Service Projects / Estimating Manager (Northern Colorado)

Service Projects / Estimating Manager (Northern Colorado)

Air Comfort, Inc.

Fort Collins, CO 80524, USA

Why work here? Because we believe our employees are our most valuable asset and resource. Become a part of our team of HVAC professionals and start building a career with a company that will invest in your professional and personal development.

Company

Air Comfort, Inc. is a locally owned and operated company since 1995, serving Northern Colorado, Denver, the Front Range, parts of western Nebraska, and parts of southern Wyoming. Our HVAC products and service offerings includes but is not limited to new construction, remodel, retrofit, design-build, design-assist, commercial service and maintenance, residential service and maintenance, in-house sheet metal fabrication, energy efficient “green” technology, BACnet building automation, and in-house HVAC system start-up and commissioning.

Some of the key benefits are:

• Company vehicle with gas and maintenance card.
• Up to 21 days of holiday pay and paid time off in your first year.
• Company sponsored family outings, holiday parties, and Tech Day celebrations.
• Heath, dental, and eyecare benefit plans.
• 401k retirement plan with a more than 50% company match.
• Paid professional and personal development assistance.
• Referral incentive program.
• Job Share incentive program.
• Tuition reimbursement program.

Primary Responsibilities

• Screens incoming estimate opportunities with project coordinator. Schedules and performs estimate appointments for commercial and residential retrofit prospects. Estimates costs for equipment, materials, labor, subcontractors, tools, rentals, and permits. Prepares and delivers retrofit quotations to customers. Maintains relationships with key clients.
• Works directly with service manager, service supervisors, service foremen, project coordinator, service coordinator, and maintenance coordinator to schedule, manage, and oversee daily activities of residential and commercial retrofit project installations.
• Works in cooperation with Project Coordinator on a daily/weekly basis to schedule installation service work orders and retrofit projects. Coordinates and supervises emergency retrofit work order and project situations.
• Prepares and manages electronic project folders and files and necessary for each project. Coordinates with project coordinator daily/weekly to open and process installation work orders and projects. Schedules and coordinates project turnovers with assigned installation personnel prior to project start date. Assists in the ordering of equipment, material, scheduling, and completion of projects.
• Coordinates with project coordinator daily/weekly to process and complete all project inspections, billing, warranty processing, extended protection, rebate, financing, or leasing programs. Assists with Interviewing and hiring new installation technicians and apprentices. Evaluates existing installation technicians for training, promotions, raises, disciplinary action, and motivation. Provides technical assistance as needed diagnosis, reporting, and resolve of mechanical equipment and controls installation issues.
• Advises, trains, and seeks out training opportunities for lesser skilled installation technicians in new methods or procedures. Initiates “best practice” measures to improve methods, performance, and quality of work.
• Assumes the lead role on all large-scale warranty issues, directs and facilitates all necessary warranty paperwork and vendor communication with project coordinator to recover all possible warranty credits.
• Oversees that appropriate employee safety training is completed, certifications are maintained, and compliance is enforced. Other duties, responsibilities, tasking, and special projects as assigned by management or ownership.

Our Requirements:

• Minimum of 7 to 10 years of combined HVAC field/management experience.
• Associates degree in HVAC or equivalent field experience. EPA certification.
• Working knowledgeable of commercial and residential HVAC operation, installation, repair, and maintenance.
• Working knowledgeable of HVAC tools, materials, PPE, and safe work practices.
• Working knowledge of OSHA safety programs on lock out/tag out, fall protection, confined space, personal protective equipment, asbestos, hazardous chemicals, and other OSHA programs.
• Working knowledgeable of HVAC national, state, local code requirements, accepted industry standards and practices.
• Able to read and interpret blueprints, engineering drawings, submittals, installation instructions, owners and maintenance manuals.
• Demonstrate computer skills proficiency with software applications for office, planning, scheduling, load calculation, duct system layout, system design, system applications, and equipment start-up, and commissioning.
• Demonstrate supervisory principles, scheduling practices, methods, organizational, planning, reading and writing skills.
• Demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills including tact and diplomacy.
• Demonstrate the ability to supervise, coordinate, and delegate scheduling of subordinate personnel, installation, and service crews.
• Demonstrate the ability to estimate time and materials needed for commercial and residential retrofit projects.
• Demonstrate the ability to prepare and present proposals for commercial and residential retrofit projects.
• Must maintain confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
• Possess a willing and flexible disposition because of the demands of shared work tasks with service, construction, controls, project management, estimating, and administration departments.
• Ability to maintain a positive, willing, and trainable attitude.
• Ability to get along with and work well with people on all levels and departments within and outside the organization.
• Must be able to demonstrate the ability to lead, manage, and help train an installation team.
• Must be a team player.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $100,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k) 4% Match
• AD&D insurance
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $100,000 - $150,000