Senior Project Manager

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, elevate 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 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; elevate 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr