Regional Director - HVAC/R Installation, Commercial & Industrial

Overview

CoolSys solves the most complex challenges in refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, engineering, and energy management. With over 3,700 associates nationwide, we deliver tailored solutions to help businesses cut costs, improve equipment performance, and reduce emissions.

Our services include HVAC and refrigeration equipment sourcing, installation, repair, maintenance, monitoring, and optimization. We also offer engineering design, energy resilience and consumption optimization, asset recycling, and seamless multi-site rollouts across states.

CoolSys serves over 45,000 customer locations in industries like retail, food service, commercial, data centers, industrial, and pharmaceuticals.

No wonder Newsweek named CoolSys one of America’s Greatest Workplaces!

We understand that hiring great people is the foundation of everything we do. Our employee benefits packages include: 

• Competitive pay: $125k-$160k
• Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription coverage. Enroll in Medical Coverage Starting at $0 Per Paycheck 
• Paid vacation, holidays, and floating holiday.  
• 401(K) with Company match. 
• Company sponsored life insurance, as well as optional AD&D, short and long-term disability. 
• Tuition reimbursement. 
• Employee discounts on vehicles, hotels, theme parks, select cell phone bills and so much more. 
• Pet Insurance. 
• Legal Plan, and ID Theft Protection. 

Responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

The Installation Regional Director provides leadership for the Regional Construction Department. Responsible for installation services across the region through coordinating and planning refrigeration and HVAC installation projects and jobs; provides estimates for sales proposals and job bids; forecasts manpower requirements; manages financial performance on projects and jobs including analysis and reporting on job status and performance; maintains positive working relationships and coordination with General Contractors and subcontractors; and ensures customer satisfaction.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Promotes and fosters teamwork within the Regional Construction Department by setting specific goals, monitoring and analyzing jobs as they proceed, forecasting current and future manpower requirements as needed, and appraising individual and group performance to establish highly competent teams.

• Provides excellent leadership to Regional Construction Department, work teams and individual employees.  

• Provides timely communication within department and across organizational lines.  

• Provides timely performance feedback, training and coaching to develop to subordinate managers and employees. 

• Responsible for employee related transactions including hiring, promotions, transfers, and terminations. 

• Provides Construction Management support by reviewing monthly profit and loss statements, project status reports and other information to ensure organizational goals are met.

• Reviews and coordinates current and upcoming jobs to ensure efficient planning, materials, labor forecasting, and coordination on jobs to ensure efficient resource allocations, financial performance and customer satisfaction. 

• Works with other Regional Installation Managers and Construction Director to resource and deploy work teams across the company to ensure customer needs are met. 

• Meets with existing and new customers, general contractors and subcontractors to coordinate jobs, bids and proposals.  

• Ensures, through timely and proactive communication, positive customer and vendor relations. 

• Drives and leads continuous process improvement and Lean/Operational Excellence initiatives. 

• Supports and coordinates with Sales to provide accurate estimates for bids and proposals.

• Maintains accurate record keeping on trucks, parts and material inventory and resolves discrepancies on a timely basis.

• Embodies the CoolSys CARES culture (Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, Empowerment, Safety).

• Performs other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications

Education / Training

• AA degree from an accredited vocational, technical, or junior college, preferred.

Work Experience / Skills

• 5 - 7 year’s with management experience in construction, refrigeration, or a related industry.

• 10 year's experience in construction, refrigeration, HVAC or a related industry.

• 5-7 year's experience in managing multiple projects and/or multiple business locations.

• Experience in commercial building construction industry required. 

• Knowledge of construction industry, principles and practices related to project estimation, labor forecasting, building permits, multiple disciplines involved in area of responsibility e.g. plumbing, electrical, carpentry and fixtures construction.

• Demonstrated ability manage multiple projects, set and balance competing priorities with strong organization skills and ability to multi-task.

• Demonstrated strong customer service skills, ability to proactively address customer issues and concerns.

• Demonstrated leadership skills, ability to lead diverse and multi-discipline workforce.

• Knowledge of refrigeration equipment and piping of refrigeration equipment preferred.

• Knowledge of computer-controlled systems, preferred.

• Ability to read and understand blueprints.

• Good communication (verbal & written) and presentation skills.

• Demonstrated business and project management skills including knowledge of automated project management tools, financial reports and general knowledge of accounting principles.

• Demonstrated ability to lead multi-discipline work teams required.

• Ability to lead geographically distributed, multiple shift organization, required.

• Strong communication skills (verbal & written).

• Ability to train, coach, mentor and develop subordinates.

• Driver’s license and good driving record.

• Requires overnight travel.

• Ability to understand and follow all company policies and procedures and all applicable State and Federal laws. 

• Ability to use typical business tools including E-Mail, Word, Excel, Work Order Software, etc.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Work Environment

This job operates in a clean, well-lit and climate-controlled professional office environment with minimal physical hazards and noise. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, printers, etc.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, walk, talk, hear, drive, and use hands and fingers. The employee is occasionally required to reach, stoop and kneel. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus

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