Construction and installations

Plumbing and HVAC works manager CV: example and template

This example is for plumbing and HVAC works managers at installation contractors and general contractors on hospital, office, hotel and housing projects, and for building services engineers with new qualifications.

The employer wants to know which qualifications you hold, which installations you run, on which buildings, how you coordinate crews and how you prepare tests and acceptance. We show you how to describe this on your CV.

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Example CV: plumbing and HVAC works manager

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Krzysztof Ziolkowski

Plumbing and HVAC works manager

Poznan +48 123 456 789 krzysztof.ziolkowski@example.com

Professional profile

Plumbing and HVAC works manager with 11 years in installations, holding qualifications for 6 years in the installation speciality for heating, ventilation, gas, water and drainage networks, installations and equipment without restrictions. I manage building services works on hospital and hotel projects, run up to 8 crews and subcontractors and prepare tests and acceptance. I completed my last project, a regional hospital, with the building services acceptance on time.

Work experience

Plumbing and HVAC works manager

02.2020 - present

Installation contractor, Poznan

  • Installations in a new hospital building: ventilation and air conditioning, water, drainage, medical gases and fire protection systems.
  • Coordinating 8 crews and 3 subcontractors, up to 60 people on site.
  • Pressure tests, balancing and commissioning with equipment suppliers.
  • Building services acceptance on time, as-built documentation.
  • Site diary entries, quantity surveys and settlements with the general contractor.

Building services engineer

06.2014 - 01.2020

General contractor, Wroclaw

  • Supervising installations in residential buildings.
  • Coordination with other trades.
  • Professional practice towards qualifications.

Education

Master's degree, environmental engineering

2009 - 2014

Poznan University of Technology

Skills

  • Managing plumbing and HVAC works
  • Ventilation and air conditioning
  • Water, drainage and gas installations
  • Tests, balancing and commissioning
  • Acceptance and documentation
  • Coordinating crews and subcontractors

Qualifications

  • Building qualifications in the installation speciality for heating, ventilation, gas, water and drainage networks, installations and equipment without restrictions
  • Member of the Polish Chamber of Civil Engineers
  • Medical gas installations training, 2021

Languages

  • English: B2

Additional information

  • Driving licence category B

I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for the purposes necessary to carry out the recruitment process, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR).

How to write a plumbing and HVAC works manager CV

Professional summary

Start with your qualifications and their full scope and write which installations you run and on which buildings. Add the number of crews and the acceptance results. The employer is looking for someone who will take the building services trade from installation through tests to commissioning and acceptance.

Building services engineer with 5 years of experience at a general contractor and new qualifications. I supervise ventilation and water installations in residential buildings and coordinate the trades. I am looking for work as a plumbing and HVAC works manager.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe the buildings, types of installations, crews, tests, commissioning and acceptance. Show deadlines and results. Add your work with equipment suppliers and other trades.

Weaker: Building services installations.

Better: Installations in a new hospital building: ventilation and air conditioning, water, drainage, medical gases and fire protection systems.

Weaker: Crews.

Better: Coordinating 8 crews and 3 subcontractors, up to 60 people on site.

Weaker: Tests.

Better: Pressure tests, balancing and commissioning with equipment suppliers.

Skills worth listing

List the types of installations, tests, balancing, commissioning, acceptance and coordination. In your soft skills show organisation, decisiveness and work with other trades.

Professional skills

  • Ventilation and air conditioning
  • Water and drainage
  • Gas
  • Tests and commissioning
  • Acceptance
  • Crews

Personal skills

  • Organisation
  • Decisiveness
  • Work with other trades
  • Responsibility
  • Accuracy

Qualifications

List your building qualifications with their full scope, your chamber membership and training in special installations, for example medical gases or fire suppression systems.

Your first project as a plumbing and HVAC works manager

Once you have your qualifications, describe your professional practice, the buildings and the installations from your time as an engineer.

Add the tests and commissioning you work on. They show you will take the trade through to acceptance.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

A hospital project looks for special installations and large-scale coordination, a housing project for repeatable installations and deadlines, and an industrial site for process installations. Move to the top what the job ad is about.

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Questions and answers

What should a plumbing and HVAC works manager put on a CV?

Qualifications, buildings, installations, crews, tests, commissioning, acceptance and settlements.

Which qualifications are needed?

Building qualifications in the installation speciality for heating, ventilation, gas, water and drainage installations.

Is it worth listing special installations?

Yes, experience with medical gases or fire suppression systems is rare and valued.

How does a plumbing and HVAC works manager differ from a plumber?

A plumber installs the systems, and the works manager runs the whole building services trade on site and holds qualifications.

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