Senior Project Manager in London | XING Jobs

At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. As a global leader in the lift and escalator industry, KONE provides lifts, escalators and automatic doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernisation to add value to buildings throughout their life cycle.
Through more effective People Flow®, we make people's journeys safe, convenient and reliable, in taller, smarter buildings.

Why this role?

Our Major Project department coordinates some of the impressive new building projects in the London skyline. Previous construction project include The Shard, Leadenhall Building, Cannon Place, The Walbrook and the Bloomberg European headquarters. Excited to be part of this? To carry out our mission of improving the flow of urban life? Then this is a great opportunity for you!

As a Senior Project Manager, you will be the interface with all key stakeholders during the project. You coordinate the activities of your assigned projects to ensure that project objectives are accomplished within the agreed schedule and budget, using approved KONE methodologies and tools. You will be in daily contact with our clients, subcontractors and your KONE colleagues (supervisors, fitters, quantity surveyors, planners, document controllers,..). You will be the coordinator, keeping all parties working together smoothly.

What would a typical day look like?

• You will be overseeing and monitoring the execution of the installation project. You will work with your colleagues in the installation team, to ensure productivity gains and qualitive outcomes


• You will be in direct contact with our clients. You are their main point-of-contact for their questions and concerns


• You will review project proposal to determine time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of project


• You will establish a work plan and staffing for each phase of project


• You oversee the planning of delivery and storage of materials to the site(s)


• You coordinate the activities of the project team to ensure project progresses on schedule and within budget


• You aim to be an energizing leader who gets the best of others and strives to exceed customer expectations
  
  Strong Project Management skills (the size and complexities of these projects require someone with previous experience as a Project Manager)


• You have preferably worked in the lift industry before. Experience in Project Management in the wider construction industry would be considered as well.


• Demonstrated experience within a commercial environment, managing projects at a site level


• Ability to communicate effectively with both internal and external stakeholders


• Planning and Analytical skills


• Strong organisation skills that allow you to coordinate complex projects