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:
Michael Baker is seeking a Transportation Technical Manager to join our Chicago, IL team. This leadership role is ideal for a transportation professional with strong technical expertise, project delivery experience, and a passion for mentoring teams. The successful candidate will lead the delivery of roadway and transportation projects for a variety of public-sector clients across Illinois and the Midwest, while supporting business development, client relationships, and technical excellence. Experience with roadway design, transportation infrastructure, and project management is essential.
What You’ll Do:
- Lead the technical delivery of roadway and transportation projects from planning through final design.
- Oversee project quality through QA/QC reviews of plans, specifications, reports, and cost estimates.
- Manage project teams, schedules, budgets, and staff utilization to ensure successful project execution.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers and designers.
- Develop scopes of work, fee estimates, and support proposal pursuits.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, including IDOT, counties, municipalities, and other transportation agencies.
- Support business development efforts and identify opportunities for growth within the Chicago market.
- Participate in professional organizations, industry events, and client meetings to strengthen Michael Baker’s presence in the region.
- Foster a collaborative team environment focused on quality, innovation, and professional development.
What You Need to Succeed:
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
- 10+ years of transportation engineering experience.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
- Demonstrated experience leading roadway or transportation design projects.
- Strong knowledge of IDOT design standards, project delivery processes, and transportation engineering best practices.
- Excellent leadership, client management, communication, and team-building skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience serving as a Technical Manager, Project Manager, or Department Lead within a consulting environment.
- Familiarity with OpenRoads Designer, MicroStation, and other transportation design software.
- Experience delivering projects for IDOT, Illinois Tollway, municipalities, and local agencies.
- Design-Build and alternative delivery experience.
- Proven success in business development, proposal support, and client relationship management.
Compensation
The approximate compensation range for this position is $75.00 to $82.00 an hour. 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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Company
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.
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.
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.
Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or related field, 10+ years of transportation engineering experience, PE license, roadway design leadership, IDOT standards knowledge, and project management skills.
Key Responsibilities
- leading project delivery
- managing project teams
- mentoring engineers
Skills & Tools
OpenRoads Designer, MicroStation
Job Details
- Category: Engineering
- Seniority: Senior Level
- Commitment: Full Time
- Workplace: Remote — Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Salary: USD 156,000 – 170,560 / year
- Languages: English
Benefits
- 401k matching
- Generous paid time off
- Retirement plan
About Michael Baker International
An engineering and consulting services provider delivering infrastructure planning, design, construction management, and program management solutions. — Industry: Construction