HVAC Engineering Manager

Are you our new HVAC Engineering Manager?

About The Position The position reports to the Managing Director Novenco AS (Norway) and is a member of the Leader Team. The position requires occasional international travel. The working location is at Novenco AS, Trollåsen, Norway. Novenco AS is the Norwegian entity of the Novenco Marine & Offshore group.

This is a leadership role with responsibility for people, performance and competence development. The HVAC Engineering Department currently employs 11 engineers.

We are looking for an HVAC Engineering Manager who can develop people, build a high-performing HVAC engineering organization, and drive the delivery and continuous development of competitive HVAC solutions and products aligned with our business goals.

The role is central to developing the engineering capabilities, technical solutions and products needed to support growth in offshore, defence, marine and future nuclear and data center markets.

We are looking for a leader with strong people management experience, relevant education, and solid HVAC engineering and product expertise from industries similar to Novenco.

The position will be part of Novenco Marine & Offshore technical committees which cooperate across the sites in Norway, Denmark and China with the goal to continuously develop and improve the group performance.

You must identify with our values and live by them in your daily work:

Customer Focus, Commitment, Performance, Cooperation, Respect.

Tasks And Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the HVAC Engineering Department and its people
• Build HVAC engineering and product competences to support current and future markets
• Ensure competitive, efficient and customer-focused HVAC engineering and product deliverables aligned with our strategy and business goals
• Participate in Novenco Marine & Offshore’s technical committees as found relevant

Qualifications

• Relevant formal education, e.g. Bachelor's/Master's degree
• Proven experience leading technical teams within marine, offshore, defence or related industries
• Strong HVAC engineering and product competences
• Experience delivering engineering work in project-based organizations
• Commercial understanding
• Experience from international and multidisciplinary environments is an advantage
• Fluent English, both written and spoken

Personal Qualifications

• Motivated by developing people, building teams and creating strong performance cultures
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
• Comfortable with setting expectations, goals and following up
• Curious, open-minded and able to quickly understand complex technical and organizational matters
• Interest in new technology
• Customer focused
• Confident and resilient in driving change

We Offer

• At Novenco, you will have opportunities for both professional and personal development.
• Our Leadership Team is committed to developing people through goal setting, follow-up, support, feedback, training and coaching.
• We offer long-term career opportunities within an international organization.
• Our location at Rosenholm Campus offers a new and modern workplace with a good canteen, conference center, gym and indoor parking facilities with electric car charging. The office is within a 10 minute walk from the train station.
• Flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home.
• A positive, collaborative, and social work environment.

Please submit your application through our Career site as soon as possible and no later than 31st of August 2026 .

About Novenco Marine & Offshore Since 1947, Novenco Marine & Offshore has been at the forefront of HVAC+R solutions, providing top-tier systems for offshore oil & gas, offshore wind, naval defence and selected marine sectors.

With a rich legacy originating in Denmark, and with our own factories, we have grown to employ more than 200 skilled professionals worldwide.

At Novenco Marine & Offshore, we pride ourselves in understanding and meeting our customers’ needs through commitment, performance, cooperation and respect in all parts of our processes, from Business Development to Sales, Project Execution, Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing and Aftermarket. Our employees are our most valued assets and key to our customers’ and Novenco’s success!

Our Mission : We provide reliable HVAC+R solutions adapted to our customers’ needs through our committed organization.

Our Vision : We are recognized as the no. 1 HVAC+R partner in all the markets we serve.

Novenco Marine & Offshore operates through companies in Denmark (office), China (office and factories) and Norway (office and factory).

Novenco Marine & Offshore is owned by Hi Air Korea, which has offices and factories in Korea.

Novenco AS is ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001 certified.