HVAC Project Engineer
About The Position
Daikin Applied is hiring a Project Engineer for its Jersey City, New Jersey office in a hybrid work environment. The role manages HVAC projects from post-sale handoff through equipment delivery, start-up, warranty coordination, and project closeout. The Project Engineer serves as the primary technical and operational liaison among customers, sales, contractors, jobsite personnel, equipment factories, and internal support teams. The position involves regular jobsite presence, coordination of project stakeholders and equipment logistics, review of technical project documents, field support during key milestones, resolution of project and post-delivery issues, and ongoing customer satisfaction. The position is not eligible for work visa sponsorship. Employment is contingent on successful completion of applicable pre-employment requirements, including employment history and education verification, background screening, and drug testing where permitted by law.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in an engineering, technical, or scientific field.
- At least 3 years of related work experience.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in HVAC is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Manage projects from post-sale handoff through equipment delivery, start-up, warranty coordination, and final closeout.
- Serve as the primary technical and operational liaison among customers, sales teams, contractors, jobsite personnel, equipment factories, and internal support teams.
- Maintain an active presence at project job sites to monitor progress, verify site conditions, coordinate deliveries, and identify issues that may affect installation, start-up, or schedules.
- Attend jobsite meetings, coordination meetings, and project walk-throughs to represent the equipment scope and address technical and logistical requirements.
- Coordinate with mechanical contractors, general contractors, subcontractors, and other stakeholders regarding equipment requirements, installation, access, and deliveries.
- Review jobsite conditions before equipment delivery and start-up, identifying concerns involving access, rigging, equipment placement, electrical requirements, piping, controls, clearances, and installation readiness.
- Provide field support during equipment deliveries, installation, start-up, commissioning, and troubleshooting.
- Identify field conditions or project changes that differ from approved drawings, specifications, submittals, or equipment scope, and coordinate resolutions.
- Ensure the customer’s purchased scope is communicated, ordered, coordinated, and delivered accurately.
- Communicate with customers and stakeholders to establish project milestones, ship dates, delivery sequencing, installation schedules, and start-up requirements.
- Analyze requests for changes to the original project scope and coordinate revisions, change orders, pricing, and documentation.
- Review project drawings, specifications, schedules, approved submittals, and equipment selections for alignment with project requirements.
- Provide technical support on equipment applications, installation requirements, product capabilities, and project-specific questions.
- Coordinate with Application Engineering, Technical Response Groups, factory representatives, service teams, and other technical resources to resolve project and jobsite issues.
- Coordinate documentation, start-up requests, factory support, and field resources for equipment start-up and commissioning.
- Track and resolve jobsite deficiencies, punch-list items, warranty concerns, damaged equipment, missing components, and other post-delivery issues.
- Maintain current product and technical knowledge through factory and technical training, field experience, and sales meetings.
Benefits
- Multiple medical insurance plan options, plus dental and vision insurance.
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer contributions matching 100% of the first 3% contributed and 50% of the next 2%.
- Company-provided life insurance, with optional employee-paid voluntary life insurance, dependent life coverage, and voluntary accident coverage.
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
- 120 hours (3 weeks) of paid time off for new employees.
- 11 company-paid holidays.
- 40 hours of paid sick time.
- Paid parental leave after 6 months of continuous service.
- Tuition reimbursement after 6 months of continuous service.
- Eligibility for a sales incentive plan.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
