About the Role
Provide day-to-day leadership and operational management for a truck-based HVAC service team. Ensure excellence in safety, customer experience, technician development, and financial performance. Manage an HVAC Service Team, including mechanics and a multi-million dollar annual revenue portfolio. Partner with branch leadership and cross-functional teams to meet commitments and grow the business.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop mechanics and support staff, setting clear expectations and fostering a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Own P&L performance for the service portfolio, driving revenue growth, margin expansion, forecasting accuracy, and disciplined cost control.
- Plan capacity and workforce mix, reviewing staffing needs and initiating requisitions to maintain labor balance aligned with financial targets.
- Oversee scheduling, dispatch, and work quality to meet service level agreements and achieve world-class customer satisfaction.
- Ensure rigorous compliance with safety programs, company policies, and regulatory requirements.
- Strengthen customer relationships, engaging in key account reviews and resolving escalations with urgency and professionalism.
- Partner with sales and technical leaders on service scopes, estimates, and change orders, including providing resources for service quotes beyond standard catalogs.
- Track operational KPIs (e.g., backlog, WIP, productivity, warranty, and delivery quality) and lead actions to improve outcomes across people, customers, and company metrics.
- Champion digital tools and standard work to improve scheduling accuracy, documentation quality, and field productivity.
- Conduct regular safety tailboards, ride-alongs, and coaching sessions to reinforce best practices.
- Use data to guide decisions, aligning workforce capacity to demand and proactively adjusting plans to meet branch commitments.
- Collaborate with Branch Service Managers, Customer Service Agents/Assistants, Technical Team Leads, and Operations to remove obstacles and streamline handoffs from installation to service.
- Communicate priorities effectively, celebrate wins, and build engagement through transparency and recognition.
Requirements
- Demonstrated success leading HVAC field service teams, preferably truck-based, with responsibility for technician development, customer outcomes, and financial results.
- Experience managing HVAC service work scopes and complex service portfolios.
- Background partnering across Branch Service Management, Customer Service, and Technical Leadership functions.
Skills
- Knowledge of Commercial HVAC systems.
- Strong leadership skills with a proven ability to coach, inspire, and hold teams accountable in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
- Financial acumen (budgeting, forecasting, margin management) and an analytical approach to performance improvement.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and service management systems.
- Comfort with digital tools and standardized processes.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Customer-first mindset.
- Knowledge of Johnson Controls truck-based service standards and best practices.
Salary/Compensations
- $89,000 - $134,000, determined by education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, internal equity, and market data.
- Competitive Bonus plan based on individual, group, and corporate performance.
Benefits
- Competitive pay and benefits.
- Opportunities for training, career growth, and advancement.
- A values-driven culture focused on safety, integrity, inclusion, and customer success.
- Competitive benefits package.
About the Company
- Johnson Controls is a global leader in thermal management, mission-critical building systems, energy efficiency, and decarbonization.
- Helps customers use energy more productively, reduce carbon emissions, and operate with precision and resilience in rapidly expanding industries like data centers, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, and higher education.
- For over 140 years, Johnson Controls has delivered performance, backed by advanced technology, lifecycle services, and an industry-leading field organization.
- Elevates customer performance, turns goals into real-world results, and helps move society forward.
- Leads the transformation of buildings for customers, delivering outcomes that save money, increase efficiency, and make facilities safer and more secure.
- Makes buildings smarter through a full range of systems and digital solutions, resulting in safer, more comfortable, more efficient, and more sustainable environments.
- Has been making buildings smarter since 1885, with growing capabilities, innovation experience, and global reach.
- Offers the world’s largest portfolio of building products, technologies, software, and services to transform environments where people live, work, learn, and play.
Equal Opportunity
- Johnson Controls International plc. is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer.
- All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by law.
- Information about equal opportunity and non-discrimination rights is available via EEO is the Law.
- Accommodation for individuals with disabilities during the application process is available.
