Project Delivery Manager

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Regular Full Time Cincinnati, OH, US

5 days ago Requisition

Position: Project Delivery Manager

Department: Administration

Reporting Relationship: Operational Leadership

KFI Engineers is a recognized industry leader in facility infrastructure design and performance. Since 1996, our culture of collaboration and unique capabilities have allowed us to make a difference in the way infrastructure and processing projects are delivered.

Headquartered in St. Paul, MN, with numerous regional offices throughout the United States, and a team of hundreds of professionals, we offer opportunities to continue your career with mentorship programs, career growth support, and continued education. With KFI, we find a way to provide creative solutions to unique projects while providing the same care we would expect if we were the client.

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The Project Delivery Manager collaborates with leadership to help manage company wide operations in support of growth plans, KFI standard procedures, tools and technology, project manager capability, and quality expectations. This role helps strengthen project management excellence through resourcing support, training, tools, and end-to-end project guidance as needed. The ideal candidate is a proven leader and strong communicator with hands‑on project management experience, a passion for developing others, and the ability to drive continuous improvement in how projects are planned, executed, and governed.

They collaborate effectively with leaders, project managers, and cross‑functional teams to improve project outcomes and embed consistent project management standards, tools, and practices across the organization.

Specific responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, the following:

• Provides project coaching to strengthen delivery discipline, planning quality, risk management, stakeholder communication, and execution consistency.
• Advise on resource planning based on annual budget and backlog goals, using the Vantagepoint system.
• Helps forecast annual talent hiring needs in partnership with the senior team and HR.
• Drives consistency in Project Manager focus areas, processes, systems, and tools.
• Creates and implements common design, software, and project management standards.
• Facilitates staff sharing and right‑sizing activities in support of established billable rate goals.
• Works with Operations Directors and Department Leaders to improve key success metrics such as profitability, efficiency, and backlog.
• Evaluates the contractual approval process and find ways to streamline it and look for efficiency.
• Provides coaching and mentoring to the Chair of the Project Management Operational Excellence Committee (OEC). The PM OEC creates a culture of high‑quality project management within KFI through the consistent application of project management practices.
• Evaluates current Project Management support structure and the people resources needed to develop and coach them.
• Champions project management excellence by developing, delivering, and reinforcing standards, tools, templates, and best practices.
• Oversees development and maintenance for the project management aspects of the firm’s ERP software system.
• Build strong relationships with operations leaders and project teams to align priorities, manage expectations, and support change adoption.
• Leads the development of dashboards and reports, enabling project managers to effectively utilize project performance data. Provides support to marketing and human resources in the creation of dashboards and reports relative to those departments.
• Works with the senior leadership team to formulate, implement and update corporate policies.
• Leads annual Project Manager training and development efforts.
• Deeply evaluates monthly financial performance reports and looks for ways to improve profitability. Tells the “story behind the story.”
• Reviews, analyzes,…