Contract Manager

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Orona is a leading European business group in sustainable vertical transportation. As a global operator with almost 60 years’ experience, it delivers value for customers through its platform of products and services covering the design, manufacture, installation, maintenance, modernization, refurbishment, and replacement of lifts and escalators in all market segments.

Its vertical transportation solutions encompass innovative, pragmatic and state‑of‑the‑art technologies; giving the highest level of safety, optimising traffic management, available space, and travel comfort.

Our cooperative business model is committed to people. Its team is composed of 5,700 employees, operating in 12 European countries, supplying complete lifts, escalators, and components to more than 100 countries throughout the world.

Orona in the UK provides national installation and service coverage from its regional offices. Nearly 300 full‑time employees make up the UK team, providing a wealth of skill, knowledge, and local market experience.

• 1 out of every 10 new lifts in Europe is an Orona lift
• 100 countries have Orona products installed
• 300,000 lifts worldwide with Orona technology
• 25,000,000: we bring more than 25 million people every day to their destination
• Number 1 in production capacity in Europe for complete lifts
• 1st company in the sector worldwide certified in Ecodesign - ISO 14006

We are looking for a Contract Manager to join our London Installation team.

Preferably with experience as either a contracts manager or project manager on a complex and diverse range of projects, you will ideally have experience from within the lift or construction industry. You will combine management experience to oversee our installation contracts from sales handover to project completion and be responsible for overall project performance and profitability. Possessing a PRINCE II or equivalent project management qualification would be advantageous.

You should be conversant with General Arrangement drawings and able to plan, prioritise, organise and assign tasks, adapting your style to effectively train and pass on knowledge to others.

• Managing multiple installation projects of various sizes and revenue
• Managing direct and subcontract labour, materials and the finances of the project from start to completion
• Ensuring final testing, commissioning and handover are completed in line with timescales set by the client
• Maintaining customer relationships, ensuring that targets and timescales are achieved and that all parties involved in the project are fully informed at key stages of the process
• Supervising your direct reports and dealing with any issues that arise, whilst ensuring that accurate management reports on company bespoke systems regarding job progress, forecasts etc are completed diligently and in a timely manner
• Using contractual awareness to ensure the company's risk is minimised and to ensure that revenue is maximised via additional variation works on each project

• Full UK driving licence
• Experience as contracts manager or project manager in the lift or construction industry
• PRINCE II or equivalent project management qualification
• Familiarity with General Arrangement drawings
• Strong planning, prioritisation, organisation and delegation skills
• Ability to train and pass on knowledge effectively

• Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday (rising to 30 days with service) + 8 days Bank Holidays
• Pension (company contributions rising with service)
• Life Assurance
• Medical Cash Back Plan
• Enhanced Family Friendly Leave
• GP24/7
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Eyecare vouchers
• Long Service Awards
• Recruitment referral fee
• Training and Development opportunities

• Mid‑Senior level

• Contract

• Management and Manufacturing

Location:

Sunbury‑On‑Thames, England, United Kingdom.