Project Manager, Commercial HVAC Installations

Title of Job: Project Manager, Commercial HVAC Installations

Status: Exempt

Reports To: Director of Installations

On-site Location: Ball Ground, Ga M-F

Summary of Position: The Project Manager, HVAC Installations is responsible for the management of assigned customers and projects. This position will manage existing and build new customer relationships, bid projects, and manage projects which includes recruiting and assembling crews, scheduling, and holding all team members accountable for their roles in completing projects.

Job Responsibilities:

Managing Projects

• Effective communication with customer and crews to ensure complete understanding of project scope.
• Ensure smooth roll-out for client installs
• Coordinating sub-contractors as needed
• Coordinate and oversee HVAC and mechanical installations for commercial restaurant and retail construction projects, including remodels, build-outs, and national rollouts.
• Partner with customers, vendors, and internal teams to execute multi-site restaurant and retail installations, ensuring alignment on scope, schedule, budget, and quality standards.
• Facilitate purchasing of needed materials
• Understanding of jobsite protocols specific to project and site
• Ensuring quality of workmanship from crew
• May perform surveys and estimate jobs
• Ability to recognize problems outside of scope and effectively address with customer
• Performing duties with minimal supervision
• Meetings with customers and store personnel to review projects
• Reporting crew performance issues to General Manager
• Ability to schedule crews to meet customer timelines
• Maintain accurate records, purchase logs, expense reimbursement forms, and other documentation.
• Update company software systems

Recruiting

• Interviewing, Selection, Hiring and Training of Technicians
• Sourcing and evaluating subcontractors; facilitating subcontractor paperwork

Managing and Developing Customer Relationships

• Build & maintain ongoing rapport with key individuals at customer locations
• Build and foster a network of referrals to create new opportunities for revenue growth
• Update company software systems
• Attend regularly scheduled conference calls, company meetings, and trade shows.
• Always maintain professionalism, tact, diplomacy, and sensitivity to portray the company in a positive manner.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: These requirements are representative, but not all-inclusive, of the knowledge, skill, and ability required to perform this job.

• Knowledge and experience in General Contracting
• Experience in managing multi-site national rollouts
• Experience leading restaurant and retail construction projects involving HVAC systems, refrigeration, lighting upgrades, and related mechanical infrastructure.
• Experience managing or supporting energy efficiency projects, retrofits, or upgrades across multi-location portfolios.
• Ability to assess mechanical and electrical systems in the field, identify installation risks or performance issues, and implement practical solutions to keep projects on track.
• Experience with Commercial Facility Improvements
• Professional demeanor, selling style, and appearance.
• Able to build and maintain lasting relationships with customers.
• Possess proven problem solving solutions for the customer and the company.
• Must be self-motivated and able to work independently to meet or exceed goals.
• Effective organizational planning, communication, and superior time management.
• Ability to work individually and as part of a team.
• High level of integrity and work ethic
• Entrepreneurial minded
• Creates opportunities and solves problems
• Demonstrated ability to complete projects on time and under budget
• Computer skills
• Computer proficiency in Windows and Microsoft applications.
• General knowledge of all trades
• Must have reliable transportation, valid driver’s license
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Must be able to climb a ladder.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Knowledge of construction safety and safety procedures
• 5 years of experience leading restaurant commercial HVAC installations preferably in the retail or restaurant industries.
• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Extremely Organized
• 18 years of age or older
• Must be able to pass a drug test
• Must be able to pass a background check
• Access to reliable transportation to reach customer locations
• Dependable and able to work a flexible schedule including nights and weekends
• Ability to travel 25-40% of time

Physical Demands: These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee may be required to:

• Move about the work site working around people and equipment.
• Occasionally ascends/descend a ladder or stairs
• Operate tools or equipment
• Positions self to install or remove equipment, including maneuvering in small spaces
• Required to sit, talk and hear.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move equipment or materials up to 50 pounds.
• The employee is required to use hands to type, handle, or feel objects, tools and computer controls.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision
• Frequently communicates with customers and co-workers while performing job tasks

This is a list of the major responsibilities, duties, and physical demands required of this position and may not be all-inclusive. Nothing in this job description restricts the Company’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.