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Otis Elevator Company Senior Project Manager in Brentford, United Kingdom

Date Posted:

2023-11-03

Country:

United Kingdom

Location:

Otis Vantage London, 10th Floor, Great West Road, Brentford, TW8 9AG, UK.

Moving people. Shaping the future. At Otis, we take pride in leading the industry we founded. There’s never been a better time to join our team as we continue our journey as an independent company. We are the leader in elevators, escalators and moving walkways. We’re seeking a Senior Project Manager to be join our Major Projects te, who is ready to help us deliver on our commitments today, plan our strategy for the future and leave their fingerprints on the organisation for years to come.

Goals and Objectives:

The Major Projects Senior Project Manager will be responsible for managing large, complex and high value new equipment Major Projects in the UK from point of order through design, to installation and final account. Major Projects are typically projects in excess of £850k up to £20m+. The Senior Project Manager role may entail managing High Rise Gearless Projects and the successful candidate will have the capability to handle larger projects of this type independently.

The dimensions of the role are to plan and deliver an improvement on booked values through driving field efficiency and procurement savings and to ensure world-wide job safety standards are adhered to at all times. Major projects must be delivered on time, within budget and in accordance with the contract scope. Liaison will be required with the client design and management team, the Otis supply chain and vendors, suppliers and subcontractors.

The Senior Project Manager is fully accountable for the overall financial completion of the project and accurate financial forecasts throughout the duration using specific systems.

Responsibilities:

  • Analyse the contract scope, identify all risks, challenges and opportunities. Ensure that a plan is in place to address all aspects

  • Develop a specific delivery plan, ensuring that any anomalies are resolved, liaising with all internal and external stakeholders, making and driving decisions and setting objectives to achieve the project goals

  • Seek all necessary approvals and drive design process to achieve programme

  • Negotiate complex vendor packages and leverage best prices, quality and delivery

  • Ensure resources and materials are ordered and delivered on time

  • Prepare and develop all necessary Method Statements, Quality plans and Programmes through to approval

  • Regularly monitor and review progress against plan (both financial and project) and if necessary take action to mitigate delays and claims and bring the programme back on track

  • Be the customer’s focal point for all correspondence and meetings

  • Record all significant site events following the company agreed instructions and processes, and with the relevant functional leads, ensure the terms of the contract are adhered at all times

  • Identify opportunities for project efficiencies and variations to the contract

  • Ensure billings and cash coverage through the project lifespan. Maintain a running final account and an account of all costs

  • Accurate monthly financial forecasts to the Major Projects Operations Director, anticipating accurate final spend and accurate final account that will be paid (apply a factor of risk against all variations as appropriate)

  • Ensure adherence to all Company Policies and Procedures

  • To be fully conversant and compliant with all Environmental Health and Safety procedures

  • Complete quarterly ethics module as advised by BPO

  • To fully comply with all Quality, Environmental Health and Safety directives including but not limited to PPE, Accident Reporting, Cardinal Rules, RAMS, ACE

What can we offer you?

  • The chance to join a global, market leading brand

  • Competitive compensation & benefits package

  • Otis also offers the opportunity for lifelong learning and progression through our Employee Scholarship Scheme and various other training initiatives.

  • A culture which encourages innovative ideas and appreciates our talent is the key to our success .

More about us:

Otis Elevator Company is the world’s largest manufacturer and maintainer of people-moving products, including elevators, escalators and moving walkways. Otis employs more than 60,000 people, offers products and services in more than 200 countries and territories and maintains more than 1.35 million lifts and escalators worldwide.

We are a company with a big commitment to the continuing development of everyone who works for us, strongly supporting career progression and facilitating a culture which encourages innovative ideas and appreciate that our talent is the key to our success.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion helps ensure the ideas, perspectives and experiences of individual employees support a culture of learning and attract world-class talent. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and candidates will be equally assessed and selected based on objective criteria.

If you live in a city, chances are we will give you a lift or play a role in keeping you moving every day.

Otis is the world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. We move 2 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.2 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio.

You may recognize our products in some of the world’s most famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Burj Khalifa and the Petronas Twin Towers! We are 69,000 people strong, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. We are proud to be a diverse, global team with a proven legacy of innovation that continues to be the bedrock of a fast-moving, high-performance company.

When you join Otis, you become part of an innovative global industry leader with a resilient business model. You’ll belong to a diverse, trusted, and caring community where your contributions, and the skills and capabilities you’ll gain working alongside the best and brightest, keep us connected and on the cutting edge. 

We provide opportunities, training, and resources, that build leadership and capabilities in Sales, Field, Engineering and Major Projects and our Employee Scholar Program is a notable point of pride, through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs.

Today, our focus more than ever is on people. As a global, people-powered company, we put people – passengers, customers, and colleagues – at the center of everything we do. We are guided by our values that we call our Three Absolutes – prioritizing Safety, Ethics, Quality in all that we do. If you would like to learn more about environmental, social and governance (ESG) at Otis click here (https://www.otis.com/en/us/our-company/esg) .

Become a part of the Otis team and help us #Buildwhatsnext!

Otis is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class. To request an accommodation in completing an employment application due to a special need or a disability, please contact us at careers@otis.com .

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We go to great lengths to hire and develop the best people, and offer a supportive environment where employees are motivated and empowered to perform at their full potential. Today, we continue pushing the boundaries of what's possible to thrive in a taller, faster, smarter world.

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