At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead innovative BMS and IBMS projects from concept to completion.
- Company: Join Johnson Controls, a global leader in smart building solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career progression, and ongoing professional development.
- Other info: Collaborative culture focused on safety, wellbeing, and sustainability.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on Australia's most advanced building automation projects.
- Qualifications: Experience in Building Automation and Controls with strong project management skills.
The predicted salary is between 94500 - 115500 $ per year.
Join a Global Leader Shaping the Future of Smart Buildings. At Johnson Controls, we're transforming how the world's buildings perform. As a global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, we help customers optimise energy use, reduce carbon emissions, and enhance operational resilience across some of the world's most critical environments, including data centres, healthcare facilities, pharmaceutical manufacturing, universities, commercial towers, and advanced industrial sites.
Due to continued growth and a strong pipeline of major projects, we are seeking an experienced Project Manager - BMS to join our Scoresby team. This is an excellent opportunity for a high-performing BMS professional who enjoys taking ownership of complex automation and controls projects from concept through to commissioning and handover.
Working across a diverse portfolio of commercial, healthcare, industrial, education, and mission-critical facilities, you'll play a key role in delivering innovative Building Management System (BMS) and Integrated Building Management System (IBMS) solutions that improve building performance, energy efficiency, and occupant experience. You will be supported by one of the industry's most experienced engineering and service teams while enjoying the autonomy and visibility that comes with leading major projects.
What You'll Be Doing
- Managing the full project lifecycle, including design, engineering, procurement, installation, commissioning, and handover.
- Leading multi-disciplinary teams to achieve project milestones, financial targets, and customer outcomes.
- Building strong relationships with clients, consultants, contractors, and internal stakeholders.
- Managing project budgets, forecasting, schedules, resources, and contract deliverables.
- Overseeing FAT, SAT, commissioning activities, system optimisation, and technical handovers.
- Ensuring compliance with customer specifications, quality standards, and regulatory requirements.
- Driving project safety performance and maintaining a strong safety-first culture.
- Preparing project documentation, reports, risk assessments, and QA deliverables.
- Identifying opportunities to improve standardisation, efficiency, and delivery excellence.
- Acting as a trusted technical advisor throughout the project lifecycle.
What You'll Bring
- Electrical, HVAC, Controls, Automation, or Engineering qualifications.
- Demonstrated experience delivering BMS, BAS, or IBMS projects within commercial buildings, healthcare, industrial, education, or critical infrastructure environments.
- Strong knowledge of Building Automation Systems, controls architecture, and system integration.
- Experience with HVAC plant, including chillers, boilers, AHUs, and energy optimisation strategies.
- Knowledge of networking, IT infrastructure, BACnet, Modbus, and other building systems communication protocols.
- Experience leading FAT, SAT, commissioning, and building tuning activities.
- Strong commercial acumen with experience managing budgets, profitability, and project risks.
- Excellent stakeholder management and customer engagement skills.
- A proactive, solutions-focused approach and commitment to delivering exceptional customer outcomes.
Why Johnson Controls?
This is more than just another BMS project management role. At Johnson Controls, you'll have the opportunity to work on some of Australia's most technically advanced building automation projects while building a long-term career with a global industry leader.
What we offer:
- A strong pipeline of high-profile projects across Victoria.
- Opportunities to work on data centres, healthcare, education, commercial and critical infrastructure projects.
- Career progression into Program Management, Senior Leadership, Engineering Management, or Technical Specialist pathways.
- Access to industry-leading technology, products, and global expertise.
- Ongoing professional development, technical training, and certifications.
- A collaborative and supportive team culture.
- Competitive salary package, tools of trade, and employee benefits.
- A genuine commitment to safety, wellbeing, diversity, and sustainability.
Ready to Take the Next Step? If you're an experienced BMS Project Manager, Senior BMS Engineer, Building Automation Specialist, or Controls Professional looking to work on industry-leading projects with a globally recognised organisation, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now and help create smarter, safer, and more sustainable buildings with Johnson Controls.
Senior BMS/IBMS Project Manager in Melbourne employer: Johnson Controls, Inc.
At Johnson Controls, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in Brisbane where innovation meets sustainability. Our commitment to employee growth is evident through world-class training and leadership development opportunities, fostering a supportive and collaborative culture that empowers our team members. Join us to lead a high-performing service team in the HVAC and Chiller industry, while making a meaningful impact on energy performance and customer satisfaction.
