HVAC Construction Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Set work priorities by reviewing performance to ensure effectiveness and alignment with department goals.
• Control expenses by developing a department budget, monitoring capital expenditures, and approving purchases.
• Communicate department goals and objectives to field supervisors, Project Managers, and support staff.
• Communicate department expectations to the project management team and evaluate and report on progress.
• Provide sales support as required. Assist with estimating and project development. Review and sign-off of estimates.
• Assign Project Managers to new projects.
• Develop and maintain vendor relationships.
• Lead project review and production meetings.
• Review job costing reports for large and small retrofit projects.
• Work with the Director of Finance and Project Managers to ensure proper project implementation and documentation from beginning through project close-out and final collections.
• Provide technical advice and assistance where appropriate.
• Maintain appropriate retrofit staff levels by assisting with recruiting, interviewing, and hiring.
• Oversee the overall scheduling effort to maximize the use of retrofit personnel and resources to fulfill customer commitments.
• Respond to customer inquiries, complaints, and special requests.
• Maintain quality standards by visiting job sites and meeting with branch managers, VP Ops, field supervisors, customers, and vendors as needed.
• Understand industry changes and respond to alternative strategies to maintain competitive advantage in our marketplace.
• Assure that tools, equipment, and vehicles are managed to meet the business unit requirements to meet customer expectations.
• Actively gather and disseminate market intelligence for each estimating job by talking directly with the buyer, the end user, vendors and/or other sources of information.
• Interpret customer drawings, specifications, and requirements as the basis of formulating quotation strategies.
• Assist with preparation of monthly financial forecasts.
• Provide administrative and technical direction and supervision to Project Manager and General Foreman in completing work assignments.
• Maintains sufficient records, files, controls, and procedures to ensure management and work production.
• Develop training sessions for employees who require them.
• Maintains a strong safety program.

Job Specifications (incl. Education requirements, minimal experience, computer skills required, etc.)

• 10+ years of combined experience in the field and/or management working in the HVAC industry.
• 2+ years in estimation pipe fitting trades work.
• Experience with tooling, machining, fabrication, or construction environments and industries.
• Must be fluent with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc.).
• Strong technical writing skills and ability to read and interpret drawings and/or construction plans are required for success.
• This position requires strong leadership, management, and organizational skills, the ability to perform detailed work on time, follow up through order closure, and manage a team to deliver projects on time and within the budget.