Project Manager, Fire Protection

Job Description

The Project Manager is expected to develop and maintain a client base, manage sales, and coordinate the field labor needs for each project in conjunction with field leadership. The Project Manager will use judgement 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.

Serve as the single point of responsibility and main contact for both the business and the customer throughout the project lifecycle.

Perform all project management functions to promote and finalize sales, including concept engineering, estimating, creating written proposals, and leading meetings.

Successfully manage all aspects of contracts, including sales, estimating, procurement, and execution as well as coordinate field labor and installation sequencing between the customer and field leadership.

Manage financial aspects of the job by forecasting, preparing budget projections, controlling costs, billing, and monitoring job costs.

Generate essential documentation for good business procedures and legal protection, including letters, proposals, memos, contracts, and change orders.

Build and maintain cordial relationships with external clients, vendors, subcontractors, and industry partners.

Provide internal leadership and project coordination across all departments, including Engineering, Purchasing, Accounting, Construction, and Service.

Provide leadership and coordinate assigned staff across all internal departments throughout the project lifecycle to successfully deliver the contracted scope and meet customer requirements.

Lead effective communication by consulting with management, attending sales and construction meetings, and coordinating pre-construction kickoff meetings.

Act as a mentor by recruiting, training, and coaching staff, while contributing to special studies, committees, and other duties directed by management.

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.

BS in Mechanical Engineering or related field

5+ years of experience in estimating, design, and/or management of HVAC projects from $50,000 to $25+ million

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.

No direct reports

Travel required 5-30% of the time to other office locations and job sites.

This is an exempt position. Workdays are scheduled from Monday through Friday. Typically, work hours begin and end between 7:00 am and 5:00 pm as scheduled with the position's supervisor. Work outside of regular hours may occasionally be necessary to meet business needs.

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 ability to adjust focus.

Prolonged sitting.

Frequently required to reach with hands and arms.

Occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch.

$110,520 to $147,360 annually. 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.

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.

ACCO IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AA M/F/V/D.

We proudly hire U.S. Military Veterans, and those qualified are encouraged to apply.

Equal Employment Opportunity is The Law.|Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision

ACCO will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment.

Notice to Outside Recruiters: Hiring managers are not authorized to review or accept recruiting agreements from any outside recruiting agencies. Outside recruiting agencies should not submit unsolicited resumes without signing the company's recruiting agreement.

Job Info

Job Identification 6535

Job Category Project Management

Posting Date 02/04/2026, 05:47 PM

Job Schedule Full time

Locations Temecula, CA, United States Commerce, CA, United States Costa Mesa, CA, United States Pasadena, CA, United States San Diego, CA, United States