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What we offer
- Competitive Pay and incentive plan based on your efforts
- Extensive Training with Best-in-Industry Resources
- Career Advancement Opportunities across Business and Geographies
- Comprehensive Benefits Package including Retirement Savings Plan, Pension, Extended Health Care, Dental
- Flexible Work Arrangements - Remote Work within Canada
- Refer-A-Friend Bonuses
- Encouraging, supportive, and collaborative team environment
What you will do
The primary role of the Design Team Manager is to lead the design team on large complex multi-faceted Johnson Controls projects, specifically for fire sprinkler systems projects across multiple business locations in Canada. You will work remotely from your home office.
How you will do it
- Recruits, evaluates, and makes hiring decisions for the Design team to ensure appropriate mix of Project System Specialists and CAD Support Technicians.
- Manages medium to large sized team of designer across multiple locations (A team up to 15 team members).
- Directs a team of specialist design employees that manage core/non-core product work.
- Assesses training needs, creates and maintains development plan for Design team employees.
- Evaluates employee performance and creates assessments of staff based on established goals.
- Allocates workload to CAD Support Technicians and Project Design Specialists.
- Attends pre/post design meetings with Account Managers, Projects Team, and customers.
- Provides management of Project System Specialists and/or CAD Support Technicians, ensuring team members perform to meet the business needs and our required standards.
- Supports the Project Managers and liaises with clients and/or consultants on design issues.
- Performs all aspects of project design work for projects within the business.
- Determines, agrees, and implements best practice measures for the Design team in line with the needs of the company and our clients.
- Ensures all project work follows code requirements and Company standards.
- Maintains, organizes, and plans local team workload, monitors productivity and supports national team as required.
- Reviews, comments, and approves the technical conformity of specifications produced by others.
- Performs quality checks for team members; highlights design changes and provides feedback.
- Reviews detailed designs to provide value engineered solutions, as required. Produces fully detailed specifications and technical submissions with complete detailed schematics & drawings to meet with design criteria.
- Provides assessment to local operation of material and design changes impacting cost and scope.
What we look for
Required
- Highschool diploma or equivalent. Diploma or certificate in Fire Protection, Fire & Life Safety, or Sprinkler systems.
- Minimum of 7 years’ experience in design of Sprinkler systems to specifications and local standards using HydraCAD, SprinkCAD, REVIT, or equivalent sprinkler design software.
- Demonstrated ability to lead a large team.
- Knowledge of NFPA codes and standards. Current with local and national codes governing the design and installation of fire sprinkler systems.
- Fundamental understanding of Microsoft Office Suite including, Excel, Access, Word, Outlook, Adobe
- Effective written and oral communication skills.
- Available for occasional travel, up to 25%.
Preferred
We believe in doing well by doing good and hold ourselves accountable to make the world a better place through the solutions we provide, our engagement in society, and the way we do business. We believe that diversity and inclusion matter and make a difference. By embracing its true value and appreciating various perspectives, we strive to be one of the most desirable places to work. Johnson Controls listed in Forbes Best Employers for Diversity
Johnson Controls’ Canadian subsidiaries are committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants, candidates and employees with disabilities, in accordance with applicable human rights legislation, and in Ontario, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (“AODA”). When requested, accommodation will be provided throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. To request accommodation, please contact us. Any information you provide related to accommodation measures will be treated as confidential. A copy of Johnson Controls’ applicable AODA policies are available on our website at www.johnsoncontrols.com for your reference, and can be made available in accessible formats upon request.