Market Manager, Mining

Be an Owner, not a number! As a 100% employee-owned firm, our culture thrives on collaboration, sharing of ideas, and open communication, which encourages contributions from every one of our employee owners. As a multi-disciplined, full-service firm, success is achieved by our entire team working towards a common goal to provide innovative design solutions, which means you will be challenged, you will be encouraged to bring your ideas, and your contributions will make an impact!

Are you an engineering professional who has extensive knowledge of mining operations and infrastructure requirements? Do you have a thorough understanding of trends, current practices, and future forecasts associated with the mining industry? Do you have a successful track record of cultivating, nurturing, and fostering relationships and a desire to lead efforts to expand and enhance the engineering services we offer to current and prospective mining clients?

If so, we have an exciting, challenging, and rewarding opportunity for you to join our Mining Engineering team as the Mining Market Manager for the Southwest Region!

As the Mining Market Manager, you will advance our engineering services within the mining market sector around Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. You will develop and implement business plans that focus on enhancing capabilities and increasing awareness of our service offerings to secure surface mining projects and contract opportunities that align with annual and 5-year strategic revenue and profit goals.

As a member our team, you will collaborate with a multi-disciplined group of architectural and engineering professionals (civil, mechanical, electrical, structural) to cross-sell services throughout the firm, identify prospective and strategic clients and project opportunities, track and respond to Request for Proposals (RFPs), and prepare for interviews and presentations. You will also collaborate with Project Managers to define project scope and scheduling requirements, negotiate contracts, determine staffing assignments for project teams, establish design standards, review design plans for technical quality and accuracy, and monitor expenditures and budget parameters.

You will play a vital role in cultivating and maintaining relations with technical and industry leaders by leading outreach programs, attending networking events, and actively participating in committees and associations. On occasion, you may also assume the role of Project Manager or Project Engineer depending on the size of the project or the technical / design requirements.

Geography isn't a limiting factor for this position, which is why we are open to remote candidates whose experience and qualifications align with this position and market development initiatives. Preference may be given to candidates who reside within the Southwest (Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, or Utah) due to proximity to existing and target client operations. Regular travel to TKDA offices, project locations, and team events will be expected to foster collaboration, strengthen relationships, and support project success.

• Bachelor degree in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Mining or Structural Engineering.
• Ten or more years of progressive experience designing, commissioning, or managing a portfolio of mining, facility, and infrastructure projects; crushing, conveying, slurry and water pumping and pipelines, ore concentrating plants, plant and enabling infrastructure.
• Minimum of five years of multi-disciplined project management experience with a reputation for providing superior customer service and a successful track record of effectively managing client expectations, project…