Senior Project Manager - Chiller

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. (MHIA) is looking for a Senior Project Manager - Chillers to join our team. This is a hybrid role based out of our Plano, Texas, location.

ABOUT MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AMERICA, INC. (MHIA):

For over 130 years, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group's innovative and integrated solutions have demonstrated our commitment to creating a positive social impact around the globe. Our range of products and services is tailored to meet our customers' evolving needs across the commercial aviation, energy, transportation and infrastructure, machinery, defense, and space systems sectors.

Our culture embraces diversity and cooperation, and we promote a healthy balance of professional and personal development, ensuring that your ideas and expertise are valued and respected.

SCOPE:
The Project Manager is responsible for managing customer-facing centrifugal chiller and modular cooling plant projects in North America from order intake through engineering, manufacturing, delivery, installation, commissioning, and final handover. Will serve as the primary project interface among customers, consultants, general contractors, EPC contractors, MEP contractors, and internal teams. The Project Manager is responsible for managing project scope, schedule, budget, risks, change orders, documentation, stakeholder communication, customer expectations, and project execution performance to ensure safe, compliant, timely, and profitable project delivery.

This role also coordinates with responsible stakeholders to support permit / local permitting, inspections, AHJ approval/acceptance, regulatory approval, compliance clearance (Customer/EOR/GC/AHJ/NRTL), construction and site safety (OSHA, JHA/JSA, LOTO, permit-to-work), UL/ETL/CSA/NRTL labeling and field evaluation/field labeling, environmental compliance, insurance requirements, FAT/SAT, commissioning requirements, and turnover/closeout requirements necessary for site delivery, installation, commissioning, and turnover. This position collaborates with global stakeholders across Japan and the U.S. to align priorities, enable effective execution, and support MHIA's long-term business objectives.

The ideal candidate will have at least nine (9) years of experience, with at least four (4) of those years in centrifugal chillers and modular cooling plants.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project Management & Stakeholder Interface

Manage end-to-end execution of centrifugal chiller and modular cooling plant projects in North America, from order intake through final handover.
Serve as the primary project interface with customers, consultants, general contractors, EPC contractors, MEP contractors, and internal teams.
Lead regular project meetings, report project status, escalate critical issues, and drive timely decision-making.
Define and manage project scope, deliverables, assumptions, exclusions, interfaces, and responsibility boundaries (including responsibility split among Customer/EOR/GC/MEP and suppliers).
Ensure customer satisfaction, schedule adherence, quality performance, and successful handover to service and aftermarket teams.
Maintain and drive project governance: execution plan, schedule, action items, risk register, issue log, change log, communication plan, and decision log
Product development

Engineering, Manufacturing & Logistics Coordination

Coordinate engineering deliverables, including GA drawings, P&IDs, electrical drawings, control narratives, sequence of operations, submittals, and technical documentation.
Manage customer submittal, review, comment resolution, approval, and resubmission processes.
Coordinate with manufacturing, procurement, engineering, quality, logistics, installation, commissioning, service, and aftermarket teams.
Track equipment production schedules, factory milestones, FAT readiness, shipping readiness, and delivery commitments.
Coordinate site delivery planning, including delivery windows, receiving requirements, unloading plans, laydown/storage needs, and site acceptance conditions.
Coordinate site access requirements, including route constraints, road width, gates, turning radius, ground bearing capacity, crane access, and delivery staging.
Support installation readiness, including site readiness checks, foundation readiness, and utility interface readiness (power, water, refrigerant, drainage, communications).
Confirm foundation readiness (dimensions, levelness, load rating, anchor locations, grout plan) and utility interface readiness (connection points and readiness for electrical/mechanical/refrigerant/drain/controls).
Coordinate turnover to commissioning by ensuring installation completion criteria, punch items, documentation readiness, and interface closures are met.

Risk Management, Compliance & Site Execution

Identify, document, communicate, and mitigate project risks related to scope, schedule, cost, quality, compliance, logistics, installation, and commissioning.
Coordinate permit / local permitting (building, electrical,…