We are looking for a Project/Sales Engineer to join ACCO's San Diego office!

ACCO Engineered Systems has been annually recognized by a national industry magazine as one of the top-10 specialty contractors in the United States, and the leader in its mechanical contracting field for the Western United States. We have a diverse environment of skilled professionals - field construction workers, engineering, project managers, service technicians, and supporting staff - who collaborate together and make ACCO an engaging place to work.

Reporting directly to the Service Project Manager and/or the Service Sales Manager, this position is responsible for the coordination of all technical activities on assigned projects. This position assists with planning and scheduling of assigned engineering work; monitors work for compliance to applicable codes, accepted engineering practices, and ACCO standards; ensures effective communication and coordination on assigned projects between all disciplines and all other project team members, including external customers and vendors.

SO WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?

Essential Duties:

• Survey existing buildings (for retrofits);
• Identify opportunities for improvement and gather data regarding energy use, building functions, and structural characteristics.
• Complete preliminary designs, review proposal data, and review costs with Purchasing.
• Coordinate install procedures with Engineering, Construction, and other stakeholders to support work in progress.
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external contacts to achieve mutual objectives.

Secondary Duties:

1. When needed, travel to job sites to leverage your design expertise and provide a hands-on capacity to solve emergent problems. Customers may rely on you to show energy performance data.
2. Manage multiple projects with competing priorities.
3. Any other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Service Project Manager or the Service Sales Manager.

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO BE A PART OF THIS ALL-STAR TEAM?

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or Construction
• Management OR equivalent experience with HVAC systems
• HealthCare/OSHPD experience preferred
• Organized and great at managing time
• Excellent oral and written communications
• High sense of integrity
• Practical understanding of mechanical systems
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical engineering or equivalent experience with HVAC systems
• Desire to service customers
• Successful sales experience or proven top performer with the ability to set and exceed goals
• Strong written, verbal, analytical, teaming, persuasion, and interpersonal skills

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.
• Likeability: 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.)

• Lift up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 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 stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
• The employee is regularly required to walk and sit.
• The employee is occasionally required to climb or stoop or crouch, in the limited-time duty of reviewing a job site.
• As the employee's work and archive demands, the employee is occasionally required to reach above shoulder height to access storage cabinets.
• Regular and routine attendance is required.

Our ideal person will have all these in addition to everything listed above:

• OUTSTANDING COMMUNICATION SKILLS in addition to maintaining an open line of communication with employees throughout the organization, you'll demonstrate excellent communication skills, including good phone and email etiquette.
• APPRECIATION FOR DIVERSITY you already demonstrate respect and you highly value the variety of cultures and talents that make up ACCO.
• INNOVATION although we have a great team and effective processes in place, we feel that there is always room for improvement, and we'll look to you to be creative as you partner with stakeholders to evaluate our operations, solve ongoing issues, and develop even better systems.
• STRONG APTITUDE for learning and developing new systems and programs.
• GOING THE EXTRA MILE ability to work overtime, as needed.
• WORK MANAGEMENT possesses the ability to work in a high paced environment with the ability to prioritize tasks.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• ESOP – Employee Stock Ownership Program. An exciting benefit from ACCO to you, free of cost.
• Company Culture of Excellence – Here at ACCO, we are flexible and foster creativity
• Competitive Time Off including PTO, Sick Time, and Personal Time
• Education Reimbursement Program for career development
• United Way is our philanthropy program. We give back to the community, and we have fun while doing it! ACCO has fundraising events such as raffles and bingo throughout the year.
• Competitive benefits package and 401k

MORE ABOUT ACCO

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 paace. And we are looking for talented individuals to join our team. To read more about us, check out our ABOUT US section with current news and events.