Project Manager

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Come and join Electra today, and be part of the OTIS Family and Forbes 2024 World's Best Employers.

Electra Lift is a Sydney-based elevator and escalator company, established in 1972. For over four decades, Electra Lift has continued striving to meet customer needs in Maintenance, Repairs, and Modernisations.

About you

We are looking for a Project Manager - New Equipment based in Mascot, NSW. In this role, you will work closely with other Installers, Electricians, Adjusters, Trade Assistants, Field Engineers, and Construction Coordinators.

• Permanent role

• Reports to the Senior PM​

As a Project Manager, your key responsibilities will include

• Manage and administer Electra NE & MODs contracts according to the Electra's Sales Installation Process' (SIP).

• Sets objectives and priorities, assigns and reviews tasks, performance, and staffing requirements, and maintains the resource plan.

• Maintains a high-performance team by recruiting, developing, and motivating field labor, setting appropriate standards of performance, and coaching the team.

• Ensures that Installation teams maintain approved site programs, attend site meetings, and exercise line authority over all allocated installation field labor.

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with customers, government inspectors, consultants, and within Electra to understand business challenges and recommend innovative integrated business solutions.

• Ensures that reports, contract records, site diaries, accident reports, time sheets, and manpower charts are completed and submitted as required by Electra/Otis policies, procedures and state requirements.

• Proactively reports project risk and deliverable issues and participates in monthly project reviews with the branch and head office.​

What you will need to be successful

• A tertiary qualification in Building or Engineering and/or an Electrical or Mechanical Trade Certificate is preferred.

• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in project management of Lift and Escalator installations.

• Engage frequently and effectively with various stakeholders within Sales, New Equipment, Contract Management, Builders, Consultants, and other project stakeholders.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Effective planning and organizational skills.

• Be a self-starter who can work safely and efficiently in a dynamic environment.

• Able to work autonomously and in a team with minimal supervision.

• Commit to excellence and innovation, and has a good work ethic.

Apply today and help us build what's next

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.   

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