Project Manager

Job Description

General Job Description:

The Project Manager is expected to develop and maintain a client base, manage HVAC/plumbing/process sales, and coordinate the field labor needs for each project in conjunction with field leadership. The Project Manager will use judgment and discretion in representing the company. They are expected to show a high level of commitment and involvement with their work and the company's business.

Supervises: None

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Project Management

• The Project Manager is the single-source responsibility to ACCO and the customer.
• Perform all project management functions required to promote and finalize sales, including concept engineering, complete estimates, written proposals, meetings, leading to successful job completion.
• Successful management of contracts, including sales, estimating, procurement, and execution.
• Coordination of field labor and installation sequencing between the customer and ACCO's field leadership.

Understand financial aspects of the job

• Forecasting, prepare budget projections and control costs within agreed upon limits.
• Provide letters, proposals, memos, contracts, change orders, and strategies for good business procedures and legal protection.
• Billing, while maintaining a clear understanding of job costs.

Build and manage relationships with internal and external customers

• External Client Relations - Leadership of client meetings and the development of contracts to finalize sales. Maintain cordial relationships with all clients, including vendors, subcontractors and the industry.
• Internal Team Coordination - Provide project coordination, leadership and guidance of all ACCO departmental efforts including Engineering, Purchasing, Accounting, Construction and Service during project construction in a timely manner.
• Contribute to special studies, committees, etc. as directed by your supervisor to advance ACCO's technical abilities in engineering, planning and estimating, installation procedures, and related areas.

Effective communication with internal and external customers

• Consult with appropriate ACCO personnel including all Management and Department Heads.
• Attend all ACCO Project Management Sales and Construction Meetings.
• Schedule and coordinate construction project kickoff meetings with department heads and supervisors.

Utilize internal resources to the fullest extent necessary to meet the customer requirements

• The Project Manager utilizes and coordinates staff from all departments, as needed, for each project. During the life of a project, the Project Manager provides project leadership and coordinates employees assigned to the project by department supervisors to achieve the project vision and contracted scope associated with the customer requirements.
• Mentoring - Act as a mentor to others assigned by your supervisor and actively participate in recruiting, training, and coaching of sales staff to support department initiatives and growth.
• Other duties and special assignments as directed by your supervisor or upper management to accomplish mutually agreed upon goals.

Position Requirements:

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or related field (preferred).
• 5+ years of experience in estimating, design, and/or management of HVAC projects from $50,000 to $25+ million.
• Ability to operate independently and autonomously to facilitate goals outlined by your supervisor.
• Demonstrate a corresponding high sense of integrity.
• Demonstrated experience/ability to develop new business.
• Strong interpersonal and project management abilities, employing strong organizational skills to respond successfully to a high volume of issues.
• Maintain a community presence in an industry-based or community-based organization.
• 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 the wherewithal to fight for difficult goals despite challenges and to bounce back from adversity.
• 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.
• 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 organizations' short- and long-term business strategy. On a personal level has independently developed a vision for short- and long-term career success.
• 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.
• Problem-Solver: Ability to identify, analyze, and solve a problem in support of personal, group, department, or organizational objectives.

Physical Requirements:

(The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 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 talk or hear.
• The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
• The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, especially when conducting job site walks.
• Must possess & maintain a valid Class C driver's license and have the ability to drive a vehicle.
• Regular and routine attendance

Typical hours: Monday to Friday, starting as early as 6:00 am and ending at 7:00 pm.

Travel: Based on business needs to and from the primary office to regional branch offices & job sites. Varying work in varying locations.

Competitive Wages:

$110,520 to $147,360 Annual Salary. 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.

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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 is that 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.


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