Facilities & Utilities Manager

Carrier•Fort Worth, TX

12d•$117,500 - $234,500•Onsite

About The Position

The Facilities & Utilities Manager leads safe, reliable, compliant, and cost-effective facilities and utilities operations for Carrier’s Fort Worth Plant and serves as the U.S. subject matter expert and governance leader for facilities and utilities at U.S. HVAC manufacturing sites. At Fort Worth, the manager has direct line-management and operational ownership, leading permanent facilities employees and third-party service partners, including JLL. The role oversees daily operations, preventive and corrective maintenance, infrastructure reliability, site support, budget management, and facility and utility readiness for equipment installation, validation, commissioning, production launch, and ongoing operations. Across the U.S. HVAC plants, the role establishes and oversees governance, compliance, technical standards, and performance metrics; advises local plant teams; and provides technical oversight and guidance on major projects and infrastructure initiatives. Local plant teams retain day-to-day execution accountability and site budget management, while this position drives standardization, recommends CapEx requirements, and supports alignment across the U.S. HVAC footprint. The position is primarily based at the Fort Worth Plant, with travel to U.S. plants and project sites as required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Structural, Industrial, or Systems Engineering, or Construction.
10+ years of experience in industrial facilities, plant engineering, infrastructure, or utilities management.
10+ years of experience managing both direct internal personnel and outsourced integrated facility management providers, such as JLL.
5+ years of experience owning and managing a multi-million-dollar site operational and capital budget.
5+ years of experience commissioning critical utility infrastructure, managing industrial startup or expansion projects, and supporting manufacturing equipment launch under compressed schedules.
5+ years of experience establishing facilities governance, technical standards, and performance metrics across multi-site manufacturing networks in an advisory, SME, or matrixed capacity.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or specialization in Facilities Management, Engineering, Construction, or Business Administration.
Direct technical expertise and experience within the HVAC industry or related industrial equipment manufacturing sectors.
Strong advisory, matrix leadership, and consultative skills, with a track record of influencing plant-level teams without direct line authority.
Experience navigating multi-site matrix organizations and balancing direct site accountability with network-wide standardization goals.

Responsibilities

Hold operational and budget responsibility for the Fort Worth facility, supporting safe, reliable, compliant, and cost-effective manufacturing operations and business continuity.
Manage Fort Worth facilities personnel and outsourced integrated facilities partners, overseeing staffing, work orders, preventive and corrective maintenance, emergency response, service levels, response times, costs, invoices, and vendor performance against SLAs and KPIs.
Own the integrity, capacity, availability, commissioning, and documented acceptance of Fort Worth critical utilities, including electrical power, water, gas, compressed air, HVAC, process cooling, and fire protection.
Establish Fort Worth operating routines, KPIs, audits, and risk assessments; ensure commissioning and capacity validation, punch-list closure, as-built drawings, warranties, operating manuals, asset records, and formal operational handovers are completed.
Lead U.S. construction, expansion, renovation, and utility projects through design review, constructability, sourcing, execution, commissioning, acceptance, and handover.
Manage project schedules, milestones, cost forecasts, budget variances, risks, contractor safety and performance, change orders, punch lists, acceptance criteria, and closeout documentation.
Develop, recommend, and manage facilities-, construction-, and utilities-related CapEx requirements, including scope, technical and user requirements, alternatives, estimates, business cases, budgets, forecasts, sourcing inputs, expenditure tracking, and change control.
Define, govern, and standardize facilities and utilities technical specifications, operating procedures, safety controls, and performance metrics across U.S. HVAC manufacturing plants.
Serve as the primary technical SME and internal consultant for U.S. HVAC plant teams, providing technical guidance, problem-solving support, compliance assessments, and benchmarking.
Provide technical oversight, design review, constructability assessments, and SME guidance for major projects at other U.S. HVAC locations without holding their direct budget responsibility.
Recommend facilities-, construction-, and utilities-related CapEx requirements across the U.S. HVAC network and help local teams develop business cases, technical scopes, and cost estimates.
Partner with Procurement on supplier requirements, national contract alignment, including JLL, and evaluation of contractor technical capabilities.
Collaborate with EHS, Operations, Finance, Engineering, Real Estate, Legal, and local plant leadership to manage risk, ensure capital governance, and drive standard practices.
Maintain a primary work presence at the Fort Worth Plant, increase on-site coverage during construction, commissioning, installation, validation, and startup, and travel to U.S. plants and project sites as needed.
Remain available to support escalation of critical facility or utility emergencies.
Consolidate and report U.S. HVAC facilities, utilities, construction, and related CapEx performance, including cost, schedule, reliability, compliance, energy, and risk indicators, and follow through on corrective actions.