Job Description: Responsibilities:
- Completes typical installation hardware design and software programming using established standards as required.
- Provides detailed information to communicate design and operation to customers, staff and subcontractors.
- Actively pursues additional work through change orders.
- Evaluates the contractual scope of work and the impact of client issued bulletins, field directives and/or scheduling changes.
- Communicates both technical and business related issues with the clients.
- Manages the selection, ordering, budget and delivery schedule of materials to be procured for the projects assigned.
- Secures pricing and availability from outside vendors and suppliers, mechanical and electrical subcontractors including scope, terms and conditions.
- May request several bids in the pricing process.
- Oversees subcontractor payment and billing processes.
- Provides jobsite coordination for panel and field device physical locations.
- Ensures installation is in accordance with literature and project requirements.
- Manages and completes the loading, device verification, and commissioning of all system controllers as required.
- Validates complete system functionality and resolves issues with subcontractors and others to ensure proper operation.
- Provides accurate project as-built and commissioning documentation.
- Manages costs, billings and collections.
- Completes project billings in a timely and accurate format to the client.
- Maintains profitability goals and positive cash flow.
- Provides coaching, mentoring and technical assistance to System Technicians, Electrical Installers and System Designers.
- Provides technical assistance to subcontractors.
- Ensures that delegated tasks are done accurately, on-time, billed, within budget and within scope of the contract.
- Effectively communicates the status of projects to management as required and provides monthly forecasts of revenue, costs, and gross margin.
- Sends warranty letter to customer upon substantial completion of project and ensures proper execution of warranty.
- Develops project plans and coordinates the required resources to ensure timely and cost effective installation and completion of assigned projects.
- Performs site-specific training for owner/operator on the total system in full or with assistance.
- Ensures owner/operator has been trained.
- Provides proper documentation and manuals for system operation.
- Develops and maintains viable long-term relationships with contractors, clients, consultants and subcontractors.
- Attends job progress meetings as required.
- Adheres to safety standards.
- High degree of regard to employee and subcontractor safety.
Requirements:
- Minimum of a technical Associates Degree with two years of field experience or four years of equivalent related field experience in the HVAC industry.
- Must have relevant technical hands on experience in systems design and commissioning of digital HVAC controls systems.
- Must have the ability to communicate technical material to a non-technical audience.
- Must demonstrate the ability to perform work independently.
- Strong personal computer skills.
- Must have knowledge of control theory and HVAC systems.
- Knowledge of project accounting, costing principles and contracting preferred.
- Must have reliable transportation.
- Under general direction, acts as the on-site project leader to plan, execute, and complete control systems projects with assigned customers.
- Performs or delegates tasks as required to execute and fully complete assigned projects including: hardware design, system programming, installation coordination, system and network commissioning and project closeout.
- Responsible for the overall financial results of assigned projects including: costs, project billings, and collections.
- Maintains an effective balance between customer satisfaction and project financial results.
- Actively pursues selling change orders.
- Coordinates communication with the customer during all phases of the project.
- Ensures proper execution of warranty.
- Provides work direction to subcontractors, electrical installers, technicians, designers, and administration as necessary.
- Ensures work performed is in compliance with state, local and Federal legal requirements and operates on the job with the highest of ethics.
- Adheres and ensures staff and subcontractors adhere to all safety standards.
- Supervises Provides work direction to Systems Technicians, Systems Designers, Electrical Installers and site subcontractors.