About the Role

This role is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of HVAC equipment projects into data centre environments, ensuring compliance with customer technical specifications, quality standards, and critical commissioning requirements.

Benefits

- Permanent full-time opportunity
- Attractive base + super + car allowance
- Career and training opportunities

Responsibilities

- Manage full lifecycle delivery of HVAC equipment projects into data centre environments, including handover, engineering, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, installation, commissioning, and final handover.
- Ensure strict adherence to data centre standards, specifications, and commissioning protocols.
- Maintain detailed project schedules, critical path tracking, and milestone management aligned to client programs.
- Own project financial performance including revenue tracking, forecasting, gross margin, cost control, variation management, and margin improvement opportunities.
- Ensure timely invoicing and UBR reduction through accurate milestone completion.
- Act as the primary interface between customers, internal teams, contractors, and subcontractors, building strong working relationships to support repeat business and customer satisfaction.
- Full coordination and ownership of the complex multi-tier commissioning process, overseeing equipment specifications, FAT, SAT, and commissioning.




- Identify project risks early (supply chain, program, technical, commercial) and implement mitigation strategies.
- Ensure compliance with QA standards, OHS&E; requirements, and data centre quality expectations.

Qualifications

- Degree in Mechanical Engineering or HVAC-related discipline OR trade background with extensive HVAC project experience.
- Proven experience delivering large HVAC equipment projects into data centres or critical environments.
- Strong understanding of data centre design principles, redundancy, and mission‑critical operations.
- Experience with FAT, SAT, and commissioning processes.
- Knowledge of HVAC systems for mission‑critical environments and mechanical/electrical interfaces.
- Ability to review technical specifications, drawings, and design documentation.
- Experience in project financial management (forecasting, GM, cost control).
- Proficiency in MS Project, Excel, and reporting tools.
- Understanding of supply chain and manufacturing lead times.
- Robust leadership and accountability mindset.
- Ability to operate in high‑pressure, program‑driven environments.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.
- Proactive problem solver with continuous improvement focus.

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📌 HVAC Project Manager (Data centers) (City of Sydney)
🏢 Johnson Controls
📍 City of Sydney