About Mantis
We help organizations improve how their buildings perform by bringing together energy, facility operations, and sustainability into one connected approach. At Mantis, our teams work across the full lifecycle of a facility—from planning and design to field execution and long-term asset management—across commercial and industrial portfolios, data centers, and complex mechanical systems.
Our work spans four core areas: Building Controls, Energy Efficiency, Energy Advisory, and Facility Management—covering HVAC/mechanical optimization, BMS/BAS and EPMS controls, lighting system upgrades, energy brokerage, roofing and building envelope assessments, construction management, and more.
Whether you’re in sales, engineering, construction/project management, field operations, corporate, or technology, you’ll play a role in delivering these solutions and helping clients improve facility performance.
The BMS Project Manager ensures projects stay on budget, on schedule, and within contract by managing risk, tracking financial performance, and controlling change orders. This role requires a strong understanding of Building Management Systems (BMS), controls infrastructure, and platforms such as Tridium Niagara and Distech Controls, enabling effective coordination between engineering, field technicians, subcontractors, and clients. The PM is responsible for protecting margin, preventing scope creep, and ensuring technically sound project execution from design through commissioning and closeout. This role requires extensive working knowledge of applicable hands-on technical BMS expertise and expert project management skills.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain working knowledge of BMS platforms and controllers, including Tridium Niagara and Distech Controls, along with common integration protocols such as BACnet and Modbus
- Execute project closeout, as-built documentation, commissioning signoff, and final turnover packages
- Support issue resolution by understanding common BMS troubleshooting challenges, integration risks, commissioning activities, and field constraints
- Review project scope to ensure alignment with controls deliverables, programming, graphics, commissioning, and turnover requirements
- Act as a bridge between technical teams and clients by translating controls concepts into clear project updates and expectations
- Develop and maintain project budgets, schedules, forecasts, and resource plans across all project phases
- Manage BMS projects from contract award through closeout, ensuring alignment with controls design, system architecture, client requirements, and contractual commitments
- Lead project execution across scope, procurement, scheduling, subcontractor coordination, commissioning, and closeout activities
- Partner with Controls Engineers and Technicians to ensure accurate interpretation of sequences of operation, system design intent, and field implementation requirements
- Own change order identification, pricing, and approval to ensure full scope recovery and margin protection
- Track and manage project financial performance while understanding technical scope drivers such as controls hardware, integration complexity, commissioning effort, and labor utilization
- Coordinate and oversee commissioning activities, system checkouts, and point-to-point testing performed by engineering and field teams
- Communicate project status, risks, financial performance, and escalation items to clients, contractors, and internal leadership
- Coordinate with technicians, subcontractors, engineering, and procurement teams to ensure timely execution and delivery of project milestones
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of project management experience in BAS/BMS Controls, Building Automation, low-voltage systems, or related technical construction environments
- Demonstrates working knowledge of BMS platforms (e.g., Tridium Niagara, Distech Controls), controls architecture, and common integration protocols (BACnet, Modbus)
- Experience managing project budgets, forecasts, schedules, and overall financial performance
- Proven ability to read and interpret contracts, electrical drawings, control schematics, construction documents, and technical project plans
- Familiarity with commissioning processes, controls networks, and building automation infrastructure
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project management software
- PMP certification preferred
- N4 Certification
- Working experience in Data Center environment
WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Hybrid role across office and field environments supporting active construction, retrofit, and mission-critical projects
- Sitting, standing, and walking active jobsites
- Ability to review field conditions and coordinate with site teams
- Ability to navigate construction environments while complying with site safety requirements
- Standard working hours with project-driven variability
- Travel required based on project portfolio
Note: Employees are held accountable for all duties of this job. This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the position.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of project management experience in BAS/BMS controls, building automation, low-voltage systems, or related technical construction environments
- Working knowledge of BMS platforms such as Tridium Niagara and Distech Controls
- Knowledge of controls architecture and integration protocols including BACnet and Modbus
- Experience managing project budgets, forecasts, schedules, and overall financial performance
- Ability to read and interpret contracts, electrical drawings, control schematics, construction documents, and technical project plans
- Familiarity with commissioning processes, controls networks, and building automation infrastructure
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project management software
- PMP certification
- N4 Certification
- Working experience in a data center environment
What We Do
As more businesses journey towards increased sustainability, they need experienced partners to transform today’s operations into tomorrow’s results. Mantis Innovation delivers smart, sustainable solutions to improve facility performance from any starting point along this journey. We provide managed facility services and turnkey program management with technology-enabled solutions that target the entire building footprint from roofs, walls, and pavement, to HVAC, lighting and power. Mantis Innovation offers a comprehensive and strategic set of solutions for managed facility services. We’re looking at the entire facility, inside and out, and can impact 70% of what a building operator allocates critical budget dollars toward. Our turnkey solutions maximize results at every touchpoint of facility performance. Our technology platforms make those touchpoints accurate and visceral, backed by data from billions of feet of facility space. We offer all of this with a white glove service, meaning our clients receive an unparalleled level of professionalism and care. Mantis Innovation is the premier provider of smart solutions that deliver better building performance through managed facility services and turnkey program management. Mantis leverages expertise from a vast array of professional disciplines in engineering, comprehensive data collection and analysis, technology-enabled solutions, and a network of trusted partners. The Mantis Innovation managed solutions include energy procurement, demand management, solar, roofing, building envelope, pavement, LED lighting, HVAC/mechanical, building automation systems, and data center optimization. Mantis is headquartered in Houston, Texas, with 17 locations across the United States from Massachusetts to Washington.
