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Controls Systems Team Leader

Johnson Controls International • West Valley City, UT • Posted 5 days ago

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In-person • Full-time • Mid Level Manager

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The Controls Systems Team Leader at Johnson Controls International manages a branch systems operation team, including system technicians and system designers. This role involves assigning projects, providing site coordination support, ensuring compliance with legal requirements, adhering to safety standards, and training and mentoring direct reports. The position requires a technical associate’s degree or equivalent experience in the HVAC industry, with a focus on digital HVAC controls systems.

Responsibilities

  • Manages a branch systems operation team consisting of system technicians and system designers.
  • Assigns projects to lead systems specialists and allocates appropriate resources.
  • Provides site coordination support on projects with high contract complexity.
  • Ensures work performed is in compliance with legal requirements and operates with high ethics.
  • Adheres to safety standards and ensures staff and subcontractors do the same.
  • Hires, retains, performance manages, and plans for career development of direct reports.
  • Trains and mentors system technicians and system designers.
  • Coordinates and allocates resources between assigned lead systems specialists.
  • Recruits systems designers and system technicians with appropriate skills.
  • Reviews and interprets contract terms and conditions.
  • Assists lead system specialists with site coordination tasks.
  • Assists the systems operations team in identifying opportunities for additional work.
  • Develops and maintains relationships with contractors, clients, consultants, and subcontractors.

Qualifications

Required

  • Minimum of a technical associate’s degree with six years of field experience or eight years of equivalent related field experience in the HVAC industry.
  • Relevant technical hands-on experience in systems design and commissioning of digital HVAC controls systems.
  • Ability to communicate technical material to a non-technical audience.
  • Previous supervisory experience.
  • Knowledge of control theory and HVAC systems.
  • Knowledge of project accounting, costing principles, and contracting.

About Johnson Controls International

Johnson Controls is a multinational conglomerate headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The company specializes in building efficiency, automotive experience, and power solutions. Johnson Controls offers building management systems, HVAC equipment, fire and security systems, energy storage solutions, and automotive seating and interior systems aimed at optimizing energy usage, enhancing comfort, and ensuring sustainability in buildings and vehicles.

Full Job Description

Description - External

What you will do:

Under general direction, manages a branch systems operation team consisting of system technicians and system designers. Assigns projects to lead systems specialists and allocates appropriate resources to those projects. Provide site coordination support on projects with high contract complexity to the lead system specialist as needed. Ensure his work performed is in compliance with state, local and federal legal requirements and operates on the job with the highest of ethics. Adheres and ensures Johnson controls staff and subcontractors adhere to all safety standards.

How you will do it:

  • Hires, retains, performance managers, and plans for career development of direct reports. Prepares and delivers clear performance expectations, proposed performance reviews and development plans for direct reports.
  • Trains and mentors system technicians and system designers. Acts as a facilitator for strategic operations technical training or other branch operations training initiatives. Ensures that delegated tasks are done accurately, on time, build, within budget and within scope of the contract.
  • Adheres to safety standards. High degree of regard to employee and subcontractor safety.
  • Coordinates and allocates resources between the assigned lead systems specialist to ensure timely and cost-effective installation and completion of projects.
  • Recruits systems designers and system technicians with appropriate skills and competencies to meet the needs of the branch.
  • Reviews and interprets contract terms and conditions and assists lead system specialists with site coordination tasks with projects of higher complexity including such tasks as representing Johnson Controls at site coordination meetings, coordinating subcontractors, project administration and conflict resolution. Assess the lead system specialist in evaluating the contractual scope of work and the impact of client issued bulletins, field directives and or scheduling changes.
  • Assists the systems operations team and identifying opportunities and actively pursuing additional work through change orders.
  • Assists the LSS in developing schedule of values on projects of higher complexity that requires detailed billing.
  • Develops and maintains viable long-term relationships with contractors, clients, consultants and subcontractors in the community.

Qualifications - External

What we look for:

  • Minimum of a technical associate’s degree with six years of field experience or eight years of equivalent related field and site coordination experience in the HVAC industry.
  • Must have relevant technical hands on experience and systems design and commissioning of digital HVAC controls systems. Must have the ability to communicate technical material to a non-technical audience.
  • Previous supervisory experience required. Demonstrates solid coaching and interpersonal skills.
  • Must have knowledge of control theory and HVAC systems. Knowledge of project accounting, costing principles and contracting required.

Organization:

  • The Johnson Controls field organization is arranged into local markets and areas:
  • The local market is key to serving customers across the building solutions North America HVAC and fire portfolio. It provides controls installation, mechanical installation, truck-based service teams, security and fire and HVAC equipment support.
  • The area provides assistance in guidance to the local market organization.

Who we are:

Above the area support is provided for execution of major projects, large mechanical retrofit and solutions projects.

Johnson Controls International plc. is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, genetic information, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information, please view EEO is the Law. If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process, please visit www.johnsoncontrols.com/careers

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Johnson Controls International plc. is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by law. To view more information about your equal opportunity and non-discrimination rights as a candidate, visit EEO is the Law. If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process, please visit here.