Procurement Engineer

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Project Integration & Communication: Serves as the primary liaison between the project team, ACCO departments (Purchasing, Fleet, Logistics, Accounts Payable), and all external suppliers. Participates in project meetings to keep the team informed on procurement needs and potential delays, and assists ACCO personnel in a professional and timely manner.
• On-Site Setup & Administration: Manages jobsite setup, including office trailers and essential services. Creates and maintains procurement logs.
• Budget & Procurement Management: Oversees the budget and buyout for all project equipment, materials, and services, ensuring timely ordering and managing submittal requests. Negotiates with vendors to ensure competitive pricing and availability, processes purchase orders and change orders, and tracks equipment release and delivery against project schedules.
• Invoice & Financial Management: Manages the Medius queue, validates invoice pricing, and reviews change order requests. Confirms receipt of all invoiced items. Prepares invoice packages as directed for purposes of billing or other project-specific needs and verifies prices against POs and supporting documentation.
• P.O. & Subcontract Management: Ensures accurate committed costs and manages the timely execution of subcontracts. Oversees subcontractor enrollment in project-specific programs and can issue subcontracts in unique situations.
• Equipment Rental Management: Utilizes existing agreements or negotiates new ones for equipment rental. Performs rent vs. buy analysis and tracks equipment on rent to ensure accurate charges.
• Supplier Management: Acts as a conduit for project needs to ACCO's supplier base, finds solutions and resolves issues like credit holds or payment problems. Coordinates returns and credit memos, maintains professional relationships with vendors, and keeps updated authorized vendor lists. Handles warranty items and core credits.
• Logistics Support: Sources and manages transportation suppliers for project needs. Oversees costs throughout the project duration.
• Project Close Out: Validates all PO/subcontract values and ensures all invoices are submitted and paid. Manages the closeout of open commitments to reconcile job costs.

Position Requirements

• Strong verbal communication and listening skills, both over the phone and in person.
• Strong business writing skills, including the use of proper grammar and terminology.
• Ability to demonstrate high customer service skills.
• Ability to organize large amounts of information while maintaining attention to detail.
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in a related position or industry.
• H.S. Diploma or equivalent.
• College course in a related field (Business, Economics, Management) is preferred.
• Proficiency in Invoice Processing & Finvari Support or single emphasis point of AFE, Online Accounts, Misapplied Costs, Bidtracer Contact Management, Diverse Businesses, SQM, IT Support, or ACCO Online Store within the first 4 weeks.
• Working knowledge of H.V.A.C. parts and equipment required.
• Knowledge of local manufacturers' representatives and dealers.
• Knowledge of local contractors including electrical, general, crane, etc.
• Ability to demonstrate accuracy and a detail-oriented approach to data entry.
• Proficient-plus level user of MS Excel and MS Word.

Physical Requirements

• The employee may regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision and Distance vision.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• The employee is regularly required to walk and sit, as well as climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl (for purposes of assisting with project job walks and site inspections).
• The employee is occasionally required to reach above shoulder height to access storage cabinets and shelves.

About Us

ACCO Engineered Systems is one of the largest mechanical contractors in the country. Since 1934, owners and builders have selected ACCO to design, install, and maintain more than 250,000 mechanical projects. ACCO is dedicated to the design, fabrication, installation, maintenance and service of commercial and industrial HVAC, refrigeration, plumbing, process piping, and building automation systems. Whether your project is a low or high-rise office building, a shopping mall, hospital, semi-conductor fabrication facility or pharmaceutical manufacturing plant…ACCO can design, build, install, and maintain a mechanical system to meet your needs. Here at ACCO, we are a part of something bigger. Just ask our customers: California Academy of Sciences, L.A. Live, and San Francisco 49ers Stadium. While we have been around for 80+ years, we continue to grow at a dynamic pace. And we are looking for talented individuals to join our team.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination and harassment. We are proud to hire U.S. Military Veterans, and those qualified are encouraged to apply. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and will consider requests for reasonable accommodation.