Senior Project Manager - Chiller

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.•Carrollton, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

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. 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.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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
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.
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).