Senior Project Manager - HVAC (Strategic Capital Projects)

Job Summary

Join the world's largest HVAC company, named by Forbes as one of America's Best-In-State Employers 2025! Daikin Applied is seeking a Senior Project Manager for a top-tier leadership role responsible for the end-to-end delivery of large-scale, high-value strategic projects across multiple sites.

About the Role

This position focuses on complex capital investments exceeding $15M, including capacity expansions, new facility development, major infrastructure upgrades, and execution of strategic contracts. This role operates at the highest level within the project management structure, driving enterprise-wide initiatives that directly impact business growth, operational scalability, and long-term competitiveness.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver large-scale capital projects (>$15M), including: Capacity expansion initiatives, Major infrastructure upgrades, Strategic contract execution and industrialization
• Define project strategy, scope, timelines, and success criteria aligned with business objectives
• Act as the primary owner from concept through execution and operational handover
• Serve as the main interface with senior leadership and executive stakeholders
• Provide strategic updates, risk assessments, and decision-making recommendations
• Align cross-functional teams including Operations, Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, and external partners
• Own full project financials, including CAPEX planning, forecasting, and cost control
• Ensure adherence to approved budgets, ROI targets, and financial governance
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks across technical, financial, and operational dimensions
• Lead selection, negotiation, and management of contractors, EPC firms, and key suppliers
• Ensure contractual compliance, performance, and delivery of project milestones
• Manage complex commercial agreements tied to strategic initiatives
• Establish and enforce project governance frameworks, standards, and reporting structures
• Drive schedule adherence, quality standards, and safety compliance
• Ensure proper documentation, change management, and project closure practices

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field (Master’s preferred)
• 10–15+ years of experience in project management, with a strong focus on capital-intensive projects
• Proven track record delivering projects exceeding $15M in value
• Experience managing multi-site or geographically distributed projects
• Ability to travel regularly (20–40%) across assigned project locations (2–3 sites)
• Flexibility to be based at a primary site while supporting multi-location execution
• Strong strategic thinking and business acumen
• Expertise in CAPEX project planning and execution
• Advanced stakeholder management, including executive-level communication
• Solid understanding of construction, industrial systems, and infrastructure projects
• Financial management and cost control expertise
• Risk management and problem-solving capability
• Ability to operate at a senior leadership level with minimal supervision
• Influence and alignment across diverse, cross-functional teams
• High level of ownership, accountability, and execution discipline

Benefits

• Multiple medical insurance plan options + dental and vision insurance
• 401K retirement plan with employer contributions matching 100% of the first 3% of employee contributions and 50% on the next 2% of employee contributions
• Company provided life insurance + optional employee paid voluntary life insurance, dependent life coverage and voluntary accident coverage
• Short-term and long-term disability
• 3 weeks of paid time off for new employees + 11 company-paid holidays
• Vacation accrues on a monthly basis, unless applicable federal, state, and local law requires a faster accrual
• Paid sick time in accordance of the federal, state and local law
• Paid parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement after 6 months of continuous service
• Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position
• The typical annual base salary for this position ranges from $100,800 to $171,700 +15%-20% bonus in Virginia.