Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

HVAC / Sheet Metal Project Manager

About Us:

Highland Consulting Group is a national executive search firm that specializes in placing construction professionals with leading contractors across the country. With more than 75 years of combined industry experience, we understand the importance of matching the right candidate with the right opportunity—for both long-term career growth and client success.

Position Overview:

We are partnering with a well-established regional mechanical contractor in the Baltimore, MD area to identify an experienced HVAC / Sheet Metal Project Manager. This is a high-impact opportunity to lead large, complex HVAC projects with a contractor known for professionalism, strong field support, advanced technology, and a reputation for delivering quality work. For a project manager who wants challenging work, strong resources, and meaningful rewards for performance, this role offers an excellent next step.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage assigned HVAC / Sheet Metal projects from award through final closeout.
• Coordinate with schedulers, field leadership, subcontractors, vendors, and owners to keep projects moving on time and within budget.
• Prepare, estimate, negotiate, and track change orders while maintaining accurate project documentation.
• Work closely with senior project leadership to manage budgets, approve expenses, monitor cost performance, and protect project profitability.
• Administer project contracts, subcontracts, procurement activities, and equipment buyout.
• Oversee the buyout process for subcontracts and equipment procurement.
• Maintain strong communication with owners and project stakeholders to ensure expectations, schedules, and deliverables remain aligned.
• Ensure project records, reports, and closeout documentation are accurate, complete, and submitted on schedule.
• Lead punch-list coordination with the superintendent, owner’s representative, and subcontractors to drive timely completion.
• Build and maintain client relationships that support repeat business and long-term account growth.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience managing commercial, institutional, or government HVAC / Sheet Metal projects, preferably with project values over $20 million.
• Proven ability to lead project teams and manage project controls, budgets, schedules, contracts, and cost reporting.
• Strong understanding of project timelines, financial performance, change management, and owner communication.
• Successful background estimating, negotiating, and documenting change orders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, lead productive meetings, and coordinate effectively across office, field, owner, and subcontractor teams.
• Stable work history with a record of successfully delivering complex mechanical projects.

Benefits:

Our client invests in its people and offers a compensation package designed to reward performance and support long-term career growth, including:

• Competitive salary and generous bonuses
• 401(k) contributions and profit sharing
• Comprehensive family healthcare
• Car allowance
• Relocation assistance

Contact Us:

If you have the background described above and are ready to discuss a confidential opportunity with a respected mechanical contractor, please apply or contact me directly for more information.

David O'Connor Highland Consulting Group 724-837-6336

Confidentiality:

We respect your privacy. Your resume and personal information will never be shared with any company without your specific, direct permission in advance.

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