Who We Are

A leader in engineering and consulting services providing innovative infrastructure solutions.

About Michael Baker International

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 more than 90 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.

Our Mission

To be the best professional services company in the industry, where We Make a Difference by continuously innovating and delivering outstanding service to our clients and providing our people with fulfilling careers where they attain personal and professional satisfaction and make a demonstrable difference in the communities in which we live and serve.

Our Purpose

Our purpose is to demonstrate how We Make a Difference by continuously innovating and improving our service to our clients, our people and the communities we serve.

We accomplish this by:

  • Advising our clients on how to effectively and efficiently reach their goals.
  • Developing our people personally and professionally.
  • Serving our communities through caring and engaging them in our work.
  • Delivering the financial performance necessary to reinvest in our company and our people.

Strategic Imperatives for Growth

Client Engagement

We strive to build strong, long-term partnerships that put our clients’ needs and aspirations first.

  • Serve as trusted advisors and catalysts for change
  • Bring innovative and cost-effective solutions to the most complex infrastructure challenges
  • Create a full-service client experience

Employee Experience

We cultivate a performance-driven culture that recognizes achievement and fosters an impassioned entrepreneurial spirit.

  • Place high value on creating a sense of community and a culture of stewardship within our Pack
  • Support education and training; invest in development
  • Hire the best and reward excellence

Operational Excellence

We develop and manage processes that drive safety, productivity, efficiency and cost-effectiveness in support of organizational growth.

  • We encourage innovation, creativity, collaboration and continuous improvement
  • Leverage our expertise and experience to manage project scope, schedule and budget
  • Refine our Core Operating Systems to raise our quality standard in client service

Recognizing Excellence

Michael Baker International’s Chairman’s Award, our Company’s highest honor, was established in 2018 to recognize employees who exemplify our Wolf Pack philosophy—that we are stronger together—and who have made exemplary contributions to our Company.

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We Make a Difference Worldwide

We partner with the nonprofit Bridges to Prosperity to provide access to basic services in isolated communities worldwide.

 

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Contributing to Those in Need

Our Pittsburgh office collected more than 3,500 cans and bottled water for the Salvation Army as part of a competition hosted by CANstruction – Pittsburgh.

Taking Sustainability to a New Level

In our annual Green Commute Challenge, employees documented almost 28,000 “green miles” which saved about 980 gallons of fuel.