Lead HVAC Controls Projects | Energy-Saving Buildings

Open Control Systems; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Open Control Systems, part of the Envelop Group, seeks a Controls Project Manager to direct projects from sales turnover to closeout in Central Florida (Orlando). This role requires on-site site visits, coordination of materials, labor, and subcontractors, and ensuring alignment with customer expectations.

You will manage schedules, budgets, risk, and change orders, lead meetings, and support sales with project turnover activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or equivalent training and experience.
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical blueprints, control drawings, network diagrams, equipment submittals, wiring schematics, and sequences of operation.
• Familiarity with BACnet/MSTP/IP networks and basic troubleshooting logic.
• Ability to build schedules, track budgets, manage change orders, and forecast labor.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to delegate tasks between engineering and field operations, lead meetings, and collaborate cross-functionally.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain project plans covering scope, budget, timeline, materials, and resources.
• Lead pre-construction planning. Define task scope, build schedules, and adjust for risks and roadblocks.
• Procure and coordinate materials, equipment, and subcontractors to protect margins.
• Review and execute work based on contracts, drawings, blueprints, scope documents, budgets, and sequences of operation.
• Serve as the escalation point for project risks, RFIs, and change orders.
• Communicate clearly with customers, subcontractors, and internal teams.
• Lead weekly internal and customer meetings and present project status and outcomes.
• Ensure project delivery meets proposals, specifications, and customer expectations. Provide feedback to sales to improve accuracy.
• Manage closeout activities: graphics, startup, punch lists, O&M manuals, as-builts, owner training, and warranty coordination.
• Build relationships with customer site teams and support sales activities for repeat and new work.
• Manage project cash flow, including progress billing, collections support, and resource planning.
• Keep all project documentation current, accurate, and accessible.
• Participate in monthly meetings with service department coordinating the completed project turnover to service with service sales and controls team lead, passing on vital information for parties to be included in training and better prepared for after warranty service request.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Project planning

Contract management

Budgeting

Schedule management

Stakeholder communication

Team leadership

HVAC fundamentals

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or equivalent

Tools

BidTracer

Procore

eComm

MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams)

Job description

Open Control Systems, part of the Envelop Group, seeks a Controls Project Manager to direct projects from sales turnover to closeout in Central Florida (Orlando). This role requires on-site site visits, coordination of materials, labor, and subcontractors, and ensuring alignment with customer expectations.

You will manage schedules, budgets, risk, and change orders, lead meetings, and support sales with project turnover activities.