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KONE

Manufactures and maintains elevators, escalators, doors

Field Manager Big Repairs

Equipment Field ServicePosted on Nov 13
Full-time

About the Job

Requirements

  • Mbo+/hbo work-and-thinking level, supplemented by technical knowledge and insight into installation, new-build, or modernization processes.
  • Experience coordinating, guiding, or managing employees in a technical or project-based environment.
  • A coaching style, clear communication, and the ability to communicate with customers, technicians, and subcontractors.
  • Organizational and financial insight, including control of planning, costs, administration, and quality.
  • Strong safety awareness, a solution-oriented approach, and knowledge of English.
  • Willingness to regularly visit project sites in the Netherlands for this nationwide role.
  • A very proactive attitude.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of approximately ten employees, and serve as the primary contact for the team and subcontractors.
  • Prepare major repairs to automatic doors and work with planners to ensure people, materials, and resources are available on time.
  • Monitor schedules, hours, milestones, budgets, and quality; identify deviations, take appropriate measures, and ensure successful customer handover.
  • Actively follow the order book and escalate issues to Planning, Supply Chain, and KDB Engineering when needed.
  • Analyze monthly Pre-to-Post results, identify trends, deviations, and improvement opportunities, and translate them into actions to improve quality, lead times, profitability, and customer satisfaction.
  • Visit project sites throughout the Netherlands, conduct workplace inspections, and ensure safe work in accordance with applicable quality and safety requirements.
  • Maintain contact with customers, suppliers, and internal departments, and coordinate with Sales on technical questions and opportunities for additional work.
  • Ensure consistent, high-quality customer handovers, guide complex MJOB projects, and monitor customer satisfaction.
  • Organize knowledge transfer, work meetings, and the guidance and onboarding of new colleagues.
  • Help further professionalize the team by improving processes and strengthening collaboration.
  • Improve customer communications and ensure professional, customer-oriented, and predictable service.

About the Company

KONE

Manufactures and maintains elevators, escalators, doors

KONE designs, manufactures, installs, maintains, and modernizes elevators, escalators and automatic building doors for buildings worldwide. Its products move people and goods between floors in residential, commercial, and public spaces, enabling vertical transportation and safe access. Revenue comes from selling new equipment and from long-term service contracts for ongoing maintenance and modernization, creating both upfront and recurring income. What sets KONE apart is its ability to provide end-to-end solutions and a global service network, a strong emphasis on energy efficiency and sustainable design, and a broad portfolio that covers equipment, modernization, and door systems. The company’s goal is to support urban development by delivering reliable, energy-efficient vertical transportation and access solutions that improve people flow in modern buildings.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Espoo, Finland
Founded
1910

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