Equipment Project Manager

At Trane TechnologiesTM and through our businesses including Trane® and Thermo King®, we create innovative climate solutions for buildings, homes, and transportation that challenge what's possible for a sustainable world. We're a team that dares to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities. We believe in a better future when we uplift others and enable our people to thrive at work and at home. We boldly go.
This position is eligible for a Hybrid work schedule and will be based out of our Livonia, MI location. Flexible work from home options available.
Job Summary:
Manages all aspects of Equipment Projects, from beginning to end, with direct responsibility for project execution while leading a team, or teams, to accomplish specific objectives in a given time frame and with limited resources. Responsible for the administration, implementation, and management of Equipment Projects. Accountable for assigned projects' scope of work, schedule, and budget.
Responsibilities:
• Responsible for timely completion of assigned projects and customer satisfaction.
• Plans and analyzes assigned projects, establishes schedules and project parameters and sets procedures to accomplish system objectives, involving complex equipment applications.
• Communicates with customers and their representatives, including building owners, mechanical contractors, other trades, subcontractors, and field support staff.
• Compares estimated ship dates with contractors project schedule.
• Controls expenses by monitoring assigned project budget.
• Creates and makes revisions to project schedules including: generating tasks, estimates, dependencies; and milestones.
• Generates work orders for equipment start-ups.
• Coordinates with contractors and owners to discuss scope of project; budgets; performance; and close-out - from credit approvals to financial reconciliation and everything in between.
• Responsible for project cash-flow management: progress billing, collections support and monitoring, and resource management.
• Ensures that quality standards are maintained for assigned projects.
• Maintains customer satisfaction by investigating concerns, implementing corrective action, and communicating with customers and assigned staff.
• Establishes a professional relationship with the customer and interfaces constantly to maintain accurate status reports and project reviews.
• Obtains acceptance and timely sign-off of the project by the customer.
• Responsible for evaluating possible cost savings and/or cost problems that will occur on various projects.
• Validates project scope by reviewing transition documents, plans and specs; listing possible cost savings and problems; planning EQ/ VPP dollar breaks; and validating quantities and configurations.
• Supports sales and develops preliminary submittals and/or final submittals as required.
• Responsible for preparing the correct equipment and order entry.
• Optimizes expenses by negotiating prices with vendors for materials.
• Validates outside equipment and service purchase prices.
• Documents work by maintaining files for each job.
• Obtains and validates vendor submittals.
• Responsible for holding job cost consensus meeting and submittal release and makes any necessary changes.
• Generates and distributes final submittal.
• Modifies equipment pricing as necessary and reconciles job costs as necessary.
• Maintains competitive advantage and stays abreast of industry trends.
• Flexibility to work outside normal work hours/weekends, as required.
Qualifications:

• Minimum of four (4) years of project management, equipment, HVAC or related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Familiarity with HVAC systems and temperature equipment preferred.

Base Pay Range: $67,000-96,600
Total compensation for this role will include a bonus/incentive plan.
Disclaimer: This base pay range is based on US national averages. Actual base pay could be a result of seniority, merit, geographic location where work is performed.
We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.