Project Engineer

ACCO Engineered Systems; Santa Barbara (CA); On-site; USD 41,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee-owned ESOP

Veteran friendly hiring

Job summary

ACCO Engineered Systems in Santa Barbara, CA, is seeking a capable Project Coordinator to support multimillion-dollar commercial MEP projects. You will act as a key communication link among internal teams, customers, and vendors, helping with estimating, scheduling, and design within a design-build framework.

You will liaise with departments, assist Purchasing with scope and timing, and oversee installation coordination.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• 3–5 years of industry experience or a combination of experience and education.
• Educational concentration in Mechanical Engineering is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Project Manager in liaising with internal departments, including accounting, purchasing, engineering, construction, fabrication shops, and legal.
• Coordinate purchasing scope, pricing, submittals, and delivery timelines for items.
• Coordinate installation procedures among Engineering, Construction, and other stakeholders.
• Oversee onsite job progress and resolve operational and installation challenges in real time.
• Direct daily administrative workflows including Document Control, RFIs, daily logs, POs, MOPs, submittals, and procurement logs.
• Coordinate personnel activities, plan workflows, and track labor, materials, and deliveries to keep projects on schedule and within budget.
• Identify and elevate project risks and drive solutions with the Project Manager.
• Build relationships with customers, contractors, suppliers, and field personnel through OAC, kickoff, and foreman meetings.

Skills

Integrity

Organization

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Education

BS in Engineering/Construction Mgmt

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Under the direct supervision of the Sales Manager and the daily guidance of an assigned Project Manager, you will coordinate all technical activities for multimillion-dollar commercial MEP projects. This role serves as a key communication link between all internal disciplines, external customers, and vendors. Within the design-build construction process, you will continue to develop your skills across estimating, scheduling, and design while ensuring seamless cross-functional coordination.

• Assist the Project Manager in liaising with internal departments, including accounting, purchasing, engineering, construction, fabrication shops, and legal.
• Partner with Purchasing to manage scope, pricing, submittals, and delivery timelines for all purchased items.
• Coordinate installation procedures among Engineering, Construction, and other stakeholders.
• Oversee onsite job progress, leveraging design expertise to resolve emergent operational and installation challenges in real-time.
• Direct daily administrative workflows including Document Control, RFIs, daily logs, POs, MOPs, submittals, and procurement logs, per the Project Manager's direction.
• Coordinate personnel activities, plan workflows, and track labor, materials, and deliveries to ensure projects progress on schedule and within budget.
• Identify and elevate potential project risks, collaborating with the Project Manager to drive solutions to complete resolution.
• Cultivate strong relationships with customers, contractors, suppliers, and field personnel by driving OAC meetings, kickoff, and foreman meetings while actively managing subcontractors to ensure project standards are met.
• Other tasks and duties as assigned.

Job Summary

Under the direct supervision of the Sales Manager and the daily guidance of an assigned Project Manager, you will coordinate all technical activities for multimillion-dollar commercial MEP projects. This role serves as a key communication link between all internal disciplines, external customers, and vendors. Within the design-build construction process, you will continue to develop your skills across estimating, scheduling, and design while ensuring seamless cross-functional coordination.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Assist the Project Manager in liaising with internal departments, including accounting, purchasing, engineering, construction, fabrication shops, and legal.
• Partner with Purchasing to manage scope, pricing, submittals, and delivery timelines for all purchased items.
• Coordinate installation procedures among Engineering, Construction, and other stakeholders.
• Oversee onsite job progress, leveraging design expertise to resolve emergent operational and installation challenges in real-time.
• Direct daily administrative workflows including Document Control, RFIs, daily logs, POs, MOPs, submittals, and procurement logs, per the Project Manager's direction.
• Coordinate personnel activities, plan workflows, and track labor, materials, and deliveries to ensure projects progress on schedule and within budget.
• Identify and elevate potential project risks, collaborating with the Project Manager to drive solutions to complete resolution.
• Cultivate strong relationships with customers, contractors, suppliers, and field personnel by driving OAC meetings, kickoff, and foreman meetings while actively managing subcontractors to ensure project standards are met.
• Other tasks and duties as assigned.

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

• High sense of integrity, business ethics & 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.

Required

Education and Experience

• BS in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field
• 3-5 years of industry experience or a combination of experience and education

Desired

• Educational concentration in Mechanical Engineering

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.

Job Responsibility Level

No direct reports

Travel Requirements

Travel required 0-15% of the time to other office locations.

Hours

This is a non-exempt position from Monday through Friday. Work hours begin and end between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm with a one-hour break for lunch and two rest breaks. Eight hours per day is required and other occasional overtime may be necessary for business needs

Physical Demands

• Must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 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.

Competitive Wages

$30-$55 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.

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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