Manager - Utilities Strategy & Transformation Consulting - 1898 & Co.
for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones.
We need to decide which sections to include based on content.
Content includes:
- Description (intro) about company and role: could be "About the role" or maybe "Overview". Use
About the role
with paragraph.
- Leadership & Team Development, Project & Resource Management, Strategic & Operational Execution: these are responsibilities. Could group under Responsibilities
with - items.
- Qualifications: Required Skills & Experience, Preferred Skills & Experience: could be
Qualifications
with .
- Skills: maybe separate? But we can combine with qualifications. The instruction says we can have sections like Skills, Requirements, Qualifications. We need to avoid thin sections. Could combine Required and Preferred under Qualifications.
- Benefits: there is a Benefits paragraph describing benefits package, ESOP, 401k, etc. So include Benefits
with maybe.
- Pay: there is Compensation $115,000.00-240,000.00 Yearly plus description. So include Pay
with paragraph.
- Schedule: there is "Schedule: Full-time" and "Travel: Yes, 50% of the Time". So schedule info exists. So include Schedule
with paragraph.
- Possibly "About 1898 & Co." could be part of About the role or separate? Could be included in About the role paragraph.
- Other metadata like Job Hire Type Experienced, #E98 N/A, Primary Location, Other Locations: these are minor metadata; we can fold into a short maybe under About the role or drop? The instruction: "Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So we can include a short paragraph with location info etc.
We must not include EEO/Disabled/Veterans boilerplate. Remove duplicated lines.
We must not include application instructions.
We must preserve all substantive information.
Let's extract substantive info:
Intro paragraph: "At 1898 & Co., we partner with clients to navigate the challenges of the energy transition, grid modernization, and enterprise performance improvement. Our Business Strategy & Transformation Consulting practice helps utility clients drive organizational, operational, and strategic change through innovative approaches and measurable outcomes. We are seeking a Project Delivery Manager for our Business Strategy & Transformation Consulting group to lead high-impact projects, guide multidisciplinary teams, and serve as a trusted advisor to client stakeholders. This leadership role blends deep industry knowledge with strong consulting skills, providing opportunities to shape strategy, deliver transformation initiatives, and drive lasting client impact. As part of Burns & McDonnell, you will also play a key role in supporting our culture, values, and mission while advancing the growth of our practice."
That's substantive.
What You’ll Do sections:
Leadership & Team Development bullet points:
- Provide leadership, guidance, and direction to consulting staff; conduct monthly one-on-one meetings and performance evaluations.
- Recruit, develop, train, and retain high-performing staff members.
- Interpret and communicate organizational policies, purposes, and goals to staff.
- Coordinate workload, monitor billable time, and communicate staffing needs to managing directors, business line leads, and project managers.
- Promote the Burns & McDonnell culture, values, and mission, along with 1898 & Co.’s traits: tenacious problem solvers, curious seekers, unselfish collaborators, and grit.
- Enforce compliance with company and client safety policies.
- Ensure QA/QC process adherence across all projects.
Project & Resource Management bullet points:
- Lead end-to-end delivery of strategy and transformation consulting engagements for utility clients.
- Structure and manage project workstreams across organizational, operational, and technology domains.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for client sponsors, ensuring alignment, transparency, and satisfaction.
- Provide expert-level technical guidance and support for consulting engagements.
- Coordinate training, resources management, and support quality reviews across the practice.
- Monitor project progress and performance, ensuring compliance with company policies and standards.
Strategic & Operational Execution bullet points:
- Collaborate with business development managers, managing directors, business line leads, project managers, and proposal teams to secure new work.
- Collaborate with account leaders to position services in response to emerging industry trends.
- Build trusted client relationships to drive follow-on and recurring work.
- Represent 1898 & Co. at industry conferences, networking events, and thought leadership forums.
- Collaborate across practices (e.g., Energy & Utility Consulting, Digital & Cybersecurity Consulting) to deliver integrated solutions.
- Implement and support company, global practice, and regional programs and initiatives; successfully lead teams through organizational change.
- Achieve stated financial targets and performance standards.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Required Skills & Experience:
- Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Finance, Business, or other related field and 5 years of related experience required.
- Previous leadership and/or management experience is preferable.
- Must demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to clearly and effectively present complex information to all levels of employees, management, and clients.
- Position requires the ability to thoughtfully and positively influence, lead, and manage change.
- Must possess strong project management skills and a strategic perspective.
- Must be expert in the use of computer software (i.e., Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Demonstrated experience in client engagement, consulting, or management within management consulting, strategy, or transformation-focused environments.
- Proven success in cultivating client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor.
- Five or more years of consulting experience in the U.S. electric and gas utilities sectors.
- Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary consulting engagements and teams.
- Strong understanding of business strategy, operational improvement, organizational transformation, or change management concepts.
- Proven ability to lead complex client conversations, identify business needs, and translate them into actionable consulting solutions.
- Experience supporting proposal development, scoping, pricing, and pursuit strategy for consulting engagements.
- Excellent communication, relationship-building, and executive presence skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams, including strategy, technology, engineering, and operations.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and financial acumen.
Why 1898 & Co.? paragraph:
- "We value innovation, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence. Our culture emphasizes continuous improvement, professional growth, and making a meaningful impact for our clients. Join us and help shape the future of business strategy and transformation."
Compensation:
- "Compensation $115,000.00-240,000.00 Yearly The expected compensation range for this position is displayed in compliance with all local/state regulations. The expected compensation range for this position is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to: individual education, qualifications, prior work experience and work location. The total annual compensation package will consist of a base salary and eligibility to participate in our discretionary year-end incentive bonus program."
Benefits:
- "Our extensive benefits package takes care of you so that you can focus on doing great work. From insurance and disability to time off and wellness programs, we provide the tools to meet your needs. As part of being 100% employee-owned, eligible employees participate in our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) in addition to our 401(k) retirement program. For more information, please visit the Benefits & Wellness page."
Other metadata:
- "This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled." (maybe minor)
- "EEO/Disabled/Veterans" remove.
- "Job Consulting Primary Location US-MO-Kansas City Other Locations US-IL-Chicago Schedule: Full-time Travel: Yes, 50 % of the Time"
- "About 1898 & Co." paragraph.
- "Req ID: 264538 Job Hire Type Experienced #E98 N/A"
We need to fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. We can include location and schedule/travel maybe in Schedule section. Already we have Schedule section for full-time and travel. So we can put location info in About the role paragraph or a separate short p.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID etc as heading.
We need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's structure:
About the role
Intro paragraph + maybe Why 1898 & Co.? + location info? Could combine.
Responsibilities
- ... all bullet points from Leadership & Team Development, Project & Resource Management, Strategic & Operational Execution
Qualifications
- ... Required and Preferred combined? Could separate into Required and Preferred subheadings? But we should avoid thin sections. Could just list all qualifications as bullet points.
Benefits
Benefits paragraph.
Pay
Compensation paragraph.
Schedule
Schedule: Full-time. Travel: Yes, 50% of the Time.
We need to ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
Check for duplicated lines: The intro includes "As part of Burns & McDonnell, you will also play a key role..." etc. That's fine.
We need to preserve all substantive information: Did we miss anything? The "Why 1898 & Co.?" paragraph is included in About the role maybe. The "About 1898 & Co." paragraph is also substantive; we could include that in About the role as well.
Let's capture About 1898 & Co. paragraph: "1898 & Co. is a business, technology and security solutions consultancy where experience and foresight come together to unlock lasting advancements. We innovate today to fuel our clients’ future growth, catalyzing insights that drive smarter decisions, improve performance and maximize value. As part of Burns & McDonnell, we draw on more than 120 years of deep and broad experience in complex industries as we envision and enable the future for our clients."
Add that to About the role.
Location info: "Primary Location US-MO-Kansas City Other Locations US-IL-Chicago". Could add to About the role paragraph.
Also "This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled." Could be minor; maybe include in About the role as a note.
We must not include EEO/Disabled/Veterans.
Now craft HTML.
We need to ensure proper escaping of special characters like &, but it's okay.
Let's write:
About the role
At 1898 & Co., we partner
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We need to decide which sections to include based on content. Content includes: - Description (intro) about company and role: could be "About the role" or maybe "Overview". Use
About the role
with paragraph. - Leadership & Team Development, Project & Resource Management, Strategic & Operational Execution: these are responsibilities. Could group underResponsibilities
with- items.
- Qualifications: Required Skills & Experience, Preferred Skills & Experience: could be
Qualifications
with- .
- Skills: maybe separate? But we can combine with qualifications. The instruction says we can have sections like Skills, Requirements, Qualifications. We need to avoid thin sections. Could combine Required and Preferred under Qualifications.
- Benefits: there is a Benefits paragraph describing benefits package, ESOP, 401k, etc. So include
- ... all bullet points from Leadership & Team Development, Project & Resource Management, Strategic & Operational Execution
- ... Required and Preferred combined? Could separate into Required and Preferred subheadings? But we should avoid thin sections. Could just list all qualifications as bullet points.
Benefits
with- maybe.
- Pay: there is Compensation $115,000.00-240,000.00 Yearly plus description. So include
Pay
with paragraph. - Schedule: there is "Schedule: Full-time" and "Travel: Yes, 50% of the Time". So schedule info exists. So includeSchedule
with paragraph. - Possibly "About 1898 & Co." could be part of About the role or separate? Could be included in About the role paragraph. - Other metadata like Job Hire Type Experienced, #E98 N/A, Primary Location, Other Locations: these are minor metadata; we can fold into a shortmaybe under About the role or drop? The instruction: "Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So we can include a short paragraph with location info etc. We must not include EEO/Disabled/Veterans boilerplate. Remove duplicated lines. We must not include application instructions. We must preserve all substantive information. Let's extract substantive info: Intro paragraph: "At 1898 & Co., we partner with clients to navigate the challenges of the energy transition, grid modernization, and enterprise performance improvement. Our Business Strategy & Transformation Consulting practice helps utility clients drive organizational, operational, and strategic change through innovative approaches and measurable outcomes. We are seeking a Project Delivery Manager for our Business Strategy & Transformation Consulting group to lead high-impact projects, guide multidisciplinary teams, and serve as a trusted advisor to client stakeholders. This leadership role blends deep industry knowledge with strong consulting skills, providing opportunities to shape strategy, deliver transformation initiatives, and drive lasting client impact. As part of Burns & McDonnell, you will also play a key role in supporting our culture, values, and mission while advancing the growth of our practice." That's substantive. What You’ll Do sections: Leadership & Team Development bullet points: - Provide leadership, guidance, and direction to consulting staff; conduct monthly one-on-one meetings and performance evaluations. - Recruit, develop, train, and retain high-performing staff members. - Interpret and communicate organizational policies, purposes, and goals to staff. - Coordinate workload, monitor billable time, and communicate staffing needs to managing directors, business line leads, and project managers. - Promote the Burns & McDonnell culture, values, and mission, along with 1898 & Co.’s traits: tenacious problem solvers, curious seekers, unselfish collaborators, and grit. - Enforce compliance with company and client safety policies. - Ensure QA/QC process adherence across all projects. Project & Resource Management bullet points: - Lead end-to-end delivery of strategy and transformation consulting engagements for utility clients. - Structure and manage project workstreams across organizational, operational, and technology domains. - Serve as the primary point of contact for client sponsors, ensuring alignment, transparency, and satisfaction. - Provide expert-level technical guidance and support for consulting engagements. - Coordinate training, resources management, and support quality reviews across the practice. - Monitor project progress and performance, ensuring compliance with company policies and standards. Strategic & Operational Execution bullet points: - Collaborate with business development managers, managing directors, business line leads, project managers, and proposal teams to secure new work. - Collaborate with account leaders to position services in response to emerging industry trends. - Build trusted client relationships to drive follow-on and recurring work. - Represent 1898 & Co. at industry conferences, networking events, and thought leadership forums. - Collaborate across practices (e.g., Energy & Utility Consulting, Digital & Cybersecurity Consulting) to deliver integrated solutions. - Implement and support company, global practice, and regional programs and initiatives; successfully lead teams through organizational change. - Achieve stated financial targets and performance standards. - Perform other duties as assigned. Qualifications: Required Skills & Experience: - Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Finance, Business, or other related field and 5 years of related experience required. - Previous leadership and/or management experience is preferable. - Must demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to clearly and effectively present complex information to all levels of employees, management, and clients. - Position requires the ability to thoughtfully and positively influence, lead, and manage change. - Must possess strong project management skills and a strategic perspective. - Must be expert in the use of computer software (i.e., Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Preferred Skills & Experience: - Demonstrated experience in client engagement, consulting, or management within management consulting, strategy, or transformation-focused environments. - Proven success in cultivating client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor. - Five or more years of consulting experience in the U.S. electric and gas utilities sectors. - Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary consulting engagements and teams. - Strong understanding of business strategy, operational improvement, organizational transformation, or change management concepts. - Proven ability to lead complex client conversations, identify business needs, and translate them into actionable consulting solutions. - Experience supporting proposal development, scoping, pricing, and pursuit strategy for consulting engagements. - Excellent communication, relationship-building, and executive presence skills. - Ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams, including strategy, technology, engineering, and operations. - Strong analytical, problem-solving, and financial acumen. Why 1898 & Co.? paragraph: - "We value innovation, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence. Our culture emphasizes continuous improvement, professional growth, and making a meaningful impact for our clients. Join us and help shape the future of business strategy and transformation." Compensation: - "Compensation $115,000.00-240,000.00 Yearly The expected compensation range for this position is displayed in compliance with all local/state regulations. The expected compensation range for this position is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to: individual education, qualifications, prior work experience and work location. The total annual compensation package will consist of a base salary and eligibility to participate in our discretionary year-end incentive bonus program." Benefits: - "Our extensive benefits package takes care of you so that you can focus on doing great work. From insurance and disability to time off and wellness programs, we provide the tools to meet your needs. As part of being 100% employee-owned, eligible employees participate in our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) in addition to our 401(k) retirement program. For more information, please visit the Benefits & Wellness page." Other metadata: - "This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled." (maybe minor) - "EEO/Disabled/Veterans" remove. - "Job Consulting Primary Location US-MO-Kansas City Other Locations US-IL-Chicago Schedule: Full-time Travel: Yes, 50 % of the Time" - "About 1898 & Co." paragraph. - "Req ID: 264538 Job Hire Type Experienced #E98 N/A" We need to fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. We can include location and schedule/travel maybe in Schedule section. Already we have Schedule section for full-time and travel. So we can put location info in About the role paragraph or a separate short p. We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID etc as heading. We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's structure:
About the role
Intro paragraph + maybe Why 1898 & Co.? + location info? Could combine.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Benefits
Benefits paragraph.
Pay
Compensation paragraph.
Schedule
Schedule: Full-time. Travel: Yes, 50% of the Time.
We need to ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. Check for duplicated lines: The intro includes "As part of Burns & McDonnell, you will also play a key role..." etc. That's fine. We need to preserve all substantive information: Did we miss anything? The "Why 1898 & Co.?" paragraph is included in About the role maybe. The "About 1898 & Co." paragraph is also substantive; we could include that in About the role as well. Let's capture About 1898 & Co. paragraph: "1898 & Co. is a business, technology and security solutions consultancy where experience and foresight come together to unlock lasting advancements. We innovate today to fuel our clients’ future growth, catalyzing insights that drive smarter decisions, improve performance and maximize value. As part of Burns & McDonnell, we draw on more than 120 years of deep and broad experience in complex industries as we envision and enable the future for our clients." Add that to About the role. Location info: "Primary Location US-MO-Kansas City Other Locations US-IL-Chicago". Could add to About the role paragraph. Also "This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled." Could be minor; maybe include in About the role as a note. We must not include EEO/Disabled/Veterans. Now craft HTML. We need to ensure proper escaping of special characters like &, but it's okay. Let's write:About the role
At 1898 & Co., we partner