Senior Project Manager - HVACPosition OverviewAs a Senior Project Manager - HVAC, you'll provide senior-level leadership for complex commercial HVAC, plumbing, and controls projects, overseeing multiple project managers, superintendents, and field teams to deliver exceptional quality, safety, profitability, and client satisfaction. Partner closely with operations leadership to align on company goals, proactively identify risks/opportunities, drive budget adherence, and foster long-term relationships with clients, subcontractors, and stakeholders. Our people-first culture empowers your strategic oversight with advanced professional development, cross-functional collaboration, and the opportunity to mentor teams while shaping sustainable, high-performance mechanical systems that serve commercial facilities nationwide across any of our operating companies.
Duties and Responsibilities- Lead and manage a team of project managers, superintendents, and field personnel to execute projects on time, within budget, and to the highest quality/safety standards.
- Review bid documents, drawings, and scopes early to identify potential risks, opportunities, omissions, and value engineering possibilities; develop workable solutions to prevent issues.
- Collaborate with preconstruction, estimating, and operations teams to create realistic schedules, budgets, and project plans that meet milestones and financial targets.
- Track project budgets, costs, labor productivity, change orders, and forecasts; identify variances, pitfalls, or profit-enhancing opportunities and implement corrective actions.
- Promote open communication among project teams, clients, architects, engineers, subcontractors, and internal departments to resolve conflicts and ensure alignment.
- Organize and lead coordination meetings, site walks, and progress reviews; maintain detailed documentation of scope changes, execution decisions, costs, and client communications.
- Ensure strict adherence to contract documents, specifications, company policies, safety requirements, quality expectations, and ethical standards.
- Champion quality assurance: conduct job-site reviews, ensure installations meet/exceed industry standards, prevent call-backs/warranty issues, and partner with quality teams on processes/inspections.
- Build and maintain long-term relationships with clients, architects, engineers, general contractors, subcontractors, and vendors to support future opportunities and repeat business.
- Recruit, train, mentor, and develop high-caliber team members; track performance, delegate appropriately, nominate for promotions/incentives, and participate in hiring as needed.
- Enforce safety compliance across teams: assure PPE usage, coordinate with safety officers for inspections/visits, and uphold company/project safety protocols at all times.
- Provide leadership vision for project planning, coordination, sequencing, labor utilization, and continuous improvement; communicate updates and issues to executive leadership.
Supervisory ResponsibilitiesYes - Direct supervision and leadership of project managers, superintendents, foremen, and support staff across assigned projects/portfolio; responsible for performance evaluations, training/mentoring, promotions/incentives, conflict resolution, and team development to ensure high performance, safety adherence, and project success.
Requirements/Qualifications- Experience: 8-12+ years of progressive project management experience in commercial HVAC/mechanical construction or related building services, including 4+ years in senior/lead PM roles managing teams and multi-million-dollar projects.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Mechanical Engineering, or related field preferred; equivalent experience with strong technical HVAC knowledge considered.
- Certifications: PMP, LEED, OSHA 30-hour, or relevant trade certifications a plus; valid driver's license and clean driving record required.
- Physical Demands: Primarily office-based with frequent job-site visits; ability to walk active construction sites, climb ladders/stairs, lift light materials (plans, laptop), and travel regionally/nationally as needed; standard office mobility for computer work and meetings.
- Work Environment/Safety: Professional office with hybrid options and active construction sites; exposure to varying weather, noise, dust, heights; must adhere to OSHA regulations, conduct hazard identification, and wear required PPE (hard hat, safety glasses, steel-toed boots) on sites-safety is our top priority and non-negotiable.
Required Skills- Advanced project management (scheduling, budgeting, risk management, change order negotiation, cost control).
- Strong leadership, team mentoring, performance management, and conflict resolution.
- Proficiency with project tools (Procore, MS Project, Bluebeam, Excel) and financial tracking.
- Excellent written/verbal communication, client/stakeholder management, and relationship building.
- Safety and quality leadership; ability to read/interpret contracts, blueprints, specs, and scopes.
- Multitasking under pressure, initiative, professionalism, and commitment to ethics/compliance.
Pay Range: $130,000 - $185,000 per year
