Field Superintendent - New Installation

Location: Boston, MA, United States

Job ID: 80597

We Elevate... Quality of urban life

Our elevators, escalators, and moving walks safely transport more than two billion of us up and down buildings and across transportation hubs every day. As part of the Schindler team, you’ll discover meaningful work that enhances quality of life for communities, and contribute to making places more accessible, inclusive, and sustainable for all. By joining us, you don’t just become part of our success story; you help shape the future and continue our rich legacy that started back in 1874.

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Field Superintendent - New Installation

Your Main Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

The qualified candidate must be a high-energy self-starter with a strong work ethic. This individual will need to be motivated by a competitive industry and be results, detail and team-oriented. As a Schindler Field Superintendent - New Installation, the candidate’s role will include providing technical solutions, ensuring workplace safety, supervising technicians and job site activity, and supporting new installation and modernization sales. The selected candidate must be an expert at fulfilling customer requirements and maximizing profitability; excellent communication, financial acumen, business development, and management skills will all be critical to success in this role. The NI Field Superintendent must also have the necessary skills and experience to handle customer concerns, adjust manpower levels according to business needs, and to teach employees the Company’s quality, productivity and safety methodology.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Build a team environment by leading field technicians
• Manage training and development of field technicians on established processes, safety, tools and standards through daily communication and job-site visitation.
• Foster excellent communication among team members while maintaining good working relationships with the local union
• Ensure that each installation project meets Company quality and safety standards, as well as all contract requirements.
• Monitor project installation progress completion and drive installation efficiency through daily job-site visitation for progress reporting.
• Perform project installation surveys which includes walking multiple flights of stairs for accessing motor rooms, pits and shaftways.
• Perform daily job-site readiness walkthroughs with general contractors prior to delivery of equipment and project installation commencement.
• Implement customer and Company requirements for quality, performance reliability and passenger safety for new installation projects.
• Support the local sales and project management team in estimating new installation bids, attending customer job progress meetings, as well as investigating and resolving customer complaints.
• Develop a spirit of teamwork and dedication to quality among all staff and field employees
• Participate in Company professional development programs to enhance working knowledge of Elevator Company products, services and procedures
  
  
  

What You Bring

• BS/AS degree in Engineering or Business with prior technical sales experience; or, Journeyman Technician experience with field experience
• Minimum 3 years experience in either the elevator industry or in a related building systems/construction industry
• Ability to effectively manage and resolve sensitive employee relations issues
• Solid problem solving and proven negotiating skills, high sense of urgency, strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent PC skills
  
  
  

What’s in it for you?

• Fully vested 401k match, up to 7% of total eligible compensation.
• Competitive Medical, Dental and Vision Plans - Effective from first day of hire.
• 3 weeks’ vacation which increases with tenure, 7 sick days, 3 floating holidays and 8 Company Observed Holidays.
• Tuition Reimbursement - Eligible after 6 months of service.
• Parental Leave – 100% base pay for 6 consecutive weeks within first year of a child’s birth or adoption.
• A wide range of development opportunities to boost your professional and leadership growth.
  
  
  

We Elevate… Your Career

Become part of our team, help us enhance quality of life and drive innovation while raising the bar for safety and sustainability. We value your diverse skills and perspectives as together we shape the sustainable cities of today and tomorrow.

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with the qualifications listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway! You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

Are you ready to embark on a new journey? Join #TeamSchindler! Our Core Values:

• Safety: Uphold the highest safety standards for all.
• Integrity and Trust: Foster honest, ethical relationships.
• Create Value for the Customer: Deliver innovative, reliable solutions.
• Quality: Ensure excellence in every product and service.
• Commitment to People Development: Nurture our people, they are the heart of our success.
  
  
  

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