HVAC Controls Project Manager
Oversee HVAC control system projects from design and programming to commissioning, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery while coordinating teams and maintaining customer relationships.
- Compensation
- $76.1K–$104.6K / yr
- Location
- Des Moines-Iowa-United States of America
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Project management
- Posted
Must have
- Technical associate degree with four years of field experience, or six years of equivalent related field experience in the HVAC/Building Automation industry.
- Hands-on experience in systems design and commissioning of digital HVAC/Building Automation controls systems.
- Knowledge of HVAC controls, control theory, and HVAC/Building Automation systems.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical information to a non-technical audience.
- Proven ability to work independently, stay organized, and lead projects effectively.
- Computer proficiency in Windows, Excel, and related applications.
- Understanding of project accounting, costing principles, and contracting.
Nice to have
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field, or equivalent and six years of field experience in the HVAC industry.
- Experience preparing project status reports for upper management.
- High regard for employee and subcontractor safety.
Full description
About Us
Johnson Controls, a global leader in thermal management, mission-critical building systems, energy efficiency, and decarbonization, helps customers use energy more productively, reduce carbon emissions, and operate with the precision and resilience required in rapidly expanding industries such as data centers, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, and higher education.
For more than 140 years, Johnson Controls has delivered performance where it really matters. Backed by advanced technology, lifecycle services and an industry-leading field organization, we elevate customer performance, turn goals into real-world results and help move society forward.
HVAC Controls Project Manager
Johnson Controls is a global leader in smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, and this role supports the delivery of HVAC control systems that help customers improve performance, reliability, and comfort. As an HVAC Controls Project Manager, you will lead projects from planning through closeout while balancing technical execution, customer communication, safety, and financial results.
Role Overview
Under general direction, you will act as the on-site project leader for assigned HVAC controls projects. You will coordinate the full lifecycle of the work, from design and programming through commissioning, documentation, billing, and warranty handoff, while maintaining strong customer relationships and supporting profitable project delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead assigned control systems projects from planning and execution through final closeout.
- Coordinate hardware design, system programming, installation activities, system and network commissioning, and project closeout.
- Direct subcontractors, electrical installers, technicians, designers, and administrative support as needed to complete the work.
- Maintain responsibility for project financial performance, including costs, billings, collections, profitability, and cash flow.
- Communicate with customers throughout all phases of the project and pursue change orders when scope or conditions change.
- Ensure work performed complies with applicable state, local, and federal requirements and is completed with the highest ethical standards.
- Oversee the selection, ordering, budgeting, and delivery of project materials and coordinate vendor and subcontractor pricing.
- Provide site-specific training, accurate documentation, as-built information, manuals, and warranty support upon completion.
How You Will Do It
- Own the outcome by staying accountable for scope, schedule, cost, safety, and integrity from kickoff through completion.
- Evaluate contractual scope, field directives, bulletins, and schedule changes carefully, then translate them into clear project actions and change order opportunities.