What you will do

Johnson Controls has an exciting Project Manager opportunity! This individual will determine the direction of complex chiller projects by managing assigned orders through the order execution, engineering, manufacturing and startup phases. Working in a team environment, the ProjectManager will develop and document the plan,ensure adherence, and manage risk factors identified in each contract. The assigned customer orders will have a high degree of complexity or special circumstances when compared to standard products. The projects will be managed according to strict customer and financial requirements. This includes acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of core, extended and support team members, suppliers, contractors or consultants in order to deliver projects according to plan.The preference is to have this individual based in York, PA, or San Antonio, TX.

The Project Manager will also be tasked with leading change management initiatives for the business and will work closely with engineering, manufacturing, and other groups within Johnson Controls to study and implement new business workflows, with the end result being a more streamline ordering and manufacturing process, both internally and externally to Johnson Controls.

How you will do it

• Define project schedule, scope, goals, resource requirements and deliverables that support business and customer goals.

• Determine and assess the need for additional team members or resources and communicate additional needs to leadership when project goals are being affected.

• Plan, schedule, and track project timelines, deliverables, and milestones using appropriate tools. Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.

• Identify and resolve project scope, financial and schedule impacts related to manufacturing issues.

• Build, develop and grow business relationships with customers and suppliers vital to thesuccess of JCI's specially engineered products.

Continuous Improvement:

Conduct project post-mortems and create a lessons learned report in order to identifysuccessful and unsuccessful project elements.

Develop best practices and tools for project execution and management.

Leadership:

Coach, mentor, motivate and provide leadership to project team members and influencethem to take positive action and accountability.

Identify and engage required resources depending on status or project phase.

Coordinate and lead a cross-functional project resource team to ensure clear and accurate communication necessary to deliver the project on time and budget.

Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.

Communication:

Develop project plans, financial reports, resource plans and associated communications.documents. Provide and manage changes to each throughout the scope of a project.

Deliver project status reports when requested and facilitate proactive communication whenever project goals or delivering customer commitments are at risk.

What you will need
Requirements

• BS/BA required, preferably in Engineering.

• 7+ years HVAC related experience in project or program management, supply chain planning or engineering.

• Able to travel 15% of the time, both domestic and international.