HVAC Project Manager

Description

Discover your exciting role

You’ll be responsible for managing and delivering this London based project, making sure both the client and the business are fully satisfied with the outcome.

The role will see you leading and coordinating multi-disciplinary team, from engineering and commercial to procurement, construction, and commissioning to ensure everything comes together successfully.

It’s about providing clear direction, strong leadership, and sound decision-making at every stage of the project. You’ll set the tone for safety, quality, cost control, and programme performance, while also representing the company in senior client and stakeholder meetings, balancing collaboration with protecting our interests.

Above all, you’ll drive a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging innovation and efficiency across the team to deliver projects in the best possible way.

Explore Your Tasks And Responsibilities

Health, Safety, Quality & Compliance

Make sure all statutory and company health and safety requirements are followed. Ensure works are delivered to the right quality standards and meet all specifications, technical standards, and regulations. Have oversight of QA/QC by making sure ITPs and quality records are in place and maintained. Ensure company procedures are followed, and key information is shared with the project team.

Contract & Commercial Management

Administer the contract in line with the company’s scope and responsibilities. Protect the company’s position during negotiations, site works, and post-contract discussions, keeping proper records throughout. Work with the commercial team to provide timely and accurate information for payments, variations, and final accounts. Monitor project cashflow, invoicing, and subcontractor accounts. Keep tight control on costs and margins. Lead on Early Warnings, Compensation Events, and change control in line with NEC or JCT

Planning & Controls

Own/Manage and drive the programme of works. Keep programmes, schedules, and controls up to date and share them regularly. Track progress against milestones, flag risks or delays, and take action to keep things on track. Provide clear and accurate reporting to management and the client on cost, time, and resources.

Client & Stakeholder Management

Build and maintain strong relationships with clients. Keep communication open and proactive so expectations and progress are always aligned. Represent the company at client meetings. Build solid working relationships with senior consultants and subcontractors.

People & Leadership

Work with the Project Director and Construction Manager to ensure the project is properly resourced with the right skills and experience. Lead by example, setting the standards of behaviour and performance on the project. Support, mentor, and develop junior team members and encourage continuous improvement. Step in to resolve conflicts quickly and maintain team performance. Help identify “fast track” talent. Share and communicate project and company strategy clearly with the team so objectives are fully understood.

Procurement & Supply Chain

Lead the procurement during tender, negotiation, and delivery stages. Make sure the supply chain is aligned to project goals and performance standards.

Risk Management

Identify and manage project risks and opportunities as they arise. Put the right mitigation in place and escalate issues where needed to protect the business.

Show Your Expertise

Experience managing teams, site (including managing subcontractors), different trades, and making sure everything is coordinated. Solid experience across HVAC, pipework, and electrics. Comfortable working to tight programmes and milestone driven delivery. Good knowledge of the heating and ventilation industry, how things are manufactured, and how they go together on site. Hands-on experience working with different forms of contract (ideally NEC or JCT). Commercially switched on, understanding the cost and programme impact of decisions. Able to represent the business well with clients, suppliers, and subcontractors. Strong understanding of safe systems of work, ideally backed up with SMSTS/IOSH or similar. Confident feeding into planning tools (P6, MS Project) and digital systems like SharePoint, Dalux, or ProjectWise. Clear communicator — written, verbal, and in meetings. Able to build relationships at all levels. Positive, reliable, and gets the job done. Full UK driving licence Degree / HND or HNC Waste-to-Energy/renewable energy projects.

Exentec Hargreaves is a pioneering UK leader in construction engineering of HVAC and specialist ventilation systems for safety critical facilities. Exentec Hargreaves is proud to be associated with some of the UK’s most prestigious infrastructure projects. For more than 150 years, Exentec Hargreaves has proved our value as the largest and most unique construction engineering business specialising in HVAC in the Energy & Decommissioning, Defence and Transport sectors. With a legacy of technical excellence, we are re-establishing our leadership as the HVAC authority, delivering value and innovation across nuclear energy, defence, transport, advanced technology and bio-life science sectors.

Why Join Exentec Hargreaves?

Work on landmark UK infrastructure projects

Be part of a company with 150+ years of engineering excellence

Gain exposure to complex, safety-critical environments in energy, defence, and transport

Benefit from structured learning, mentoring, and professional development

Join a supportive and collaborative team culture that values innovation and quality

Our Core Competencies

Our five Core Competencies set the foundation for collaboration, learning and development. They will help turn our Vision and Values into action; provide a common language to talk about our skills; and offer a common basis to drive success across our business.

Grow Talent. Our goal as an organisation is to attract competent people, retain dedicated employees and develop talented colleagues within each operational level to build a future-ready company.

Drive Results. To keep and grow our strong market position, we must transform our corporate strategy directly into measurable and sustainable results.

Take Ownership. We strive to establish an appreciative culture in which all employees feel empowered and take responsibility.

Embrace Change. To develop products and services that go beyond what is imaginable today. We, as an organisation, must be agile. As individuals we must remain curious.

Inspire Customers. Creating value for our clients is a key component of our growth strategy. Therefore, client satisfaction should be an important motivator for us individually and collectively.

Exentec Hargreaves is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, religion, race, ethnic origin, disability, marital status or parental status. We base all our employment decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.