Project Manager - HVAC

CANDII; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car/allowance

Laptop & phone

Salary reviews

Training & development

Clear progression

National backing

Job summary

JobAdder Operations Pty is seeking a hands-on HVAC Project Manager for Brisbane's southside. You will lead end-to-end projects, manage budgets, and drive scheduling across prisons, hotels, aged care, and other live sites within a national contractor network.

Ideal candidates will have ~3 years post-trade PM or supervisory experience, strong plan-reading skills, and a drive to build a team in a growing Brisbane division. A vehicle, laptop, and career progression are provided.

Qualifications

• 3 years post-trade experience in PM or supervisory capacity
• Ability to read and work from plans is essential
• Budget management and forecasting experience
• CPR and LV Rescue
• Current driver's licence
• Ability to pass a National Police Check
• HVAC trade qualification and HVAC ticket are advantageous (not essential)
• Estimating experience is not required

Responsibilities

• Manage HVAC projects end to end including fitouts, central plant replacements and upgrades
• Manage project budgets and forecasting
• Programme and timeline management
• Client and stakeholder management across commercial, hospitality, aged care and correctional sites
• Coordinate subcontractors, suppliers and site delivery
• Build out the division and, over time, a team around you

Skills

Read plans

Budget management

Project management

CPR & LV Rescue

Driver's license

National Police Check

Supervisory experience

Job description

Brisbane southside PM role. $140k-$160k + car. Prisons, hotels, aged care. No wet construction. Rapid growth - build your own team and climb.

02nd October, 2026

Most HVAC Project Manager ads want twenty years and a scar for every one of them. This one doesn't.

The business is growing fast enough that the real requirement is ambition and the ability to run a job properly. If you're three years out of your trade, you've managed budgets, and you're hungry for the step up - you're in the conversation.

Who you'd be working for A national mechanical services contractor, 40 years established, with 200-plus staff and the subcontractor network to take on work most competitors have to pass on.

They operate in every state and territory, servicing some of the biggest names in Australian property, mining, hospitality and healthcare - tier-one resources clients, major property groups and national hotel brands among them.

The Brisbane branch is in growth mode. That's the whole point of this role: there's more work being won than the current team can deliver, and they need someone to take projects off the pile and eventually build a team underneath them.

Why this one is different No wet construction. This is fitouts, central plant replacements, maintenance and projects - not new-build. Completely different animal, and if you've done your time on wet trades sites you'll know exactly why that matters.

Genuine variety. One day it's a central plant replacement, the next it's a fitout, the next it's a maintenance programme. Prisons, hotels and aged care are all live sectors - the next project in the pipeline is a correctional facility.

A division to grow, not inherit. You'll have the chance to win work, build the division out, and bring your own small team up around you. That's a very different proposition to stepping into someone else's established patch.

They promote from within. Ongoing training and development, with the ladder above you genuinely open.

What's on offer

• $140,000 – $160,000
• Company vehicle or car allowance
• Laptop and phone
• Yearly salary reviews
• Training and professional development
• Clear progression as the division scales
• The backing of a national business with 40 years behind it

The role

• Managing HVAC projects end to end - fitouts, central plant replacements and upgrades
• Managing project budgets and forecasting
• Programme and timeline management
• Client and stakeholder management across commercial, hospitality, aged care and correctional sites
• Coordinating subcontractors, suppliers and site delivery
• Building out the division and, over time, a team around you

About you They're not looking for a seasoned veteran. They're looking for someone with drive who wants to make the role their own.

You'll need:

• Around 3 years' experience post-trade, including time in a project management or supervisory capacity
• The ability to read and work from plans - this one is essential
• Budget management and forecasting experience
• CPR and LV Rescue
• Current driver's licence
• Ability to pass a National Police Check

Ideal, but not essential:

• HVAC trade qualification
• HVAC ticket (depends on the mechanical scope - ductwork and similar)
• Estimating experience is genuinely not required

Why this role, and not the next one you scroll past The Brisbane branch is at the point where the work is coming in faster than it can be delivered. That's the best time to join anything - you get to shape the division rather than maintain it, and the people who are there during the growth are the people who end up running it.

Add a national business with four decades of trading behind it, a client list most contractors would like to have, and no wet construction, and it's a hard one to match.