Project Delivery Group Manager

TKDA • Bloomington, MN

9d • $145,600 - $190,320

About The Position

The Project Delivery Group Manager provides leadership, oversight, and accountability for project management across TKDA’s Facilities Engineering division. The role directly supervises and develops senior project managers, sets consistent expectations for project planning and execution, and supports disciplined delivery across scope, schedule, budget, staffing, quality, risk, communication, and financial performance. The manager also serves as Project Manager on some of the company’s largest and most complex Facilities Engineering assignments and reviews and approves selected proposals before commitments are made.

The position strengthens project delivery capability across the division by coaching project managers, advancing consistent practices and tools, reinforcing QA/QC expectations, and using project reviews and lessons learned to improve performance. It develops and implements strategies to improve delivery practices, systems, and processes in alignment with organizational goals and long-term priorities. The role partners with division, market, group, operations, technical, and client-facing leaders; supports client relationships; and helps ensure project commitments and results are achievable and predictable.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering field, including civil, electrical, mechanical, or structural engineering.
• At least 15 years of experience delivering engineering consulting projects.
• At least 10 years of progressive project management experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, multidisciplinary projects and managing scope, fee, schedule, staffing, quality, risk, and client communication.
• Experience supervising, coaching, mentoring, or formally overseeing project managers or senior technical professionals.
• Ability to review proposals, evaluate scope and fee assumptions, assess delivery and contract risk, and determine whether commitments are achievable.
• Working knowledge of QA/QC processes, project controls, technical deliverable reviews, documentation requirements, and project financial performance.
• Experience using Microsoft Office and project management, scheduling, estimating, financial, or collaboration tools.
• Ability to work across disciplines and organizational boundaries while balancing project, client, employee, and business needs.
• Strong leadership skills, including the ability to inspire and guide teams, build confidence, foster collaboration, and provide clear direction toward project, team, and division goals.
• Strategic mindset and ability to align delivery with organizational goals, anticipate challenges, identify opportunities, and plan for long-term success.
• Clear, concise communication skills to manage client relationships, address team concerns, keep stakeholders informed and aligned, and serve as a bridge between clients, project teams, and division leadership.
• Effective negotiation skills to manage client expectations, resolve conflicts, secure resources, and find mutually beneficial solutions.

Nice To Haves

• Professional Engineer (PE), Project Management Professional (PMP), or comparable professional credential.
• Experience leading project delivery in facilities engineering, building engineering, process engineering, power or central plant facilities, or a multidisciplinary AEC consulting environment.
• Experience establishing project management standards, facilitating project reviews, implementing delivery tools, or leading continuous-improvement initiatives.
• Experience supporting recruiting, onboarding, training, career development, or succession planning for project management professionals.
• Experience supporting complex project recovery, claims avoidance, contract risk management, or corrective action planning.

Responsibilities

• Directly supervise, coach, evaluate, and support the professional development of senior project managers in Facilities Engineering.
• Set expectations for project manager performance, accountability, communication, documentation, and compliance with division and company procedures.
• Mentor project managers and advance their skills through practical guidance, shared tools, lessons learned, and consistent delivery practices.
• Support workload planning, staffing coordination, recruiting, onboarding, retention, and development of project management talent.
• Create opportunities for project managers to broaden their capabilities and prepare for complex assignments and leadership responsibilities.
• Oversee project management performance across Facilities Engineering projects, including scope, fee, schedule, staffing, quality, risk, communication, and financial results.
• Lead regular project reviews, identify emerging concerns, escalate material issues, and support recovery or mitigation plans.
• Serve as Project Manager on TKDA’s largest and most complex Facilities Engineering projects.
• Help teams establish project management plans, controls, schedules, meeting cadences, decision logs, and issue-escalation practices.
• Partner with division, market, group, operations, and technical leaders to align project delivery with client commitments and business objectives.
• Support teams addressing delivery challenges, claims, losses, write-offs, and other significant project risks.
• Review and approve selected Facilities Engineering proposals; assess scope, deliverables, fee, assumptions, exclusions, schedule, staffing, quality requirements, and risks.
• Evaluate whether proposed commitments are achievable and consistent with available resources, client expectations, contracting requirements, and division standards.
• Guide project managers on proposal strategy, scope and fee development, contracting considerations, and risk mitigation; contribute delivery insight to pursuits, negotiations, and go/no-go or project-start discussions.
• Reinforce QA/QC requirements and ensure teams identify qualified reviewers, review milestones, and documentation expectations.
• Monitor compliance with project management procedures, project controls, quality checkpoints, and deliverable review practices.
• Develop, implement, and improve project delivery tools, templates, procedures, and best practices.
• Use project reviews, lessons learned, recurring issues, and performance trends to identify and implement improvements.
• Promote consistent use of project management, scheduling, estimating, financial, and collaboration tools across the division.
• Monitor project financial performance, including revenue, profit, budgets, resource utilization, and write-offs.
• Help project managers align effort with agreed scope, budget, schedule, and client expectations; support workload balancing and resource coordination.
• Identify operational and delivery trends requiring leadership attention and recommend actions to improve quality, predictability, responsiveness, and profitability.
• Set expectations for timely, clear, and professional communication with clients, project teams, leadership, and stakeholders.
• Support project managers in setting and managing client expectations and communicating changes in scope, fee, schedule, quality, or risk.
• Promote effective meetings, action and decision tracking, project documentation, and issue escalation.
• Build trust across multidisciplinary teams, encourage accountability, clarify priorities, and help resolve competing demands.
• Support Market Managers in establishing and strengthening current and prospective client relationships.
• Serve as a liaison between clients and delivery teams when warranted, ensuring client expectations are met and providing a channel for delivery concerns.
• Assign and manage project delivery staff serving as client service managers for the division’s largest clients.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance from day one.
• Eligibility for discretionary bonuses through an annual incentive plan.
• Monthly employer HSA contributions for employees who choose an HSA-eligible plan.
• Employer matching on 401(k) deferrals.
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), funded by company profits.
• PTO accrued based on professional experience.
• Eight paid holidays per year.
• Employee ownership and a collaborative work environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior