Mission Critical Project Manager - Automated Logic

Carrier is a global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, dedicated to enhancing comfort, safety, and sustainability. They are seeking a Global Strategic Accounts – Mission Critical Project Manager to lead large-scale building automation projects, ensuring high-level execution and customer satisfaction. The role requires strong project governance, financial performance management, and the ability to stabilize high-risk projects.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as an extension of ALC leadership, driving consistent project governance, execution standards, and customer experience across assigned projects
• Lead execution of large, complex, multi-million-dollar building automation programs, ensuring alignment to contract requirements, schedule milestones, and stakeholder expectations
• Own project financial performance, including budget management, EAC development, forecasting cadence, cost controls, and margin protection
• Develop and execute revenue recognition, billing, and cash-collection strategies in coordination with finance and branch leadership
• Establish project strategy and control plans (scope, schedule, quality, safety), including risk identification, mitigation, change control, and recovery planning
• Act as the primary escalation point for customers, general contractors, and internal leadership; drive timely decisions and clear communications
• Align cross-functional teams (engineering, field operations, subcontractors, vendors, and commissioning) to deliver coordinated execution and issue resolution
• Step into challenged or high-risk projects and lead stabilization/turnaround efforts, including schedule re-baselining and stakeholder re-alignment
• Establish and enforce best practices in project documentation, reporting, meetings, and executive communications
• Lead resource planning and deployment in coordination with regional and branch leadership to support critical path activities
• Provide leadership through critical phases such as mobilization, first-of-kind start-ups, commissioning, integrated systems testing, and customer turnover
• Mentor and develop project managers and field leadership through coaching, standard work, and lessons learned

Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED
• 5+ years of progressive experience in project management, field engineering, engineering, estimating or sales within building automation/controls, HVAC controls, or mission-critical/data center environments
• 1+ years of experience with the Microsoft Office Suite
• Clean and valid driver's license
• Capable of climbing ladders or using other lift equipment above 8 feet above grade, and capable of lifting items up to 50lbs
• Bachelor's Degree in HVAC (Building Automation Controls), Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
• Advanced capability in project financial management, forecasting, cost-to-complete (EAC), and margin improvement
• Proven success managing complex stakeholder environments, including owners, general contractors, commissioning agents, and national/global accounts
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and aligning field/engineering execution to a single integrated plan
• Demonstrated experience supporting mission-critical facilities (e.g., data centers, healthcare, high-availability industrial environments)
• Working knowledge of commissioning and integrated systems testing processes (e.g., L3–L5), including readiness planning and turnover documentation
• Experience with ALC building automation platforms, including WebCTRL, and familiarity with controls architecture, networks, and integration concepts
• Track record of project recovery/turnaround, including schedule compression, claim/change management, and executive-level reporting
• Leadership experience mentoring and developing project managers and field leaders
• Professional certification(s) such as PMP, PMI-SP, or equivalent strongly preferred