Senior Project Manager - Chiller

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. (MHIA) is looking for a Senior Project Manager - Chillers to join our team. This is a hybrid role based out of our Plano, Texas, location.

ABOUT MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AMERICA, INC. (MHIA):

For over 130 years, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group’s innovative and integrated solutions have demonstrated our commitment to creating a positive social impact around the globe. Our range of products and services is tailored to meet our customers’ evolving needs across the commercial aviation, energy, transportation and infrastructure, machinery, defense, and space systems sectors.

Our culture embraces diversity and cooperation, and we promote a healthy balance of professional and personal development, ensuring that your ideas and expertise are valued and respected.

SCOPE:

The Project Manager is responsible for managing customer-facing centrifugal chiller and modular cooling plant projects in North America from order intake through engineering, manufacturing, delivery, installation, commissioning, and final handover. Will serve as the primary project interface among customers, consultants, general contractors, EPC contractors, MEP contractors, and internal teams. The Project Manager is responsible for managing project scope, schedule, budget, risks, change orders, documentation, stakeholder communication, customer expectations, and project execution performance to ensure safe, compliant, timely, and profitable project delivery. This role also coordinates with responsible stakeholders to support permit / local permitting, inspections, AHJ approval/acceptance, regulatory approval, compliance clearance (Customer/EOR/GC/AHJ/NRTL), construction and site safety (OSHA, JHA/JSA, LOTO, permit-to-work), UL/ETL/CSA/NRTL labeling and field evaluation/field labeling, environmental compliance, insurance requirements, FAT/SAT, commissioning requirements, and turnover/closeout requirements necessary for site delivery, installation, commissioning, and turnover. This position collaborates with global stakeholders across Japan and the U.S. to align priorities, enable effective execution, and support MHIA’s long-term business objectives.

The ideal candidate will have at least nine (9) years of experience, with at least four (4) of those years in centrifugal chillers and modular cooling plants.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project Management & Stakeholder Interface

• Manage end-to-end execution of centrifugal chiller and modular cooling plant projects in North America, from order intake through final handover.
• Serve as the primary project interface with customers, consultants, general contractors, EPC contractors, MEP contractors, and internal teams.
• Lead regular project meetings, report project status, escalate critical issues, and drive timely decision-making.
• Define and manage project scope, deliverables, assumptions, exclusions, interfaces, and responsibility boundaries (including responsibility split among Customer/EOR/GC/MEP and suppliers).
• Ensure customer satisfaction, schedule adherence, quality performance, and successful handover to service and aftermarket teams.
• Maintain and drive project governance: execution plan, schedule, action items, risk register, issue log, change log, communication plan, and decision log
• Product development

Engineering, Manufacturing & Logistics Coordination

• Coordinate engineering deliverables, including GA drawings, P&IDs, electrical drawings, control narratives, sequence of operations, submittals, and technical documentation.
• Manage customer submittal, review, comment resolution, approval, and resubmission processes.
• Coordinate with manufacturing, procurement, engineering, quality, logistics, installation, commissioning, service, and aftermarket teams.
• Track equipment production schedules, factory milestones, FAT readiness, shipping readiness, and delivery commitments.
• Coordinate site delivery planning, including delivery windows, receiving requirements, unloading plans, laydown/storage needs, and site acceptance conditions.
• Coordinate site access requirements, including route constraints, road width, gates, turning radius, ground bearing capacity, crane access, and delivery staging.
• Support installation readiness, including site readiness checks, foundation readiness, and utility interface readiness (power, water, refrigerant, drainage, communications).
• Confirm foundation readiness (dimensions, levelness, load rating, anchor locations, grout plan) and utility interface readiness (connection points and readiness for electrical/mechanical/refrigerant/drain/controls).
• Coordinate turnover to commissioning by ensuring installation completion criteria, punch items, documentation readiness, and interface closures are met.

Risk Management, Compliance & Site Execution

• Identify, document, communicate, and mitigate project risks related to scope, schedule, cost, quality, compliance, logistics, installation, and commissioning.
• Coordinate permit / local permitting (building, electrical, mechanical, fire, environmental) and maintain a permit/inspection readiness plan with responsible stakeholders.
• Coordinate inspections (electrical, mechanical, fire, and final) and drive AHJ approval/acceptance in collaboration with Customer/EOR/GC and contractors.
• Drive regulatory approval and compliance clearance with Customer, EOR, GC, AHJ, and NRTL stakeholders, ensuring requirements are understood, assigned, and closed.
• Coordinate construction/site safety requirements, including OSHA, JHA/JSA, LOTO (electrical/pressure/fuel/refrigerant isolation), and permit-to-work controls (energization, lifting/rigging, hot work, etc.).
• Coordinate refrigerant compliance requirements, including EPA Section 608 considerations (recovery, leak management, service qualifications, records), as applicable to delivery and turnover.
• Coordinate UL/ETL/CSA/NRTL labeling and manage exceptions requiring field evaluation/field labeling for non-listed, imported, or field-modified equipment; escalate gaps and drive closure with manufacturer/EOR/AHJ/NRTL.
• Coordinate environmental compliance requirements, including refrigerants, stormwater/wastewater (construction discharge, blowdown, chemicals, oil-water separation), noise ordinance requirements (boundary/nighttime noise, silencers/acoustics), and SPCC / oil containment (lubricants/fuels and
• secondary containment).
• Coordinate water treatment requirements for cooling systems (chemicals, glycol, corrosion control, Legionella risk management) and align responsibility split across customer/EOR/GC and vendors.
• Coordinate FM Global/insurance requirements where applicable (fire protection, separation distances, containment provisions) and integrate them into execution and turnover packages.
• Coordinate FAT requirements (factory acceptance tests) and SAT requirements (site acceptance tests), including witness points, acceptance criteria, and test record control.
• Support commissioning and startup activities by coordinating commissioning requirements, documentation, punch list closure, customer readiness, third-party commissioning agents (CxA), and service teams.
• Maintain complete project documentation, including contracts, specifications, drawings, submittals, meeting minutes, issue logs, change logs, schedules, inspection records, FAT/SAT records, commissioning documentation, and turnover/closeout packages (O&M manuals, as-builts, test records, punch list, warranty handover).
• This list of responsibilities is not all-inclusive, and an employee may be required to perform other relevant duties as assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Bachelor’s in mechanical or electrical engineering, project management, or equivalent experience

Experience: Minimum of nine (9) years of experience with at least four (4) years of experience in centrifugal chillers and modular cooling plants

Experience managing customer-facing projects from order intake through engineering, manufacturing, delivery, installation, commissioning, and handover of centrifugal chiller and modular cooling plant projects

Demonstrated ability to manage project scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, change orders, documentation, and stakeholder communication

Ability to read and interpret customer specifications, contracts, GA drawings, P&IDs, electrical drawings, control narratives, sequence of operations, submittals, technical specifications, and installation manuals

Demonstrated experience coordinating permit, inspection, AHJ approval/acceptance, regulatory approval, compliance clearance, OSHA, JHA/JSA, LOTO, permit-to-work, and construction safety processes with responsible stakeholders to support safe and compliant site delivery, installation, commissioning, and turnover

Working knowledge of chillers, modular cooling plants, mechanical systems, electrical systems, controls, NFPA 70 / NEC, fire code requirements, mechanical code requirements, and local permitting processes

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with centrifugal chillers, modular cooling plants, cooling towers, pump skids, electrical skids, or data center infrastructure equipment
• Experience managing projects for data centers, mission-critical facilities, power generation, industrial plants, utilities, or large commercial HVAC applications
• Experience coordinating heavy-haul transportation, site logistics, installation readiness, lifting/rigging coordination, commissioning readiness, and final turnover
• Familiarity with UL/ETL/CSA/NRTL labeling requirements, UL 508A control panels, field evaluation processes, SCCR, NFPA 70 / NEC
• Experience working with hyperscalers, colocation providers, EPC contractors, general contractors, MEP contractors, consulting engineers, and third-party commissioning agents
• Experience with project management and construction tools such as Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud / BIM 360, Primavera P6, Smartsheet, Bluebeam, Salesforce, SAP, or similar platforms
• PMP certification, OSHA-30 certification, or other relevant project management, construction safety, commissioning, or technical certification
• Familiarity with EPA Section 608 refrigerant compliance concepts and environmental compliance topics (stormwater/wastewater, SPCC/oil containment, noise ordinances, water treatment)
• Familiarity with insurer-driven requirements and how they influence fire protection, separation, and containment expectations on mission-critical sites

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Travel: 40%
• Standard Monday through Friday work week. Weekend/late night work if applicable: %
• Lifting/physical requirements: Regularly required to sit for long periods, stand, walk, talk, and/or hear. Frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds

Why Should You Apply?

• Excellent Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision & 401K Matching)
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities
• Paid vacation, sick time, and 15 holidays
• Committed to quality products and services.
• Great working environment and culture

MHIA is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer actively seeking to diversify the workforce and is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. Therefore, all qualified applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.

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