Associate Director, Engineering – HVAC, Controls

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Georgia.

📋 Description

• Oversee centralized engineering teams that support engineering operations across the Americas.

• Direct the engineering travel team to provide on-site assistance for the largest and most complex projects.

• Manage the offshore engineering program to support extensive and intricate projects within the Americas.

• Lead HVAC/Controls engineering teams for data center clients throughout the Americas.

• Establish clear expectations, adhere to commitments, and promote disciplined execution across the engineering team in the Americas.

• Collaborate with engineering and operations teams to ensure projects remain on schedule, prepare teams adequately, and sustain project profitability.

• Mentor and develop engineering team members to fulfill customer expectations and meet project requirements.

• Foster trust among sales, service operations, enablement, and branch leadership.

• Utilize engineering dashboards and data to enhance on-time delivery, optimize engineering utilization, ensure profitable projects, and manage offshore engineering engagement.

• Promote standardization, quality, and simplification throughout the engineering community.

• Maintain an operational rhythm that supports clear priorities, timely interventions, and consistent learning across markets.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, a technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.

• Typically 10+ years of progressive experience in HVAC, building systems, technical services, or engineering, including leadership of large complex teams.

• Strong understanding of commercial HVAC offerings, engineering, financial planning, and project support.

• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence, coach leaders, and enforce accountability without direct reporting authority in a matrixed environment.

• Experience in identifying, onboarding, coaching, and developing talent while supporting succession planning.

• Capability to communicate convincingly with customers, operations leaders, and front-line teams.

• Strong financial acumen, analytical skills, structured problem-solving abilities, change leadership, and learning agility.

• Willingness to travel approximately 40% of the time.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive bonus plan based on individual, group, and corporate performance.

• Comprehensive benefits package.