Project Coordinator

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Project Engineer to join our team at Smith Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing. As a key member of our project team, you will be responsible for coordinating all technical activities on assigned projects, ensuring effective communication and coordination between all disciplines and project team members.

• Assist Project Manager with take-off, estimating, change directive pricing, job cost forecasting, billings, close-out documentation, prospecting, and new bid support.
• Assist Project Manager in writing proposals, letters, memos, subcontracts, change orders, and other documents related to project execution.
• Manage internal department relationships, including accounting, purchasing, engineering, construction, fabrication shops, legal, and other stakeholders.
• Conduct site surveys, identify opportunities for improvement, and gather necessary data regarding energy use, building functions, utility capacity, and structural characteristics.
• Develop preliminary designs for comprehensive budget/price development.
• Utilize Smith MEP standard Engineering technologies, provide technical support for the construction effort, and participate in planning and design, interpretation of design, value engineering, and alternate solution reviews.
• Collaborate with the Purchasing Department regarding scope, price, submittals, and delivery for purchased items. Coordinate installation procedures among Engineering, Construction, and other stakeholders.
• Manage job progress onsite, leveraging design expertise to solve emergent operational and installation challenges.
• Oversee and/or process daily administrative items, including document control, RFIs, dailies, POs, MOPs, submittals, procurement logs, and other project-related tasks.
• Coordinate project personnel activities to ensure project progress on schedule and on budget.
• Escalate potential problems and assist the Sr. Project Manager in driving solutions to their complete resolution.
• Maintain, develop, and grow viable relationships with customers, prime contractors, trade partners, subcontractors, suppliers, and trade personnel.

• BS in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field. Concentration in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering is preferred, or 3-5 years of industry experience or a combination of experience and education.
• High sense of integrity, business ethics, and professionalism.
• Strong organizational and time management abilities.
• Proficiency and proven success in interpersonal relationship building skills and positive customer service interactions.
• Excellent oral and written business communication skills, including the ability to listen and follow directions.

• Proactivity/Initiative: Recognizes and anticipates 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/Will 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.

(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.)

• Sit and stand; use hands and fingers to operate computer, tablet, keyboard, and/or telephone; grasp, handle, and/or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear.
• Walk and stand; climb and balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl (for purposes of assisting with project job walks and site inspections).
• Lift, push, pull, carry, and/or move up to 10 pounds, and occasionally up to 30 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision and Distance vision.
• Maintain regular and routine attendance.

This is a non-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, with a minimum thirty-minute and maximum one-hour break for lunch, and two rest breaks. Occasional overtime may be necessary per business needs.

0 - 5% of the time to and from the assigned office location to regional branch offices and/or to project/customer site(s).

$38.46 to $52.88 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.

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

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ACCO will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment.