Junior HVAC Project Manager | Industrial D&C

Junior HVAC Project Manager | Industrial D&C | Mulgrave, VIC
c$120,000 + $20,000 car allowance + super

You know mechanical. Now learn how to run the whole project.

If you understand HVAC or mechanical services but want more than the technical side, this is a chance to build the commercial, client-facing and project skills that turn good technical people into seriously capable Project Managers.

You’ll work on industrial Design & Construct projects, including distribution centres, warehouses and other industrial facilities.

Data centres might be getting all the headlines, along with some fairly heroic salaries, but industrial D&C is another substantial corner of mechanical contracting. Complex projects, major builders, serious project values and plenty to learn.

And you won’t be handed a $15M project on Monday and told, “Good luck.”

You’ll work alongside experienced Project Managers, sit in client and builder meetings, learn the commercial side properly and gradually take responsibility for smaller projects with senior support around you.

The idea is simple: learn the ropes, prove yourself, then take on more.

What you’ll get involved in

You’ll move beyond understanding how the mechanical work gets built and start learning how the whole project comes together, including:

• Progress claims, variations and project costs
• Client, builder and subcontractor meetings
• Procurement, programming and resource planning
• Reading and understanding contracts
• Managing smaller projects through to handover as your experience grows

You’ll also learn the bits nobody teaches particularly well in a textbook, managing commercial pressure, dealing with changing programmes, handling difficult conversations and solving problems before they become expensive ones.

You don’t need the perfect job title now - You could already be a Junior Project Manager or Project Engineer. Perhaps you’re a Site Supervisor who understands mechanical services, communicates well and is comfortable dealing with builders and clients. Or you could be a Refrigeration Mechanic who has run a business, managed jobs, quoted work and dealt directly with customers and now wants to move into project management.

What matters more than your current title is that you understand mechanical services, communicate well and can represent a contractor professionally in front of clients and builders.

You’ll need to be organised, commercially curious, comfortable with technology and diplomatic enough to disagree with someone without turning a progress meeting into a cage fight.

You’ll work closely with experienced PMs and senior decision-makers, get exposure to the commercial side of major projects and progressively take ownership rather than spending the next three years updating somebody else’s spreadsheet.

And the intention isn’t to keep you as “the junior”.

As your capability grows, so will the size and complexity of the projects you’re trusted to run.