Date Posted:
2026-07-24
Country:
United Kingdom
Location:
Otis Somerset, 7 Windmill Business Park, Windmill Road, Kenn, Clevedon, North Somerset, BS21 6SR
Elevator Surveyor
Location Covered: Birmingham, Milton Keynes, Oxford, Cambridge, Norwich and Cardiff down to Bristol.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for a Technical Surveyor to assist the sales team with technical sales support when pricing and reviewing tenders or modernization opportunities.
Responsibilities will include:
- Carrying out full site surveys of existing equipment, recording all operating parameters and key data to allow an accurate proposal to be generated
- Once a unit has been won, you will be responsible for carrying out the ordering survey, logging the order on the factory/company ordering systems, raising purchase requisitions for the additional non package items with local suppliers
- You will work with the local project teams to ensure a complete site solution is in place prior to job start, liaising with the field engineers to support additional requests when required
Reviewing the accuracy of the proposed solution through to installation and advising the estimating team and operations managers on the updates needed to price to give a more robust Modernisation delivery in the future
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Skills/ Experience Required:
- Working technical knowledge of Lifts
- Escalator knowledge would be an advantage
- Holding your NVQ3 in lift engineering would be an advantage
- Ability to operate CAD
- Experience in the safe working practices for working on and around Lifts
- Ability to understand layout drawings and installation wiring drawings
- High technical understanding and appreciation
- Strong computer literacy
- The knowledge of the Modernisation products and processes would be desirable
A full driving license and willingness to cover extended areas if required
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What can we offer you?
- Strong Remuneration Package
- Company vehicle or cash allowance
- A culture which encourages innovative ideas and appreciates our talent is the key to our success
- The opportunity and investment to develop and progress your career.
If you live in a city, chances are we will give you a lift or play a role in keeping you moving every day.
Otis is the world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. We move 2.4 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.4 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio.
You may recognize our products in some of the world’s most famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Burj Khalifa and the Petronas Twin Towers! We are 72,000 people strong, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. We are proud to be a diverse, global team with a proven legacy of innovation that continues to be the bedrock of a fast-moving, high-performance company.
When you join Otis, you become part of an innovative global industry leader with a resilient business model. You’ll belong to a diverse, trusted, and caring community where your contributions, and the skills and capabilities you’ll gain working alongside the best and brightest, keep us connected and on the cutting edge.
We provide opportunities, training, and resources, that build leadership and capabilities in Sales, Field, Engineering and Major Projects and our Employee Scholar Program is a notable point of pride, through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs.
Today, our focus more than ever is on people. As a global, people-powered company, we put people – passengers, customers, and colleagues – at the center of everything we do. We are guided by our values that we call our Three Absolutes – prioritizing Safety, Ethics, Quality in all that we do. If you would like to learn more about environmental, social and governance (ESG) at Otis .
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Otis is An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other protected class according to applicable law. To request an accommodation in completing an employment application due to a special need or a disability, please contact us at [email protected].
