Aero Senior Test & Balance Project Manager

The Hill Group; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hill Group is seeking a Senior TAB Project Manager to oversee TAB projects from estimating through bid and project management. You will interact with customers and on-site teams to ensure scope and milestones are met, with regular coordination and reporting.

Responsibilities include coordinating with engineers, field foremen, and startup technicians, managing site information, and ensuring timely delivery of balancing reports and final documentation.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years' experience working for a mechanical contractor.
• Knowledge of mechanical and control systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong computer ability including proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Bluebeam.

Responsibilities

• Contact the customer during the bid process to obtain due date, drawings, and job requirements.
• Review submittals, specifications, and prints to determine the scope of work.
• Estimate testing and balancing hours required for project completion.
• Gather site information including contacts, prints, parking requirements, and site address.
• Prepare balancing reports for upcoming jobs.
• Send RFIs for data discrepancies and coordinate start meetings.

Skills

Mechanical knowledge

Communication skills

MS Office proficiency

Bluebeam proficiency

Education

Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology, or Building Construction Management; preferred.

Tools

Bluebeam

Job description

Summary:

The Senior TAB Project Manager is responsible for managing TAB projects which includes estimating, bidding, and project management. This position involves personnel interaction on the customer level as well as the construction level.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contacting the customer during the bid process to get due date, drawings, and job requirements.
• Reviewing the submittals, specifications, and prints to determine the scope of work.
• Estimate the testing and balancing hours required to complete the project based on the scope of work developed with the project engineer.
• Gather all site related information including site contacts, prints for the job, parking requirements, and site address.
• Prepare the balancing reports for the upcoming job.
• Send RFIs for discrepancies in data.
• Set up the in-house job start meeting between field supervisor and engineer.
• Manage job progress – communicate job progress and monitor and help solve issues in the field.
• Send testing and balancing status updates bi-weekly minimum.
• Coordinate start of job with startup technician, project engineer, field foreman, controls contractor.
• Visit the jobsite regularly to coordinate with the jobsite startup technician, control contractor, foreman, and to attend MEP coordination meetings as required.
• Set up regular billing based on project completion percentage.
• Review of reports from the field, looking for open deficiencies, issues, formatting errors, typographical errors. Review with field supervisor.
• Send final balancing reports to engineer, reviewing the reports with them in person.
• Look for new opportunities for balancing projects
• Sell all services of Aero to customers.

Experience and Qualifications:

• 7-10 years’ experience working for a Mechanical Contractor
• Knowledge of mechanical and control systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong computer ability including proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Bluebeam
  

Other Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology, or Building Construction Management; preferred.