Control Systems Engineering Manager (Job number: 1455)

We are seeking a Control Systems Engineering Manager to join our federal team supporting our Oak Ridge, TN office. In this role, you would be responsible for leading the technical approach and scope development for HVAC controls/Building Automation System projects at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This would include responsibility in controls engineering, project estimating, execution, and maintaining relationships with customers and contractors. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is home to the world’s fastest Supercomputer. We at JCFS work closely to meet the cooling needs of this ever-changing system, while continuing to meet our customers expectations across the site. 

At Johnson Controls, we support our nation’s most critical facilities, the people who occupy them, and the missions they enable. Johnson Controls Federal Systems (JCFS) is a specialized team serving as a trusted partner to the federal government. We help modernize U.S. military installations, Department of Defense and other federal agency facilities to be smarter, more resilient, efficient, sustainable, and secure.

Pay: Flexible salary plus bonus. Negotiable based on experience.
Location: Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Relocation assistance provided if need be.
Benefits: Eligible for benefits on first day of employment
Vacation: 3 weeks of paid vacation, 5 sick days, 3 floating holidays, and 10 standard holidays per calendar year (6.5 weeks in total)
Travel Required: Limited. Primary work is supporting the Oak Ridge National Laboratory locally

As a Controls System Engineering Manager, you will:

Lead multi-disciplined teams of technicians, subcontractors, and chiller mechanics for large, complex projects including various technologies and protocols, with strong skill sets to include HVAC and building controls. Primary customers are Federal Government agencies.

Leads the technical approach and solutions for proposals and programs

Employs practices and develops processes to ensure cost effective engineering while providing consistent delivery and customer satisfaction

Establishes and implements continuous improvement measures to increase productivity within the team and across the Federal organization.

Responsible for annual M&V reports, data collection, and customer presentations.

Supports regional teams with engineering drawings and Metasys programming

Manages subcontractors, writes scopes of work, provides estimates, and supervision installation of assigned projects

Manages assigned projects and schedules the workload of the team. Prioritizes work, supervises and coordinates projects to insure progress and timely completion of the engineering deliverables.  Provides timeframe estimates to project management for job cost evaluation. Supports forecasting and billing activities as needed.

Develops, implements, monitors and communicates the Systems Engineering team processes, strategies and standards. Leads the development of engineering cost estimates and detailed technical proposals during project development phases

Develops and maintains relationships with customers. Serves as the main interface with customer technical leadership as the technical voice of our Federal business. Analyzes customer requirements and requests.

Partners with teams to insure timely delivery of engineering and project deliverables in order to maximize successful execution of projects

Seek out new and creative applications and operational techniques. Implements improvements in the processes, facilities, tools and equipment to improve quality, reliability, productivity, and to provide leading edge technologies

Required Qualifications:

5+ years of progressive responsibility in the construction or building technologies industry

Prior experience in the leadership of technical, engineering groups

Strong written and verbal communications skills, especially in presentation of technical material

The ability to obtain and maintain required government security clearances and badges as required. (This involves a background/character, criminal history, employment, and credit check.)

Preferred Qualifications:

Past experience working with designs for Federal Government customers where incorporation of Federal specifications, Federal Acquisitions Regulations, and use of government protocols have been exercised

Recognized as a leading expert in several core engineering competencies

Understands accounting principles and cost management

Metasys programming experience

Preferred Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience

Who We Are

At Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI), we are One Team working collaboratively to create purposeful solutions that make a difference in the world. We are a Fortune 500 company with more than 100,000 employees worldwide offering the world`s largest portfolio of building technology products, solutions and services. As a member of our Federal Systems team, we specialize in supporting work at military and other federal government sites..

To learn more about who we are and what we do, please check out our Take a Journey video.  

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Named to FORTUNE’s “Most Admired Companies” List

Corporate Knights Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World

Named to Forbes Net Zero Leaders list

CDP 2023 Climate Change 'A List'

Ranked 67 on the Drucker Institute’s list of best-managed companies in America

Forbes Best Employers for Diversity

Newsweek  America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity

Ethisphere 2024 World's Most Ethical Companies list for the 17th time

Newsweek America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women in 2024

Named to Newsweek America’s Greatest Workplaces for Veterans 2024 / 2025 listing

Named to Forbes America’s Best Employers for Veterans 2024

Named one of the top military friendly employers by military.com.

Johnson Controls is an equal employment opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will 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. For more information, please view EEO is the Law. If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process, please visit www.johnsoncontrols.com/careers

Division: JCFS (Johnson Controls Federal Systems)

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