Service Supervisor

Date Posted:

2026-10-14

Country:

Kuwait

Location:

KWT01: Al Tijaria Tower, 10th Floor, Al Soor Street, Mirqab

JOB ROLE

The role holder is responsible for managing the service field operations within the assigned geographical area including call backs, preventive/reactive maintenance, repair and modernization. The role holder acts as the second level of technical support and conducts safety audits to ensure all service/maintenance operations are conducted within Otis defined procedures. The role holder shall carry out his duties in accordance with the stipulated business policies and procedures.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Responsibilities

• Provides management information and insights on all dimensions of work area performance to facilitate discussion and decision making, both on a periodic basis and for ad-hoc management requests.
• Follows all relevant departmental policies, processes, standard operating procedures and instructions so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner.

Core Responsibilities

• Manages the day-to-day operation of the team employees to ensure zero accidents, low call back rate, reduction in labor/spare parts consumption, zero cancellation.
• Cascades the organizational plan into individual accountabilities by distributing tasks in a balanced manner amongst all team members.
• Conducts safety audit at client sites to ensure all service/maintenance operations are conducted within the OTIS safe working procedures and WWJSSS requirement etc. to minimize any safety concerns.
• Evaluate performance metrics (call back/unit/year, no of hours/unit/unit, material cost/unit/year etc.) of the team to devise corrective actions aimed at improving team’s performance.
• Maintains close relationship with the employees as well as customers to maximize the customer satisfaction.
• Acts as the second level support on technical issues.
• Tracks the team’s utilization against plan to ensure productivity in operations.
• Supports other junior colleagues with service/maintenance operations at the client sites, acting as a coach to help develop their skills further.
• Conducts formal and informal trainings on technical tasks for team members to help develop their skills and enhance operational effectiveness.
• Notifies Finance Department of the work stages at the client site to enable the company to collect its dues without delay according to contracts or proposal and payment conditions.
• Prepares manufacturing orders, material requisitions, and material correctional documents (AMT).
• Prepares and maintains records for dispatching of equipment and for transitional construction works.

People Management

• Organizes and supervises the activities of team members in a manner that supports self-management and continuous improvement.
• Provides coaching, formal and informal feedback to team members in order to support their continuous development.

Minimum Qualification

Years of Experience

• Minimum of 5 year of relevant experience in field operations in a construction/engineering organization

 

Language Skills

• Fluent written and spoken English essential, Arabic preferred

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