urban and agricultural areas, streams, lakes and reservoirs, water distribution systems, wastewater collection systems, and water/wastewater treatment plants.
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