Service Project Coordinator

ACCO Engineered Systems; Cypress (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

ACCO Engineered Systems in California seeks a Project Coordinator to provide administrative support for Service Sales Engineers, Project Management, and Plumbing Field Team. You will act as a bridge between Dispatch, Field, and clients to ensure smooth project execution.

Responsibilities include coordinating schedules, parts, and communications; maintaining CRM records; handling escalated service tickets; and onboarding new hires.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating service projects and client communications.
• Ability to manage multiple escalated tickets and maintain timelines.
• Strong organizational and record-keeping skills.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of escalated or complex service tickets and route them to appropriate teams.
• Serve as the single point of contact for clients needing multi-step service or project fulfillment.
• Coordinate schedules, parts, resources, and communications between field technicians, internal departments, and vendors.
• Monitor project timelines to prevent delays and ensure deliverables are met.
• Maintain accurate records in the CRM and project management systems.

Skills

Project coordination

Customer service

Scheduling

CRM management

Tools

CRM software

MS Office

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Under the direction of the Sales Manager and assigned Project Manager(s), this position is responsible for providing administrative support for the Service Sales Engineers, Project Management Team, and Plumbing Field Team.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Schedule and Route Optimization

• The Project Coordinator acts as the dedicated bridge between Dispatch, the Field, and our Clients. Call centers and dispatch teams are built for speed, volume, and immediate routing; they get bogged down when forced to manage multi-step, ongoing issues. This role takes ownership of those escalated, long-term, or high-tier requests, providing "white-glove" oversight to ensure complex jobs are executed flawlessly from intake to completion.

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of escalated or complex service tickets handed off from Dispatch or PM’s.
• Serve as the dedicated, single point of contact for clients requiring multi-step service or project fulfillment.
• Coordinate schedules, parts, resources, and communications between field technicians, internal departments, and third-party vendors.
• Monitor ongoing project timelines to ensure longer-term deliverables do not stall or fall through the cracks.
• Proactively update clients on the status of their service requests to eliminate inbound follow-up calls to the dispatch team.
• Maintain accurate, detailed records of complex cases within the company’s CRM or project management software.
• Board Management: Constantly shifting the puzzle pieces throughout the day as jobs run long or finish early. A PC is always thinking two moves ahead.
• Skill Matching: Assigning complex jobs to senior technicians, while routing simpler tasks to junior techs.
• Equipment Assignment: Scheduling out equipment to techs for high level tracking.
• Last Calls: Pushing to get last calls covered.

Call Triage and Customer Service

• Prevent Technicians from responding without necessary context: Technicians need enough information to mentally prepare for the diagnosis, grab the right tools out of the truck, and approach the customer with the right tone. Ask probing questions during the intake call helps set our technicians up for success while on site. "Plumbing leak" does not provide enough of a description to provide the proper level of service. Technicians need to know the location, severity, and context of the issue so they know what to expect. The Project Coordinator helps fill any gaps prior to arriving on site.
• Emergency Triage: Differentiate between a true emergency and a nuisance issue and prioritize the schedule accordingly.
• Setting Expectations: Communicating arrival windows clearly and sending "on the way" notifications so customers aren't left guessing.
• De-escalation: Handling frustrated customers if a technician is running behind due to a previous job running long.
• Empathy: Customer State of Mind—(Urgency) Customer is frantic, water is actively destroying property. (Frustrating) Customer is annoyed, possible call back, invoice cost issue. Your role is to discern the situation and handle as a top priority for high level customer service.

Technician Support and Liaison

• Debriefing: Requiring techs to call or message in after every job to close out the ticket, ensure notes are accurate, and clear them for the next call.
• Logistical Support: Coordinating with parts supply houses if a tech needs a specific part or arranging for a junior tech to drop off a part to a senior tech on a big job.
• Gatekeeping: Making sure techs are on schedule and direct communication with techs and customers.
• Safety tool box talk documentation and tracking.

Administrative and CRM Management

• Data Integrity: Ensuring all customer information is updated (new chief engineer,) property rules and regs, entry codes, and job histories are accurately entered into the CRM.
• Permit Coordination: Assisting with pulling municipal permits for major work like sewer replacements or gas line repairs.
• On Call Calendar: Assigning tech to the on call schedule and managing holiday fairness.
• Backflow Portal Administrator: Entering in all backflow forms on agency portals.
• Track Service Calls: Notify the PM of a service call. Communicate with tech for any follow-up work or gaps to fill.
• Take and distribute meeting minutes for sales and department team meetings; email recap with action items to meeting attendees.
• Assist with onboarding new hires – coordinate with Human Resource to ensure that all first day activities are scheduled in advance, itinerary, meet & greets, etc.
• Assist the manager with new hire equipment setup; ITPAFs, business cards, key fob/building access, email setup, etc. to ensure a successful onboarding process.
• Prequalification Support for approved RFP's and bids.
• IFS and Bid Tracer Super User – Generating reports for the Sales Manager that tracks individual sales activity.
• Monitor proposal and bid activity levels in the three main business segments (Retrofit, Repairs & Maintenance).
• Scheduling of Estimate reviews with sales personnel and the Sales Managers.
• Scheduling of Pre-job planning and Risk Review meetings – Scheduling required attendees based upon scope and dollar amount i.e., RVP, SVP etc..
• Plans and organizes meetings for Service leadership, Sales Managers, salespeople and vendors as needed by the Sales Manager including rooms and catering (for both in person and virtual meetings as applicable).
• General administrative duties such as typing and photocopying general correspondence including, but not limited to: letters, proposals, presentations, reports, agreements, contracts, and memos from notes or sending and/or distributing various correspondences on behalf of Project Managers.
• Maintain accurate filing system and project document control.
• Take and transcribe meeting notes.