Maintenance Project Manager

KONE; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading elevator and escalator service company is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The role involves leading an operational service delivery team, ensuring consistent customer satisfaction and high-quality service. With a focus on fostering strong customer relationships and promoting teamwork, candidates must have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and at least 5 years of experience in the industry. Excellent communication skills in English and Arabic are required, along with a strong service mindset.

Benefits

Innovative and collaborative working culture

Focus on employee engagement

Opportunities for career and personal development

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of working experience in Elevator & Escalator or similar industries.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational service delivery ensuring customer commitments are met.
• Foster strong customer relationships and motivate maintenance technicians.
• Manage maintenance operations ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both English and Arabic

Strong organizational and follow-up skills

Ability to work effectively under pressure

Strong service mindset

Education

Bachelor degree in Engineering

Job description

Certified as a Top Employer; KONE is dedicated to a better world of work and exhibits this through excellent people practices. We are committed to fostering a great work culture and inspiring the highest standards of quality and efficiency putting our people first and creating a workplace that nurtures collaboration, diversity, growth and wellbeing.

It's time to make a move. Join our flow.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Supervisor to be based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

The Maintenance Supervisor will lead the operational service delivery team, ensuring KONE consistently meets customer commitments safely, promptly, and to the highest quality standards. The Maintenance Supervisor will foster strong customer relationships, guide and motivate Maintenance Technicians, and drive continuous improvement through LEAN practices. Additionally, they will manage maintenance operations and costs in line with targets, collaborating with the Customer Service and Administration teams to achieve repair and callout sales goals.

What will you do?

Customer Service:

• Responsible for establishing and maintaining a good relationship with all customers in the area and interacting with them regularly and proactively.
• Accountable that customer experience touchpoints are followed during the whole maintenance contract lifecycle.
• Communicates to customers that promises have been delivered.
• Ensures that customers' queries are answered on time and with the appropriate attention and makes sure complaints are solved accurately and on a timely basis (together with the rest of KONE team).

Safety and Quality:

• Ensures safety of all employees and end-users.
• Accountable for the delivery of service according to the service contract commitments, the time limits, the KONE quality standards and the local regulations.
• Analyses and takes the necessary actions when new equipment enters the service base.
• Responsible for investigating near misses, incidents and accidents, and following company policy on evidence custody and internal reporting.

People management / Leadership:

• Develops the competences, motivation and overall performance of the technicians by regular coaching.
• Ensures the correct level of resourcing.
• Responsible for determining and approving technicians’ performance objectives.
• Responsible for individual target setting and action planning annually, followed-up in regular reviews.
• Accountable for communicating safety messages as well as technical and code requirements to his/her technicians.
• Accountable for technician timesheet validation prior to payroll.

Repair sales:

• Manage the repair sales funnel.
• Accountable for the repair sales leads volume and quality.
• Accountable for monitoring that sales leads are converted to opportunities, tenders and orders by the back-office in time, and responsible for supporting in difficult cases when needed.
• Through regular customer meetings, identify and promote repair sales leads, opportunities, and open tenders.
• Create leads for new business opportunities (LIS, VB, DIS and NEB).

Maintenance operations:

• Ensures that the field processes and maintenance methods (MBM, DMP and related evolutions) are followed and the support functions are used correctly.
• Accountable for proximity stock content.
• Accountable for the timely completion of the planned maintenance visits.
• Responsible for promoting and facilitating a proper workload balancing across his team and the related route optimization with the support of him Maintenance Operation Manage.

Are you the one?

• Bachelor degree in Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of working experience in Elevator & Escalator or similar industries.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both English and Arabic.
• Strong communicator with excellent organizational and follow-up skills.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure.
• Demonstrates a strong service mindset, prioritizing customer satisfaction.

At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

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