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HVAC engineer roles qualify for EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship through the PERM labor certification process, which permanently ties your residency to a qualifying job offer. Employers in commercial construction, facilities management, and mechanical contracting regularly file PERM applications for licensed HVAC engineers with specialized system design credentials.
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Johnson Controls, 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 the precision and resilience required in rapidly expanding industries such as data centers, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, and higher education.
For more than 140 years, Johnson Controls has delivered performance where it really matters. Backed by advanced technology, lifecycle services and an industry-leading field organization, we elevate customer performance, turn goals into real-world results and help move society forward.
We recognize that a fulfilling career is supported by your overall wellbeing. That's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you in multiple aspects of life, including:
- Competitive salary
- Generous paid vacation, holidays, and sick time - 15 days of vacation in your first year to promote work-life balance
- Comprehensive benefits package, including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care, available from day one
- An encouraging and collaborative team environment that values diverse perspectives and fosters innovation
- On-the-job and cross-training opportunities
- A strong commitment to safety through our Zero Harm policy, ensuring a safe and secure workplace for all employees
- JCI Employee discount programs (The Loop by Perk Spot)
Become part of a culture that celebrates your achievements and encourages your voice and ideas. Your next great opportunity for advancement is right at your fingertips! Take the initiative to explore your potential and embark on an exciting career journey with Johnson Controls.
What you will do
Cultivate and expand strategic partnerships with our leading equipment sales agents to drive mutual growth, strengthen market presence, and deliver exceptional customer value. Provide overall leadership for the HVAC Equipment business across assigned markets, developing and executing growth strategies that foster long-term customer relationships, expand market share, and deliver profitable business results. Serve as a strategic partner to key sales agencies, ensuring alignment of business objectives and accountability for profitable sales growth, market penetration, and operational performance. Lead, develop, and empower a high-performing sales organization to position JCI as the preferred equipment provider across all building segments. Drive sales excellence through disciplined account management, forecasting, pipeline management, talent development, and rigorous execution of JCI Sales Management Disciplines. Build and maintain executive-level relationships with owners, architects, consulting engineers, and contractors to influence project outcomes, shape market opportunities, and accelerate business performance.
How you will do it
- Lead account assignment, territory coverage, and sales resource deployment to maximize customer engagement and achieve sales plan objectives.
- Deliver profitable sales growth while meeting gross margin, EBIT, and Trade Working Capital (TWC) targets for the assigned markets.
- Maintain accurate sales forecasts and pipeline visibility, ensuring effective allocation of sales support resources and proactive management of business opportunities and risks.
- Drive market penetration by securing new customers and expanding relationships with owners, architects, consulting engineers, mechanical contractors, and other key stakeholders.
- Ensure the development and execution of account plans for key and target accounts, identifying growth opportunities and increasing share of wallet across the customer base.
- Partner closely with equipment sales agents and the local branch to align sales strategies, strengthen market presence, and achieve mutual growth objectives.
- Represent the management team on strategically important key accounts, establishing and maintaining long-term executive relationships that influence opportunities, strengthen customer loyalty, and support sustainable growth.
- Develop the capabilities of the sales team through coaching, performance management, training, and ongoing sales enablement, ensuring proficiency across JCI's full portfolio of solutions.
- Translate business objectives into actionable sales strategies and execution plans that drive profitable growth and market share expansion.
- Foster a culture of accountability, customer focus, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the sales organization.
What we look for
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and industry experience.
- 5+ years of experience in HVAC equipment sales, applied HVAC systems, building systems, or related field operations.
- 3-5 years of sales leadership experience with demonstrated success leading, coaching, and developing sales professionals.
- Proven ability to achieve sales, growth, profitability, and market share objectives.
- Experience building and managing relationships with equipment sales representatives, contractors, consulting engineers, owners, and other key market influencers.
- Demonstrated success in account management, business development, and strategic customer relationship management.
- Experience utilizing CRM, sales forecasting, and pipeline management tools to drive business performance.
- Strong financial and business acumen, including experience managing sales performance against revenue, margin, and growth objectives.
- Ability to influence and collaborate across matrixed teams to drive customer outcomes and business results.
- Available for frequent local travel.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.
- Experience leading sales through independent manufacturers' representatives or channel partners.
- Knowledge of HVAC equipment applications, systems design, and specification sales.
- Experience working with owners, consulting engineers, architects, and mechanical contractors throughout the project lifecycle.
- Demonstrated success growing market share and expanding business within existing accounts.
- Experience leading strategic account planning and managing key customer relationships.
- Proven ability to develop and manage strategic partnerships with external sales agencies, driving alignment, accountability, market growth, and customer engagement.
- MBA or advanced business education is a plus.
Salary Range: HIRING SALARY RANGE: $150,000-197,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.) This role also offers a competitive Sales Incentive Plan that will take into account volume and margin on a project, quarterly, and annual basis. This position includes a competitive benefits package. The posted salary range reflects the target compensation for this role. However, we recognize that exceptional candidates may bring unique skills and experiences that exceed the typical profile. If you believe your background warrants consideration beyond the stated range, we encourage you to apply. To support an efficient and fair hiring process, we may use technology assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to help identify and evaluate candidates. All hiring decisions are ultimately made by human reviewers. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site.
Advance your career with the Johnson Controls team!
Johnson Controls, 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 the precision and resilience required in rapidly expanding industries such as data centers, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, and higher education.
For more than 140 years, Johnson Controls has delivered performance where it really matters. Backed by advanced technology, lifecycle services and an industry-leading field organization, we elevate customer performance, turn goals into real-world results and help move society forward.
We recognize that a fulfilling career is supported by your overall wellbeing. That's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you in multiple aspects of life, including:
- Competitive salary
- Generous paid vacation, holidays, and sick time - 15 days of vacation in your first year to promote work-life balance
- Comprehensive benefits package, including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care, available from day one
- An encouraging and collaborative team environment that values diverse perspectives and fosters innovation
- On-the-job and cross-training opportunities
- A strong commitment to safety through our Zero Harm policy, ensuring a safe and secure workplace for all employees
- JCI Employee discount programs (The Loop by Perk Spot)
Become part of a culture that celebrates your achievements and encourages your voice and ideas. Your next great opportunity for advancement is right at your fingertips! Take the initiative to explore your potential and embark on an exciting career journey with Johnson Controls.
What you will do
Cultivate and expand strategic partnerships with our leading equipment sales agents to drive mutual growth, strengthen market presence, and deliver exceptional customer value. Provide overall leadership for the HVAC Equipment business across assigned markets, developing and executing growth strategies that foster long-term customer relationships, expand market share, and deliver profitable business results. Serve as a strategic partner to key sales agencies, ensuring alignment of business objectives and accountability for profitable sales growth, market penetration, and operational performance. Lead, develop, and empower a high-performing sales organization to position JCI as the preferred equipment provider across all building segments. Drive sales excellence through disciplined account management, forecasting, pipeline management, talent development, and rigorous execution of JCI Sales Management Disciplines. Build and maintain executive-level relationships with owners, architects, consulting engineers, and contractors to influence project outcomes, shape market opportunities, and accelerate business performance.
How you will do it
- Lead account assignment, territory coverage, and sales resource deployment to maximize customer engagement and achieve sales plan objectives.
- Deliver profitable sales growth while meeting gross margin, EBIT, and Trade Working Capital (TWC) targets for the assigned markets.
- Maintain accurate sales forecasts and pipeline visibility, ensuring effective allocation of sales support resources and proactive management of business opportunities and risks.
- Drive market penetration by securing new customers and expanding relationships with owners, architects, consulting engineers, mechanical contractors, and other key stakeholders.
- Ensure the development and execution of account plans for key and target accounts, identifying growth opportunities and increasing share of wallet across the customer base.
- Partner closely with equipment sales agents and the local branch to align sales strategies, strengthen market presence, and achieve mutual growth objectives.
- Represent the management team on strategically important key accounts, establishing and maintaining long-term executive relationships that influence opportunities, strengthen customer loyalty, and support sustainable growth.
- Develop the capabilities of the sales team through coaching, performance management, training, and ongoing sales enablement, ensuring proficiency across JCI's full portfolio of solutions.
- Translate business objectives into actionable sales strategies and execution plans that drive profitable growth and market share expansion.
- Foster a culture of accountability, customer focus, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the sales organization.
What we look for
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and industry experience.
- 5+ years of experience in HVAC equipment sales, applied HVAC systems, building systems, or related field operations.
- 3-5 years of sales leadership experience with demonstrated success leading, coaching, and developing sales professionals.
- Proven ability to achieve sales, growth, profitability, and market share objectives.
- Experience building and managing relationships with equipment sales representatives, contractors, consulting engineers, owners, and other key market influencers.
- Demonstrated success in account management, business development, and strategic customer relationship management.
- Experience utilizing CRM, sales forecasting, and pipeline management tools to drive business performance.
- Strong financial and business acumen, including experience managing sales performance against revenue, margin, and growth objectives.
- Ability to influence and collaborate across matrixed teams to drive customer outcomes and business results.
- Available for frequent local travel.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.
- Experience leading sales through independent manufacturers' representatives or channel partners.
- Knowledge of HVAC equipment applications, systems design, and specification sales.
- Experience working with owners, consulting engineers, architects, and mechanical contractors throughout the project lifecycle.
- Demonstrated success growing market share and expanding business within existing accounts.
- Experience leading strategic account planning and managing key customer relationships.
- Proven ability to develop and manage strategic partnerships with external sales agencies, driving alignment, accountability, market growth, and customer engagement.
- MBA or advanced business education is a plus.
Salary Range: HIRING SALARY RANGE: $150,000-197,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.) This role also offers a competitive Sales Incentive Plan that will take into account volume and margin on a project, quarterly, and annual basis. This position includes a competitive benefits package. The posted salary range reflects the target compensation for this role. However, we recognize that exceptional candidates may bring unique skills and experiences that exceed the typical profile. If you believe your background warrants consideration beyond the stated range, we encourage you to apply. To support an efficient and fair hiring process, we may use technology assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to help identify and evaluate candidates. All hiring decisions are ultimately made by human reviewers. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Hvac Engineer
Document your HVAC licensure before applying
Your PE license, state mechanical certifications, and any ASHRAE credentials directly support the specialty occupation determination in your PERM filing. Gather certified translations and official verification letters before your employer initiates the labor certification.
Target employers with active PERM filing histories
Mechanical engineering firms, large commercial contractors, and facilities management companies in sectors like healthcare and data centers regularly sponsor HVAC engineers. Use Migrate Mate to filter roles by employers with documented green card sponsorship activity.
Verify your prevailing wage tier early
Your employer must pay the DOL-certified prevailing wage before PERM is approved. Run your job title and work location through the OFLC Wage Search to see which wage level your experience and supervisory duties map to, since Level I versus Level III carries real timeline implications.
Understand the EB-2 versus EB-3 classification for your role
HVAC engineer positions requiring only a bachelor's degree typically land in EB-3. If your role requires an advanced degree or you have ten or more years of progressive experience, ask your employer to evaluate EB-2 eligibility before the I-140 is filed.
Ask about concurrent I-485 filing before accepting an offer
Nationals from countries without a significant visa backlog can often file for adjustment of status at the same time as the I-140 petition, cutting total wait time substantially. Confirm with your employer's immigration counsel whether your priority date allows concurrent filing.
Prepare a detailed job duties letter for PERM
USCIS and DOL scrutinize whether HVAC engineer duties genuinely require a specialized degree. Work with your employer to document that your role involves system design, load calculations, or code compliance work rather than general maintenance, which strengthens the specialty occupation argument.
Green Card Hvac Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Do HVAC engineer roles qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most HVAC engineer positions qualify under EB-3 as professional roles requiring at least a bachelor's degree in mechanical or HVAC engineering. EB-2 is available if the position requires an advanced degree or your credentials and progressive experience meet that higher threshold. Your employer's immigration counsel determines the correct category before filing the PERM application with DOL.
How is green card sponsorship different from H-1B for HVAC engineers?
An H-1B visa is a temporary nonimmigrant visa with a three-year initial period and no guarantee of permanent status. A PERM-based green card, by contrast, leads directly to lawful permanent residency. There is no annual cap lottery at the EB-3 level for most countries, and the process permanently ties your authorization to the sponsoring employer until you reach adjustment of status.
How long does the PERM green card process take for HVAC engineers?
The PERM labor certification with DOL currently averages several months to over a year depending on whether an audit is triggered. After PERM approval, your employer files the I-140 immigrant petition with USCIS, which can take several additional months under standard processing. Nationals from high-demand countries may then wait for a visa number to become available before filing for adjustment of status.
Where can I find HVAC engineer jobs that offer green card sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lets you search specifically for HVAC engineer roles where employers have a documented history of employment-based green card sponsorship, so you're not guessing from generic job postings. Filtering by sponsorship type and industry, such as commercial construction or building systems, significantly narrows your search to employers already familiar with the PERM process.
Can my employer start the PERM process while I'm on a work visa?
Yes. Employers can file a PERM application with DOL on your behalf while you're working in valid status on an H-1B or another employment-based visa. This is common for HVAC engineers who want to pursue permanent residency without interrupting their current authorization. Filing PERM does not affect your nonimmigrant status, and USCIS treats the two processes independently.