CHVAC Data Center Service Manager

Energie Gestalter; Edmonton; Hybrid; CAD 111,000 - 161,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental benefits

Retirement contributions

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Carrier is seeking a Data Center Service Manager in Ontario, Canada to lead field service teams and ensure reliable startup, commissioning, and warranty support for industrial HVAC systems. You will build strong customer relationships, mentor technicians, and collaborate with the Integrated Project Management Team to drive safety and performance.

The role emphasizes teamwork, mentorship, and a proactive safety culture, with responsibility for hiring, onboarding, and operations to support local

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Experience in commercial HVAC or mechanical service operations.
• Experience managing field service teams, including union technicians.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary customer-facing representative and promote the Carrier brand.
• Lead the hiring process for local Data Center technicians.
• Oversee onboarding of new technicians, safety orientation and equipment provisioning.
• Serve as the union liaison and maintain positive relations with union representatives.
• Conduct job site safety inspections and quarterly safety meetings.
• Coordinate with master scheduler to meet staffing needs.
• Manage tools, PPE, vehicles and uniforms for field teams.
• Oversee fleet management and vehicle maintenance.
• Approve daily timesheets and travel requests.
• Forecast, monitor, and document financial performance against plan.
• Escalate complex issues and drive improvement plans.

Skills

Leadership

Data Center operations

Union experience

Safety program leadership

Financial acumen

Communication

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Job description

About Carrier

Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting‑edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world‑class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow on Carrier social media @Carrier.

About this role

As a Data Center Service Manager with Carrier, you become the trusted face of a global leader in HVAC and mission‑critical cooling solutions. In this people‑focused leadership role, you’ll build strong relationships with data center customers and the support field teams, and partner closely with Carrier’s Integrated Project Management Team. Your work will directly contribute to seamless startup, commissioning, and warranty support of industrial HVAC systems ensuring reliability, uptime, and customer confidence. This role is perfect for someone who values teamwork, enjoys mentoring others, and takes pride in creating a supportive environment where technicians feel equipped to do their best work. You’ll have the opportunity to positively impact customer relationships, team culture, and Carrier’s reputation for excellence at our Ontario, Canada site.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary customer-facing representative, embodying and promoting the Carrier brand.
• Lead the hiring process for the local Data Center technicians, ensuring the selection of qualified candidates.
• Oversee onboarding of new technicians, including safety orientation, training procedures, and provisioning of devices and equipment.
• Serve as the union liaison, facilitating communication and maintaining positive relations between Carrier and union representatives.
• Conduct job site safety inspections and organize quarterly safety meetings to reinforce safety culture.
• Interact regularly with the master scheduler to ensure technician staffing needs are accurately met for local customer needs.
• Manage requests for tools, personal protective equipment (PPE), vehicles, and uniforms for field teams.
• Maintain responsibility for fleet management, ensuring vehicles are properly assigned, maintained, and available.
• Approve daily timesheets and travel requests for Data Center technicians.
• Oversee operations and support field teams.
• Forecast, monitor, and document financial performance against plan.
• Coordinate, prioritize and resolve issues encountered by the team.
• Optimize the usage of manpower, standard time, equipment and energy to complete open work.
• Escalate critical/complex issues that will impact the business.
• Manage the team according to established programs and objectives.
• Implement, monitor, manage the quality of work.
• Respond to key customer complaints, carry out customer satisfaction investigations and ensure establishment of appropriate improvement plans.

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED
• 5+ years' experience in commercial HVAC and/or mechanical service operations, industrial equipment service, or other field service, environments involving maintenance, repair, and technical service delivery.
• 3+ years’ experience managing and or training field service teams, including union technicians, with a focus on performance and efficiency.
• Valued, but not required HVAC Experience
• Experience in working with Unions
• Expertise in startup and commissioning of industrial HVAC systems, and understanding of data center reliability standards.
• Strong financial acumen: cost forecasting, margin attainment, and change order management.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and problem‑solving skills.
• Commitment to zero‑incident safety culture and rigorous process execution.

Pay Range

The expected base salary range for this role is between $110,500.00 CAD - $160,500.00 CAD annually. The rate of pay may be impacted by factors such as the applicant's geographic location, market data/range, skills, prior relevant experience, job‑related knowledge, specific degrees and certifications, and/or other relevant considerations. This compensation includes components such as base salary, vacation pay, public holiday pay, potential estimated overtime pay and paid statutory leaves of absence.

Other Compensation

This role may also provide the opportunity to earn additional incentive compensation in the form of annual bonus, sales bonus, sales commission or local incentive. If the role provides for an opportunity to earn additional incentive compensation, it will be based on measurable performance factors which may include company performance, individual performance or other key performance indicators.

Benefits

• Additional benefits may include insured benefits such as health care, vision, dental, disability, as well as possible retirement contributions.
• Benefits employees are eligible for benefits, including: Medical, Dental Retirement Benefits Time off and Leave Disability: Short‑term and long‑term disability Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Tuition Assistance Benefits are available to eligible full‑time employees and may vary based on provincial or local requirements and other eligibility factors, including date of hire and the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreement.

Carrier Accommodations Process

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, participate in an interview, or otherwise engage in the hiring process, please contact us at [e-mail]. We will make every effort to meet your needs in accordance with applicable laws.

At Carrier we make modern life possible by delivering groundbreaking systems and services that help homes, buildings and shipping become safer, smarter and more sustainable. We exceed the expectations of our customers by anticipating industry trends, working tirelessly to master and revolutionize them. Our team of approximately 56,000 dedicated individuals continues to mold industry standards by pursuing the latest research and developments to improve the lives of our customers. We’re constantly growing, seeking out talented, likeminded people who are committed to our primary duty: to be the world’s first choice in security, shipping and HVAC technology.