Project Engineer

Job Summary

This position will collaborate closely with a dedicated Project Manager, reporting to the Sales Manager, and be responsible for the technical coordination of assigned projects. This includes fostering clear and consistent communication among all disciplines and project team members, including clients, architects, and vendors. This role offers the opportunity to further hone your expertise in estimating, scheduling, and design within our dynamic design-built construction process, leveraging the latest technologies and BIM methodologies.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Draft and manage critical project documentation, including proposals, letters, memos, subcontracts, change orders, RFIs, submittals, procurement logs, and shop drawings.
• Organize and participate in essential internal and external project meetings, including project kickoffs, BIM coordination, and scheduling reviews.
• Perform material takeoffs, solicit vendor and subcontractor quotes, compile comprehensive bid estimates, and assemble change order packages.
• Interpret complex technical plans and specifications to monitor onsite job progress, enforce quality control, and resolve emergent installation challenges.
• Execute vendor and subcontractor buyouts, manage procurement tracking, and oversee the successful delivery of purchased items.
• Track installations, forecast labor requirements, review invoices, and develop client billings to maintain project budget integrity.
• Lead comprehensive job closeout efforts, including the compilation and submission of O&Ms, commissioning documentation, as-builts, and warranty processing.
• Partner closely with the Project Management team to report on budget and timeline impacts, escalating potential issues early to drive solutions to resolution.
• Leverage standard engineering technologies to provide technical support, participate in design planning, and conduct value engineering and alternate solution reviews.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with external partners (customers, prime contractors, suppliers) and cross-functional internal departments (Construction, Fabrication, Accounting, Legal).

Position Requirements (Work Experience, Skills, Licenses, Etc.)

• Experience and Career Progression: Progression from Project Engineer I to Project Engineer II, III, or a Senior role is based on performance, experience, and demonstrated leadership potential.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project).
• Experience preferred in Business Systems Software (JDE, IFS, BidTracer, FastEst, Bluebeam, Box, Smartsheet, etc.).

ACCO Competencies

• Proactivity/Initiative: Recognizes what needs to be done and accomplishes it in a manner appropriate for one’s level/position and with minimal supervision.
• Perseverance: Shows wherewithal to fight for difficult goals despite challenges and to bounce back from adversity.
• Motivation/Dedication: Commits to excellence in pursuing unselfish goals. Initiates action with collective goals, takes responsibility, and shows personal humility.
• Technical Curiosity/Willingness to Learn: Interest in seeking out new experiences, knowledge, and candid feedback; demonstrating an openness to learning and change.
• Insight: The ability to gather and make sense of information that suggests new possibilities.
• Engagement: Shows a knack for using emotion and logic to communicate a persuasive vision and connect with people.
• People Skills: Is approachable and gains the mutual trust and respect of others. Understands people’s strengths & weaknesses and actively seeks to understand other perspectives.
• Communication: Fosters open, honest, candid and respectful communication. Effectively assesses, defines and communicates issues in a timely manner, both written and verbal.
• Teamwork: The ability to effectively work toward common goals with others by supporting, encouraging, and sharing information in an authentic and approachable manner.
• Big Picture: Understands and contributes to the organizations’ short- and long-term business strategy. On a personal level has independently developed a vision for short- and long-term career success.
• Problem-Solver: Ability to identify, analyze, and solve problems in support of personnel, group, department, or organizational objectives.
• Execution: Effectively takes a vision and translates into action by including the right people. Identify and remove barriers, when possible, to achieve results. Demonstrates appropriate compromise, effective time management, prioritization practices and holds team members (including themselves) accountable for their performance/conduct.
• Professionalism: Respectfully observes and challenges the status quo with intent for improvement. Can take direction, accept feedback, and take full responsibility for their actions. Lead by example through positive influence and ethical leadership with consideration of the entire organization.

Competitive Wages

$28.84 to $57.69 per hour. Applicants please note that actual compensation is determined by several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, certifications, relevant education or training, and specific work location, among others. The offered wage or salary is only one aspect of an employee's total compensation. We also offer educational, skill development, and leadership opportunities, as well as competitive benefit plans including, medical, dental, vision, 401K, and eligibility to participate in our 100% employee-stock ownership plan.

About Us

Why join ACCO? 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.

What's great about working at ACCO?

• We're a big enough company to be the leader in HVAC mechanical contracting in California and the Southwest U.S., but as a 100% employee-owned ESOP, we're a private company with a family-oriented feel.
• Several of our employees have worked at ACCO for twenty-five, thirty, and even over forty years!
• Together, the employees of ACCO are comprised of intelligent, dedicated, and entrepreneurial team members who put customers first and enjoy what they do.

Equal Employment Opportunity is The Law.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we strive to create a diverse workforce.

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