Michael Baker International

Designer

• Independently produce engineering drawings for preliminary and final plan sets in accordance with established design standards and project requirements.
• Modify and update existing drawings as new information becomes available.
• Apply standard drafting/design principles and theories to complete assignments.
• Use technical manuals to ensure compliance with company policies and applicable standards for each project.
• Verify the accuracy, compatibility, and coordination of plans and details.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate design elements, resolve conflicts & ensure accurate designs plans.
• Review and analyze drawings for errors, inconsistencies, and compliance with project requirements.
• Stay Updated with Technology: Keep up-to-date with the latest CAD technology trends and advancements.

Civil CADD Designer – Structural Detailer

Electrical Engineer

• Participate in the design and development of electrical construction documents, including layouts, details, and specifications.
• Engineer complete building systems—lighting, power distribution, and specialty electrical systems—across a variety of project types.
• Collaborate with architects, interior designers, civil engineers, and other disciplines to deliver integrated building solutions.
• Engage with clients, support proposal development, and contribute to business growth.
• Perform advanced analysis, calculations, and design evaluations for electrical power and lighting systems.
• Use Autodesk Revit and AutoCAD to produce construction drawings and design electrical systems, including device layouts, circuiting, lighting, and panel schedules.
• Review project requirements and coordinate with other disciplines to refine design strategies and respond to evolving project conditions.
• Participate in client meetings, assess project needs, present design concepts, and adjust plans to meet client expectations.
• Communicate technical and program information clearly to team members, management, and clients.
• Define scope of work, conduct site inspections, and ensure quality and compliance throughout the design process.
• Coordinate or perform field work to gather data and verify existing conditions.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of government, military, and industry standards.
• Conduct internal technical reviews and quality control checks on project deliverables.
• Maintain strong communication with internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Edit and review technical specifications and contribute written narratives for project documentation.
• Review shop drawings, respond to RFIs, and perform site visits during construction.
• Prepare design fee estimates for proposals and RFPs.

Electrical Engineer – Building Design

Operations

• Collaborate with Directors for Rail Bridges, Railway and Civil, Public Projects and Rail Construction.
• Potential to serve in key role for local, regional or national rail projects.
• Assist with recruiting and retention, performance management, and development of staff.
• Support business development activities and leverage relationships to grow client base and win future work.
• Analyze regional rail & transit practice backlog and maintain a forecast of staffing needs.
• Provide workforce analysis and resource management to identify skills, experience, competency, and training needs.
• Oversee management of staff utilization by scheduling, monitoring and revising assignments; creating and monitoring department budgets; providing leadership and direction by mentoring and motivating staff on issues such as performance feedback, financial management, and client relations; resolving personnel issues such as marginal performance, policy interpretations, and succession planning.

Rail Operations Lead

Project Manager

• Lead and manage survey and mapping projects across public and private sector clients
• Ensure successful delivery of projects in accordance with defined scope, schedule, and budget
• Develop and maintain project work plans, schedules, and resource forecasts consistent with internal PM processes
• Monitor project performance, proactively identify risks, and implement corrective actions
• Oversee coordination between field, mapping, and engineering teams to ensure integrated project delivery
• Perform and oversee: Boundary analysis, research, and computations
• Preparation of final maps, parcel maps, records of survey, and ALTA/NSPS surveys
• Legal descriptions, exhibits, and plats.
• Provide technical oversight and QA/QC of mapping deliverables to ensure compliance with standards and client requirements
• Ensure adherence to internal QA/QC practices and standardized workflows for consistent, high-quality deliverables
• Provide day-to-day directions to mapping staff, including balancing workload, staffing, and mentoring
• Coordinate with Field and Mapping Team Leaders to ensure alignment with policies, procedures, and production goals
• Support development and implementation of best practices, tools, and standardized processes
• Mentor staff in technical skills, project delivery, and career development
• Serve as primary client contact for assigned projects
• Build and maintain strong relationships with existing and prospective clients
• Identify and pursue new work opportunities, including internal collaboration across service lines
• Participate in proposal development, scope definition, and fee estimation
• Maintain accountability for project financial performance, including: Budget tracking and forecasting
• Labor and expense management
• Schedule adherence
• Conduct project audits and quality reviews to ensure compliance with company and client standards
• Support continuous improvement of project delivery performance and profitability

Senior Project Manager – Survey / Mapping

• Review project proposals and plans to define scope, schedule, budget, staffing needs, and resource allocation
• Develop and implement work plans and project methodologies for large, complex, multi‑discipline projects
• Plan, staff, and manage all phases of projects, including recruitment, assessment, and allocation of internal and indirect resources
• Lead and direct project teams including outside consultants to ensure alignment with scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives
• Provide advanced technical guidance, coaching, and problem resolution to project personnel
• Monitor project performance through status reports; adjust plans, schedules, and resources as needed
• Perform strategic and financial analysis, including complex cost management and reporting
• Prepare and present project reports for clients, management, and other stakeholders
• Build and maintain strong client relationships; act as a strategic partner to ensure satisfaction and repeat business
• Identify and pursue future work opportunities through client engagement and negotiation
• Coordinate project activities with government and regulatory agencies as required

Senior Project Manager – Energy Sector

Manager

• Driving technical excellence by actively participating in technology advancement, identifying technology for strategic implementation.
• Disseminating industry information internally to advance staff knowledge.
• Encouraging the promotion of the company through trade publications, awards, and conference presentations.
• Assisting in the development of Design Standards and Best Practices with rail track leaders.
• Performing Design Reviews and QA/QC reviews.
• Engaging with relevant industry committees.
• Leading evaluation and implementation of innovative technical solutions for internal project teams and clients.
• Designing, directing and/or managing rail-related components of passenger rail, freight rail and commuter rail projects.
• Developing and overseeing the design of track alignments, including special track work such as turnouts, crossovers and diamond crossings.
• Preparing or reviewing geometric details of track alignments including horizontal and vertical curve data.
• Preparing or directing detailed engineering plans using the various Bentley software products (Microstation and OpenRail).
• Playing an integral part in the development and review of plans, specifications and cost estimates for Rail Design projects.
• Assisting with large multi-disciplinary design teams and leading younger staff on a variety of project tasks.
• Engineering investigations including feasibility and type studies with cost and risk analysis.
• Performing railroad track inspections and other site inspections during construction and maintenance projects to determine if they are within tolerance levels established by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), AREMA, and other applicable regulations.
• Coordinating with multiple disciplines for conformance to design criteria, standards and code requirements.
• Mentoring and advising staff regarding various FRA, AREMA, Class I Railroad and Passenger/Commuter Railroad requirements and preferences.
• Developing webinars to share internally and externally to drive technical excellence.

Technical Manager – Rail Transit

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Lead the external reporting process, including preparation and review of lender and private equity reporting packages, ensuring compliance with GAAP and debt covenant requirements.
• Oversee internal reporting to executive management and Board of Directors, delivering accurate and timely consolidated financial statements and analysis.
• Direct technical accounting research and author technical accounting memos for complex transactions, including acquisitions, profit interest arrangements, and other strategic initiatives.
• Manage global consolidation of multiple entities operating on different ERP systems, ensuring accuracy and completeness of financial data.
• Drive integration efforts for newly acquired businesses, including coordination of internal and external accounting and valuation specialists, and implementation of governance and control activities post-close.
• Develop and maintain corporate accounting policies, ensuring alignment with GAAP and best practices.
• Serve as primary liaison with external auditors for consolidated financial reporting and technical accounting matters.
• Oversee key areas of the monthly close process, including intercompany eliminations and consolidation adjustments.
• Support internal controls activities, including documentation, testing, and reporting for consolidated processes.
• Provide leadership, mentorship, and development for direct reports, fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

Director, Financial Reporting – Global Consolidations

Vice President

• Michael Baker’s lead for the greater Chicago and Illinois operation, and responsible for leading and managing profitability and growth as an integral part of the Great Lakes Region.
• Create an inspiring team environment with an open communication culture.
• Set clear goals, delegate tasks, set deadlines for your team.
• Motivate team members to be their best and deliver.
• Listen to team members feedback and resolve any issues or conflicts.
• Discover training needs and provide coaching.
• Identify and develop emerging talent and leadership to create upward opportunity and succession planning.
• Manage 5 to 10 Supervisors.
• Responsible for office revenue and profit.
• Responsible for successful contracting and project execution, working closely with support staff.
• Maintain, attract, and establish substantial and successful client relationships as well as growing and maintaining relationships with industry leaders.
• Fully understand the Company’s capabilities and possesses the ability to sell and cross-market services.
• Continually bring in new work and increase backlog.
• Report on the metrics identifying challenges, solutions, and opportunities.

Architect

• Facilitate the development of pre-design and building program documents, design development and preparation of construction documents for commercial facilities
• Integrate engineering disciplines as part of the design team and project production, including but not limited to drafting, modeling, BIM and graphics
• Create renderings, 3D images and other presentation material
• Ensure client satisfaction by learning and applying quality control processes to your work
• Analyze client problems and develop architectural solutions to those problems
• Work with multi-disciplinary teams and coordinate work activities related to the project delivery process
• Participate in construction administration activities and help prepare job progress reports, as well as help prepare and process request for information, drawing updates, and check shop drawings
• Gain architectural experience program hours in a mentored well-rounded architectural environment (AXP Credit)

Architecture Intern

Engineer

• Perform complex structural analysis and prepare design calculations.
• Manage bridge/structural tasks as part of project development, including plan and report production.
• Develop or assist in developing structural details and construction plans using a variety of industry-standard software packages.
• Assist and check design calculations performed by others.
• Prepare geometric/bridge layouts, construction specifications, and material quantity calculations.
• Develop, establish and maintain relationships with our employees, clients, and other industry-related organizations and stakeholders.
• Supervise and train other structural engineering staff with less experience.
• Successfully interface with staff from a range of other disciplines (traffic, civil, planning, geotechnical, etc.) to support a diverse range of projects.
• Prepare or check 3D bridge models, perform digital delivery or BIM type projects for Iowa DOT or other transportation clients.
• Feel a sense of pride in knowing that you are helping to address some of our nation’s most critical infrastructure challenges while building the future of our organization!

Bridge Engineer

• Support the design and production of highway construction plans for PennDOT and other DOTs, design-build, and municipal projects
• Perform roadway and drainage design tasks including geometric/corridor design, stormwater systems, H&H analyses, and 3D corridor modeling
• Prepare design calculations, quantities, construction cost estimates, and technical documentation
• Assist with environmental and drainage-related permitting coordination and preparation of supporting exhibits and reports
• Collaborate with project managers, task leaders, and multi-disciplinary teams to meet project scope, schedule, and budget goals
• Communicate with clients and participate in project meetings as needed
• Assist with proposal scope development and staff-hour estimates
• Coordinate and mentor junior staff and technicians to ensure quality and timely deliverables
• Occasionally visit project sites and report findings
• Maintain and grow technical knowledge through training and professional development

Transportation Engineer

• Shape and oversee the digital employee experience across the Service Desk with emphasis on intuitive self-service, automated triage, and proactive, user-friendly ticketing communications.
• Define and drive the strategy for self-service adoption (knowledge base, bots, guided workflows, and service catalog enhancements) to reduce ticket volume and reduce user effort.
• Design and manage shift coverage, staffing levels, workloads, and on-call rotations to meet SLA targets while prioritizing employee experience and automated throughput.
• Provide guidance for intelligent routing, escalation, and proactive user communications to minimize disruption and maximize satisfaction; leverage AI-assisted triage where appropriate.
• Monitor and optimize ticket queues, backlogs, throughput, and automated resolution rates to sustain exceptional user experiences.
• Lead initiatives to create robust self-service experiences (FAQs, guided resolutions, chatbots, AI assistants) and measurable increases in self-service adoption.
• Define and implement self-healing mechanisms (automated remediation, automated ticket creation/closure, health checks, predictive alerts) to reduce manual interventions by technicians.
• Partner with the ITSM team to establish governance for reporting projects to focus on resolution quality, effort to resolve, and impact to productivity.
• Define and enforce experience-focused quality standards for incident handling, problem management, and service requests with a lens on automation-assisted interactions.
• Implement QA activities (call/chat/email reviews, ticket quality checks) with actionable feedback to improve the employee experience.
• Lead initiatives to improve first contact resolution, MTTR, and user satisfaction through design, automation, self-service, and streamlined workflows.
• Partner with IT and business leaders to identify process gaps, automate routine tasks, and optimize tools to reduce friction; continuously evaluate emerging AI/automation opportunities.
• Ensure effective incident management practices, including major incident coordination and post-incident reviews from an employee experience perspective; include learnings for automation and self-healing actions.
• Define, track, and report KPIs focused on employee experience and automation outcomes (e.g., CSAT, user effort, first contact resolution, automated resolution rate, self-service adoption, mean time to auto-remediate).
• Act as a liaison between IT teams, contractors, and business units to align support services with employee needs; advocate for automation-enabled experiences.
• Manage stakeholder expectations, communicate updates, and coordinate with other IT service managers on cross-functional incidents, focusing on minimizing user disruption.

IT Experience Manager

• Lead structural design and delivery of bridge, culvert, and retaining wall projects
• Manage proposals, budgets, schedules, and staffing for multiple concurrent projects
• Provide technical oversight and mentorship to junior engineers
• Ensure quality control and assurance across all phases of design
• Collaborate with Iowa DOT and other stakeholders to meet standards and exceed expectations
• Support business development through client engagement and proposal strategy
• Travel occasionally for site visits and client meetings

Bridge Project Manager

• Lead electrical system design for lighting, power distribution, and specialty systems across diverse project types.
• Produce high‑quality construction documents, drawings, and specifications using Revit and AutoCAD.
• Partner with architects, interior designers, civil engineers, and other disciplines to deliver fully integrated solutions.
• Guide junior engineers through mentorship, technical reviews, and knowledge sharing.
• Engage with clients, participate in project meetings, and present design concepts with clarity and confidence.
• Support business development through proposal input, scope development, and fee estimates.
• Conduct field investigations, review shop drawings, respond to RFIs, and provide construction‑phase support.
• Stay current with industry standards and contribute to continuous improvement across the team.

Senior Electrical Engineer – Building Design

• Lead & Inspire: Grow and mentor a dynamic team of engineers and designers delivering roadway, highway, traffic, and interstate improvement projects.
• Drive Success: Oversee project delivery from concept to completion—ensuring quality, budget, and schedule excellence.
• Strategic Leadership: Develop client service plans, anticipate market trends, and stay ahead of upcoming opportunities.
• Business Development: Lead winning proposals, shape pursuit strategies, and represent Michael Baker International at industry events and professional organizations.
• Collaborate: Work closely with Michigan leadership and cross-office teams to optimize resources and deliver exceptional results.