CHVAC Data Center Service Manager

CHVAC Data Center Service Manager

As a Data Center Service Manager with Carrier, you become the trusted face of a global leader in HVAC and mission‑critical cooling solutions. In this people‑focused leadership role, you’ll build strong relationships with data center customers and the support field teams, and partner closely with Carrier’s Integrated Project Management Team. Your work will directly contribute to seamless startup, commissioning, and warranty support of industrial HVAC systems ensuring reliability, uptime, and customer confidence.

This role is perfect for someone who values teamwork, enjoys mentoring others, and takes pride in creating a supportive environment where technicians feel equipped to do their best work. You’ll have the opportunity to positively impact customer relationships, team culture, and Carrier’s reputation for excellence at our Ontario, Canada site.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary customer-facing representative, embodying and promoting the Carrier brand.

• Lead the hiring process for the local Data Center technicians, ensuring the selection of qualified candidates.

• Oversee onboarding of new technicians, including safety orientation, training procedures, and provisioning of devices and equipment.

• Serve as the union liaison, facilitating communication and maintaining positive relations between Carrier and union representatives.

• Conduct job site safety inspections and organize quarterly safety meetings to reinforce safety culture.

• Interact regularly with the master scheduler to ensure technician staffing needs are accurately met for local customer needs.

• Manage requests for tools, personal protective equipment (PPE), vehicles, and uniforms for field teams.

• Maintain responsibility for fleet management, ensuring vehicles are properly assigned, maintained, and available.

• Approve daily timesheets and travel requests for Data Center technicians.

• Oversee operations and support field teams.

• Forecast, monitor, and document financial performance against plan

• Coordinate, prioritize and resolve issues encountered by the team.

• Optimize the usage of manpower, standard time, equipment and energy to complete open work

• Escalate critical/complex issues that will impact the business

• Manage the team according to established programs and objectives

• Implement, monitor, manage the quality of work

• Respond to key customer complaints, carry out customer satisfaction investigations and ensure establishment of appropriate improvement plans

• Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED

• 5+ years' experience in commercial HVAC and/or mechanical service operations, industrial equipment service, or other field service, environments involving maintenance, repair, and technical service delivery

• 3+ years’ experience managing and or training field service teams, including union technicians, with a focus on performance and efficiency.

• Valued, but not required

• HVAC Experience

• Experience in working with Unions

• Expertise in startup and commissioning of industrial HVAC systems, and understanding of data center reliability standards.

• Strong financial acumen: cost forecasting, margin attainment, and change order management.

• Excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.

• Commitment to zero‑incident safety culture and rigorous process execution.

• Pay Range

• The expected base salary range for this role is between $110,500.00 CAD - $160,500.00 CAD annually. The rate of pay may be impacted by factors such as the applicant's geographic location, market data/range, skills, prior relevant experience, job-related knowledge, specific degrees and certifications, and/or other relevant considerations.

• This compensation includes components such as base salary, vacation pay, public holiday pay, potential estimated overtime pay and paid statutory leaves of absence. Additional benefits may include insured benefits such as health care, vision, dental, disability, as well as possible retirement contributions. The pay range will not be below the minimum wage applicable to the province in which the applicant is to be employed.

• Other Compensation

• This role may also provide the opportunity to earn additional incentive compensation in the form of annual bonus, sales bonus, sales commission or local incentive. If the role provides for an opportunity to earn additional incentive compensation, it will be based on measurable performance factors which may include company performance, individual performance or other key performance indicators.

• Use of AI

• Technology-enabled tools may support parts of the recruitment process, with oversight by people.

Benefits

Employees are eligible for benefits, including:

• Medical, Dental

• Retirement Benefits

• Time off and Leave

• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability

• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment

• Tuition Assistance

• Benefits are available to eligible full-time employees and may vary based on provincial or local requirements and other eligibility factors, including date of hire and the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreement.

• Carrier Accommodations Process

• If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, participate in an interview, or otherwise engage in the hiring process, please contact us at Carrier. We will make every effort to meet your needs in accordance with applicable laws.

• Current Vacancy Identification

• This is a current vacancy for which Carrier is currently hiring.

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• At Carrier we make modern life possible by delivering groundbreaking systems and services that help homes, buildings and shipping become safer, smarter and more sustainable. We exceed the expectations of our customers by hoping to anticipate industry trends, working tirelessly to master and revolutionize them. Our team of approximately 56,000 dedicated individuals continues to mold industry standards by pursuing the latest research and developments to improve the lives of our customers. We’re constantly growing, seeking out talented, likeminded people who are committed to our primary duty: to be the world’s first choice in security, shipping and HVAC technology.