OPT Hvac Project Manager Jobs
HVAC Project Manager jobs on OPT are available at mechanical contractors, construction firms, and facilities management companies. Most roles require an engineering or construction management degree, which aligns well with OPT eligibility. Your 12-month standard OPT window, or 24-month STEM extension with a qualifying degree, gives employers a meaningful runway to evaluate sponsorship.
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Get Access To All JobsBuild your best future with the Johnson Controls team
As a global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, our mission is to reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places and the planet. Join a winning team that enables you to build your best future! Our teams are uniquely positioned to support a multitude of industries across the globe. You will have the opportunity to develop yourself through meaningful work projects and learning opportunities. We strive to provide our employees with an experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Become a member of the Johnson Controls family and thrive in an empowering company culture where your voice and ideas will be heard – your next great opportunity is just a few clicks away!
What we offer
- Competitive salary
- Paid vacation/holidays/sick time - 15 days of vacation first year.
- Comprehensive benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care.
- Extensive product and on the job/cross training opportunities.
- Encouraging and collaborative team environment
- Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy
What will you do
Under general direction, acts as the on-site project leader to plan, execute, and complete control systems projects with assigned customers. Performs or delegates tasks as required to execute and fully complete assigned projects including: hardware design, system programming, installation coordination, system and network commissioning and project closeout. Responsible for the overall financial results of assigned projects including: costs, project billings, and collections. Maintains an effective balance between customer satisfaction and project financial results. Actively pursues selling change orders. Coordinates communication with the customer during all phases of the project. Ensures proper execution of warranty. Provides work direction to subcontractors, electrical installers, technicians, designers, and administration as necessary. Ensures work performed is in compliance with state, local and Federal legal requirements and operates on the job with the highest of ethics. Adheres and ensures Johnson Controls staff and subcontractors adhere to all safety standards.
How will you do it
- Completes typical installation hardware design and software programming using established standards as required. Provides detailed information to communicate design and operation to customers, Johnson Controls staff and subcontractors.
- Actively pursues additional work through change orders. Evaluates the contractual scope of work and the impact of client issued bulletins, field directives and/or scheduling changes. Communicates both technical and business-related issues with the clients.
- Manages the selection, ordering, budget and delivery schedule of materials to be procured for the projects assigned.
- Secures pricing and availability from outside vendors and suppliers, mechanical and electrical subcontractors including scope, terms and conditions. May request several bids in pricing process. Oversees subcontractor payment and billing processes.
- Provides jobsite coordination for panel and field device physical locations. Ensures installation is in accordance with Johnson Controls literature and project requirements.
- Manages and completes the loading, device verification, and commissioning of all system controllers as required. Validates complete system functionality and resolves issues with subcontractors and others to ensure proper operation. Provides accurate project as-built and commissioning documentation.
- Manages costs, billings and collections. Completes project billings in a timely and accurate format to the client. Maintains profitability goals and positive cash flow. Schedules monthly project cost in cost accounting system. Responsible for project cost hitting projects as scheduled.
- Provides coaching, mentoring and technical assistance to System Technicians, Electrical Installers and System Designers. Provides technical assistance to subcontractors. Ensures that delegated tasks are done accurately, on time, billed, within budget and within scope of the contract.
- Effectively communicates the status of projects to management as required and provides monthly forecasts of revenue, costs, and gross margin.
- Sends warranty letter to JCI customer upon substantial completion of project and ensures proper execution of warranty.
- Develops project plans and coordinates the required resources to ensure timely and cost-effective installation and completion of assigned projects.
- Performs site-specific training for owner/operator on the total system in full or with assistance. Ensures owner/operator has been trained. Provides proper documentation and manuals for system operation.
- Develops and maintains viable long-term relationships with contractors, clients, consultants and subcontractors. Attends job progress meetings as required.
- Adheres to safety standards. High degree of regard to employee and subcontractor safety.
What we look for
Required
- Minimum of a technical Associates Degree with two years of field experience or four years of equivalent related field experience in the HVAC industry.
- Must have relevant technical hands-on experience in systems design and commissioning of digital HVAC controls systems.
- Must have the ability to communicate technical material to a non-technical audience.
- Must demonstrate the ability to perform work independently.
Preferred
- Strong personal computer skills.
- Must have knowledge of control theory and HVAC systems.
HIRING SALARY RANGE: $76,100-$104,00 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.) This role offers a competitive Bonus plan that will take into account individual, group, and corporate performance. This position includes a competitive benefits package.
Build your best future with the Johnson Controls team
As a global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, our mission is to reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places and the planet. Join a winning team that enables you to build your best future! Our teams are uniquely positioned to support a multitude of industries across the globe. You will have the opportunity to develop yourself through meaningful work projects and learning opportunities. We strive to provide our employees with an experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Become a member of the Johnson Controls family and thrive in an empowering company culture where your voice and ideas will be heard – your next great opportunity is just a few clicks away!
What we offer
- Competitive salary
- Paid vacation/holidays/sick time - 15 days of vacation first year.
- Comprehensive benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care.
- Extensive product and on the job/cross training opportunities.
- Encouraging and collaborative team environment
- Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy
What will you do
Under general direction, acts as the on-site project leader to plan, execute, and complete control systems projects with assigned customers. Performs or delegates tasks as required to execute and fully complete assigned projects including: hardware design, system programming, installation coordination, system and network commissioning and project closeout. Responsible for the overall financial results of assigned projects including: costs, project billings, and collections. Maintains an effective balance between customer satisfaction and project financial results. Actively pursues selling change orders. Coordinates communication with the customer during all phases of the project. Ensures proper execution of warranty. Provides work direction to subcontractors, electrical installers, technicians, designers, and administration as necessary. Ensures work performed is in compliance with state, local and Federal legal requirements and operates on the job with the highest of ethics. Adheres and ensures Johnson Controls staff and subcontractors adhere to all safety standards.
How will you do it
- Completes typical installation hardware design and software programming using established standards as required. Provides detailed information to communicate design and operation to customers, Johnson Controls staff and subcontractors.
- Actively pursues additional work through change orders. Evaluates the contractual scope of work and the impact of client issued bulletins, field directives and/or scheduling changes. Communicates both technical and business-related issues with the clients.
- Manages the selection, ordering, budget and delivery schedule of materials to be procured for the projects assigned.
- Secures pricing and availability from outside vendors and suppliers, mechanical and electrical subcontractors including scope, terms and conditions. May request several bids in pricing process. Oversees subcontractor payment and billing processes.
- Provides jobsite coordination for panel and field device physical locations. Ensures installation is in accordance with Johnson Controls literature and project requirements.
- Manages and completes the loading, device verification, and commissioning of all system controllers as required. Validates complete system functionality and resolves issues with subcontractors and others to ensure proper operation. Provides accurate project as-built and commissioning documentation.
- Manages costs, billings and collections. Completes project billings in a timely and accurate format to the client. Maintains profitability goals and positive cash flow. Schedules monthly project cost in cost accounting system. Responsible for project cost hitting projects as scheduled.
- Provides coaching, mentoring and technical assistance to System Technicians, Electrical Installers and System Designers. Provides technical assistance to subcontractors. Ensures that delegated tasks are done accurately, on time, billed, within budget and within scope of the contract.
- Effectively communicates the status of projects to management as required and provides monthly forecasts of revenue, costs, and gross margin.
- Sends warranty letter to JCI customer upon substantial completion of project and ensures proper execution of warranty.
- Develops project plans and coordinates the required resources to ensure timely and cost-effective installation and completion of assigned projects.
- Performs site-specific training for owner/operator on the total system in full or with assistance. Ensures owner/operator has been trained. Provides proper documentation and manuals for system operation.
- Develops and maintains viable long-term relationships with contractors, clients, consultants and subcontractors. Attends job progress meetings as required.
- Adheres to safety standards. High degree of regard to employee and subcontractor safety.
What we look for
Required
- Minimum of a technical Associates Degree with two years of field experience or four years of equivalent related field experience in the HVAC industry.
- Must have relevant technical hands-on experience in systems design and commissioning of digital HVAC controls systems.
- Must have the ability to communicate technical material to a non-technical audience.
- Must demonstrate the ability to perform work independently.
Preferred
- Strong personal computer skills.
- Must have knowledge of control theory and HVAC systems.
HIRING SALARY RANGE: $76,100-$104,00 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.) This role offers a competitive Bonus plan that will take into account individual, group, and corporate performance. This position includes a competitive benefits package.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Hvac Project Manager
Target employers with H-1B sponsorship history
Mechanical contractors and large construction firms that have sponsored H-1B visas before are far more likely to do it again. Prioritize companies with 50+ employees where a dedicated HR team handles visa paperwork without it falling on the hiring manager.
Lead with your OPT timeline, not your visa status
Frame your authorization as a 12-month window, extendable to 36 months with a STEM degree. Employers respond better to timelines than visa categories. HVAC project managers are in demand, so a clear runway makes sponsorship conversations easier to open.
Get your PMP or LEED credential during OPT
Earning a Project Management Professional or LEED certification while on OPT signals long-term commitment and immediately raises your value to employers. These credentials are portable across employers, which matters if your sponsorship situation requires switching companies.
Understand which degree fields qualify for STEM OPT
Mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and construction management degrees often qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension. Confirm your CIP code with your DSO before interviewing, so you can accurately tell employers how long you are authorized to work.
Negotiate an employment agreement that references sponsorship
Before signing an offer, ask directly whether the company has sponsored H-1B petitions and whether they would commit to initiating yours before your OPT expires. Getting this in writing protects you and signals the employer is serious about retaining you.
Highlight project scope and dollar value in your resume
HVAC Project Manager roles require demonstrating you can manage complex, high-value work. Quantify the projects you have managed by scope, team size, and completion rate. Employers evaluating visa sponsorship want evidence that retaining you is worth the investment.
Hvac Project Manager OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Can F-1 OPT students work as HVAC Project Managers in the United States?
Yes. HVAC Project Manager is a role that typically requires a degree in mechanical engineering, construction management, or a related field, which directly satisfies the practical training requirement of OPT. Your work must be related to your degree field, so confirm the connection with your DSO before accepting an offer.
Does an HVAC Project Manager role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
It depends on your degree, not the job title. If your bachelor's or master's degree is in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a qualifying STEM field under the DHS STEM Designated Degree Program List, you may be eligible for the 24-month extension. Confirm your CIP code with your international student office before applying for the extension.
How do I find HVAC Project Manager jobs that are open to OPT candidates?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for F-1 OPT students and filters for employers open to work authorization. Searching there is more efficient than general job boards because you avoid applying to roles where OPT is a dealbreaker. Focus on mechanical contractors, MEP engineering firms, and large construction companies with established HR departments.
Do HVAC companies typically sponsor H-1B visas after OPT ends?
Some do, particularly larger mechanical contractors, MEP engineering firms, and facilities management companies with significant federal or commercial project portfolios. Smaller regional contractors rarely have the HR infrastructure to manage sponsorship. Ask about sponsorship history directly during the interview process, not after you have accepted an offer.
What happens if my HVAC Project Manager OPT expires before my employer files for H-1B?
If your employer files an H-1B petition by April 1 and you are selected in the lottery, you are eligible for a cap-gap extension that bridges the gap between OPT expiration and October 1. If you are not selected, your work authorization ends when OPT expires and you must stop working immediately. Planning your timeline with your employer well before the April deadline is essential.