Advance your career with the Johnson Controls Team!
Johnson Controls is a global leader in smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings. In this role, you will lead the day-to-day activities of a field Mechanical Install team, helping deliver safe, profitable, and customer-focused results while supporting a culture that values wellbeing, collaboration, and development.
We recognize that a fulfilling career is supported by your overall wellbeing. That's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you in multiple aspects of life, including:
- Competitive salary
- Generous paid vacation, holidays, and sick time - 15 days of vacation in your first year to promote work-life balance
- Comprehensive benefits package, including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care, available from day one
- An encouraging and collaborative team environment that values diverse perspectives and fosters innovation
- On-the-job and cross-training opportunities
- A strong commitment to safety through our Zero Harm policy, ensuring a safe and secure workplace for all employees
- JCI Employee discount programs (The Loop by Perk Spot)
- Check us Out: A Day in the Life of the Building of the Future
What You Will Do
In this role, you will serve as a subject matter expert for Custom Air Units and Air Handling Systems, providing commercial, competitive, and technical support to the field sales organization. You will work closely with a small technical team and partner with engineering, manufacturing, marketing, customer service, and airside technical service to solve project, application, and order issues.
Key Responsibilities
Provide commercial, competitive, and technical application support to the field sales organization on Custom Air Units with minimal direction.
Support field requests for AHU project work with a strong emphasis on Basis of Design.
Provide application training and project management support for Air Handling Systems, as needed.
Support customer visits and factory tours when required.
Participate in testing of AHU selection and pricing software.
Work with field sales, manufacturing, engineering, and customer service to resolve Air Handling Unit order issues.
Partner with engineering to develop cost-effective solutions for unique Air Handling Unit applications.
Assist Airside Technical Service with field application issues as needed.
Develop technical documents to support field sales on air handling application topics.
Work with marketing to define selection and pricing software requirements.
Determine appropriate techniques, procedures, and theories for analysis, design, and research of air handling products.
Use complex problem-solving skills that require ingenuity and creativity.
Review and analyze engineering rules and documents as necessary.
Recommend cost savings and value engineering alternatives for Air Handling Units and systems.
Provide technical direction to other engineers, drafters, or technicians on assigned work.
Prepare, check, and coordinate the release of documentation for Custom Air Handling products.
Apply concurrent engineering principles to product requirements and manufacturing processes.
Conduct feasibility studies and systems analysis for new applications.
How you will do it
- You will own each assignment through to resolution, working with safety, integrity, and accountability.
- You will stay close to the work by partnering directly with field sales and cross-functional teams to remove obstacles for customers.
- You will use candor, structured analysis, and continuous improvement to solve technical issues and improve processes.
- You will win as one team by sharing information clearly, building trust, and respecting different perspectives across engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and service.
- You will balance technical accuracy with practical recommendations that support customer needs, manufacturability, and cost effectiveness.
- You will communicate clearly, document decisions carefully, and keep work moving across functions.
What We Look For
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- 1-4 years of experience, or recent graduate experience aligned to the role.
- Design experience with AutoCAD and/or Inventor.
- Ability to support onsite work in York, PA, or Hattiesburg, MS, with commuting access to one of these locations or willingness to relocate.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical partners.
- Experience with Air Handling Units, Air Handling Systems, or custom HVAC application support.
- Exposure to AHU selection and pricing software.
- Familiarity with Basis of Design, value engineering, or concurrent engineering concepts.
- Experience supporting customer visits, factory tours, or field sales teams.
Why Join Us
This role gives you the opportunity to work on technical problems that directly support customers and the field sales organization. You will collaborate across engineering, manufacturing, marketing, customer service, and technical support while building experience in custom air handling products. Relocation packages are available for eligible candidates.
If you are ready to apply your mechanical engineering skills in a hands-on, collaborative environment, we encourage you to submit your application.
HIRING SALARY RANGE: $69,000.00 - $108,000.00 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.) This role offers a competitive Bonus plan that will take into account individual, group, and corporate performance. This position includes a competitive benefits package. The posted salary range reflects the target compensation for this role. However, we recognize that exceptional candidates may bring unique skills and experiences that exceed the typical profile. If you believe your background warrants consideration beyond the stated range, we encourage you to apply. To support an efficient and fair hiring process, we may use technology assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to help identify and evaluate candidates. All hiring decisions are ultimately made by human reviewers. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site at About us - Johnson Controls Careers
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
- 1-4 years of experience or recent graduate experience aligned to the role
- Design experience with AutoCAD and/or Inventor
- Ability to work onsite in York, PA, or Hattiesburg, MS, with commuting access or willingness to relocate
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical partners
- Experience with Air Handling Units, Air Handling Systems, or custom HVAC application support
- Exposure to AHU selection and pricing software
- Familiarity with Basis of Design, value engineering, or concurrent engineering concepts
- Experience supporting customer visits, factory tours, or field sales teams
Johnson Controls Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Johnson Controls and has not been reviewed or approved by Johnson Controls.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a meaningful part of the package through employer 401(k) matching, repeatedly framed as a strong pillar of the overall rewards mix. The matching contribution is described with specific match levels in multiple places, reinforcing perceived value for long-term saving.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is presented as comparatively robust, with multiple paid holiday categories, vacation time, and sick time described as generous or “amazing” in places. Paid time off breadth appears to be a consistent contributor to total rewards attractiveness beyond base pay.
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Flexible Benefits — Benefits are described as broad and customizable, spanning standard medical/dental/vision plus optional add-ons like pet insurance, identity protection, and legal support. Tuition reimbursement is repeatedly highlighted as a high-value option supporting professional development.
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What We Do
At Johnson Controls, we transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play. From optimizing building performance to improving safety and enhancing comfort, we drive the outcomes that matter most. Dedicated to protecting the environment, we deliver our promise in industries such as healthcare, education, data centers and manufacturing. With a global team of 100,000 experts in more than 150 countries and over 130 years of innovation, we are the power behind our customers’ mission. Our leading portfolio of building technology and solutions includes some of the most trusted names in the industry, such as Tyco®, York®, Metasys®, Ruskin®, Titus®, Frick®, Penn®, Sabroe®, Simplex®, Ansul® and Grinnell®.
