Buildings Mechanical Project Manager

About the role

At Mott MacDonald, we deliver impactful, career-defining work across engineering, management, and development services worldwide. As a global, employee-owned consultancy, we are driven by innovation, sustainability, and excellence across our core sectors. We are seeking a Buildings HVAC Project Manager to join our team in Los Angeles, CA or Austin, Texas, supporting a major projects that will transform mobility and connectivity across the city.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of station packages across a program of predominantly at-grade stations, alongside a landmark elevated station
• Coordinate and manage the delivery of HVAC building systems
• Provide technical leadership and integration across multidisciplinary teams, ensuring alignment between architecture, structures, rail systems, and utilities
• Act as a key interface within the client-embedded delivery team, supporting real-time decision-making and collaboration – conveying messages to the MEP and structural designers
• Support utility coordination, third-party interfaces, and permitting activities within complex urban right-of-way environments
• Ensure the delivery of safe, reliable, and compliant station environments, aligned with industry standards and transit design best practice
• Support safety assurance, certification, and commissioning activities for station systems and infrastructure
• Contribute to the delivery of high-quality, passenger-focused station environments, supporting accessibility, usability, and urban integration
• Support design management functions including scope, schedule, risk, quality, and value engineering
• Mentor and develop engineers, fostering a high-performing and collaborative team environment

Candidate Specification

• 10+ years of experience in Building HVAC Systems engineering
• BSc / MSc in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in California and/or Texas, or ability to obtain reciprocity within 6 months
• Proven experience delivering vertical infrastructure (e.g., depots, rail stations, public-use facilities)
• Demonstrated experience in design management and multidisciplinary coordination, particularly across MEP and Buildings Systems interfaces
• Experience working in client-facing or embedded delivery environments on large programs
• Strong knowledge of codes, standards, and safety considerations associated with rail and public infrastructure systems
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills

Benefits & Reward

• Personal and group performance bonuses
• 401k, medical, dental and vision insurance
• Short-term/long-term disability
• Paid holidays and PTO
• Parental leave
• Company paid life insurance

Pay

The expected salary for this position is $151,000–$185,000 for Los Angeles.

Schedule

Our hybrid approach centers on an in-office culture, with most of your time spent collaborating face-to-face and a minimum of three days per week in the office. We balance flexibility with connection, so you and your manager can choose how to meet client, team, and personal commitments.