CHVAC Data Center Service Manager, Monroe, LA

Carrier; United States; On-site; USD 96,000 - 192,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Benefits

Retirement Benefits

Paid time off & holidays

Job summary

Carrier is seeking a Data Center Service Manager to lead and mentor field technicians at our Monroe, LA site. You will serve as the primary customer-facing representative and partner with field teams to ensure reliable startup, commissioning, and warranty support for industrial HVAC systems.

The role emphasizes teamwork, mentoring others, and maintaining a zero-incident safety culture while coordinating with union technicians and the Integrated Project Management Team to drive customer

Qualifications

• 5+ years in commercial HVAC or mechanical service operations.
• 3+ years managing field service teams, including union technicians.
• Experience training and developing teams for performance and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary customer-facing representative for Carrier.
• Lead hiring and onboarding of local Data Center technicians.
• Oversee safety, tooling, PPE, and fleet provisioning.
• Coordinate with master scheduler to meet local staffing needs.
• Ensure timely safety—quarterly safety meetings and safety culture.

Skills

HVAC leadership

Field service management

Team training & mentoring

Education

High School Diploma or 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 at @Carrier.

Relocation assistance is available for qualified applicants who meet eligibility requirements.

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 Monroe, LA 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 annual salary for this position is between $96,000.00 - $192,000.00 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate. The pay range will not be below the minimum wage applicable to the jurisdiction in which the applicant is to be employed.

Other Compensation

This position is entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

Benefits

Employees are eligible for benefits, including:

• Health Care Benefits : Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives
• Retirement Benefits
• Time off and Leave : Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; fam