Design Build Manager

Michael Baker International; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 155,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm seeks a Design Build Manager to oversee complex transportation projects nationwide. The role involves project management, client service, and team coordination, ensuring quality and profitability. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in transportation design and a strong leadership background. This position offers flexibility with remote or hybrid work options.

Benefits

401k Retirement Plan

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Life Insurance

Generous paid time off

Qualifications

• Minimum of 20 years of progressive transportation design experience.
• Minimum of 8 years as Project/Design Manager for large projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of design and ensure compliance with contracts.
• Full responsibility for project scope, schedule, budget, and quality.
• Develop and mentor less experienced staff.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Team Building

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

As part of our Design Build delivery team, the Design Build Manager will be a national resource that is a strong project management professional for our Design Build group. The Design Build Manager will be responsible for the quality of civil engineering work performed, client service, utilization of staff, contract management and project profitability for design-build projects. The Design Build Manager will be accountable for staffing, budgeting, and ultimate project performance working under lump sum contracts directly contracted to a design-build contractor. This position can be based anywhere in the United States. Open to remote or hybrid work environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• The single point of responsibility managing all aspects of the design, overseeing technical preparation of design services and construction support services, including all aspects of contractual obligations from design, quality management, and change management.
• Full managerial responsibility for all aspects of the project including scope, schedule, budget, quality, staffing, etc.
• Assures the project team complies with the contract agreement as well as exercises rigid cost control to implement the design within established budget
• Develops and mentors less experienced staff
• While not engaged in an active project, this position will engage in proposals and sales activities, represent MBI at industry events, and provide internal mentorship.

The Design Build Manager will direct and coordinate the activities of discipline and segment leads, who may be located across the U.S., to ensure the project progresses on schedule and within the prescribed budget. May oversee teams of more than 100 engineers depending on project size.

PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum of 20 years of progressive transportation design experience
• Minimum of 8 years of demonstrated experience in the role of Project / Design Manager for transportation design-build projects, preferably larger than $500M
• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited college / university
• Licensed as a Professional Engineer (PE)
• Demonstrated Quality Control / Quality Assurance experience
• Demonstrated team building and verbal / oral skills
• Able to foster collaboration between technical and management teams working from other locations
• Ability and willingness for extensive travel for work when needed
• Well-developed communications skills with ability to clearly and concisely express project issues and analysis as it pertains to business and technical concerns to executive management, commercial and finance colleagues, technical colleagues and peers.
• Self-driven and resourceful to achieve goals independently and in groups
• Flexibility to adjust and thrive in an environment with changing requirements, schedules, and priorities
• Demonstrated ability to creatively solve complex issues
• Experience working on large DOT projects a plus

COMPENSATION

The approximate compensation range for this position is $155,521 to $269,422. 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.

BENEFITS

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including :

• 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

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 80 years with a legacy of expertise, experience, innovation and integrity.

Based in Pittsburgh and with nearly 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, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status 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.

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