Project Manager - Critical Environments

As part of the Envelop Group collective of companies, Controlled Environmental Systems (CES) delivers advanced engineering and manufacturing solutions for critical building environments, providing high-quality products and services across sectors such as research, healthcare, and manufacturing; and specializing in critical airflow, air filtration, and HVAC systems.

The Critical Environments Project Manager directs projects from sales turnover through closeout, ensuring designs, equipment selections, materials, labor, testing requirements, certification activities, and field execution remain on schedule, within budget, and aligned with customer expectations. This position routinely visits project sites to oversee progress, attend coordination meetings, resolve issues, and support the successful delivery of critical environment solutions for healthcare, laboratory, life sciences, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and other controlled environments.

What you'll do

• Manage critical environment projects from sales turnover through closeout, developing and maintaining project plans, schedules, budgets, resource requirements, and certification milestones while ensuring projects remain on schedule, within budget, and aligned with customer expectations.
• Coordinate all phases of project execution, including engineering, equipment procurement, subcontractors, testing, commissioning, certification activities, field operations, and customer communications to ensure successful project delivery.
• Review contracts, specifications, equipment selections, drawings, airflow requirements, and project documentation to ensure compliance with customer requirements, regulatory standards, and critical environment performance objectives.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for customers, subcontractors, certification agencies, and internal teams by leading project meetings, change orders, resolving project issues, and providing regular status updates.
• Manage project financial performance, including forecasting, progress billing support, change order management, labor planning, and resource allocation while protecting project margins.
• Oversee project documentation, testing and certification records, closeout deliverables, owner training, warranty coordination, and turnover to service teams to ensure a seamless transition and long-term customer success.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, consultants, contractors, and internal stakeholders while identifying opportunities to support future projects and ongoing service agreements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required skills, knowledge, and experience:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or related field; equivalent combinations of education and relevant project management experience will be considered.
• Experience managing projects involving HVAC systems, critical airflow systems, cleanrooms, or other controlled environments preferred.
• Strong technical aptitude with the ability to interpret mechanical drawings, specifications, equipment submittals, airflow diagrams, testing and certification reports, and project schedules.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, including project planning, budgeting, scheduling, forecasting, resource allocation, change order management, and risk mitigation.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and documentation skills with the ability to maintain accurate project records and drive projects to successful completion.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with the ability to lead meetings, collaborate across engineering, field operations, service, and sales teams, and effectively communicate with customers and project stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams) and project management software such as Procore, BidTracer, eComm, or similar platforms.

Physical Demands:

• Work is performed in a combination of an office environment which, requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards; and on job sites, which requires the ability to work in a variety of circumstances, including but not limited to standing, walking, bending, kneeling, crouching, crawling, climbing ladders, scaffolds, and high-lift equipment; working in ducts, crawl spaces, roofs, basements, above ceilings, and in outside/inside/heat/cold/day/night conditions.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• May be required to satisfy requirements imposed by specific projects, customers, or company.
• Must be able to use hand tools, laptop, email, smartphone, and tablet.
• Must be able to carry and move equipment and tools weighing up to 25 pounds unassisted.

Qualified applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without the need for employer-based sponsorship currently or in the future.

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Pre-hire requirements include a drug test, a driving report, evidence of insurability and a background check.