Project Manager

Tidal Basin, a Michael Baker company, is hiring a Project Manager to lead complex public-sector consulting and program implementation engagements. The role manages project delivery, client relationships, teams, contracts, finances, risks, quality, and compliance across government programs.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary day-to-day client contact and maintain clear governance, escalation, and decision-making processes
• Develop and maintain project management plans, work breakdown structures, schedules, budgets, staffing plans, deliverable calendars, and communication protocols
• Direct multidisciplinary teams and subcontractors; assign work, clarify accountability, monitor performance, and resolve constraints
• Manage contract scope, task orders, amendments, change control, invoicing, and compliance with contractual requirements
• Monitor labor, expenses, revenue, forecasts, margin, backlog, and other project financial indicators; implement corrective actions when needed
• Maintain risk, issue, action, decision, dependency, and assumption logs
• Lead client meetings, executive briefings, status reporting, and deliverable reviews
• Implement QA/QC and ensure work products are accurate, timely, consistent, and ready for client and regulatory review
• Coordinate mobilization, onboarding, training, resource planning, and demobilization
• Ensure project records, data, and communications meet security, confidentiality, retention, and audit-readiness requirements
• Identify opportunities for process improvement, follow-on work, and client value while protecting scope and contractual boundaries
• Support proposals, staffing strategies, presentations, and lessons learned
• Perform other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned to meet project, client, and organizational needs

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in business, public administration, engineering, planning, emergency management, or related field
• At least seven years of progressive project or program management experience, including multi-stakeholder delivery
• Demonstrated experience managing budget, schedule, teams, risks, and client communications
• Ability to communicate professionally, manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and produce accurate, well-organized work
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications and the ability to learn client and company systems
• PMP or comparable credential
• Federal grants, HUD, FEMA, housing, infrastructure, disaster recovery, or public-sector consulting experience
• Experience leading subcontractors and geographically dispersed teams
• Consulting experience supporting government clients or work performed in a regulated, deadline-driven environment
• Experience working with geographically dispersed, multidisciplinary, or surge teams