Description
Job Summary:
We are seeking a Route Technician to perform maintenance and repair of lifting equipment, with emphasis on safety, ethics, and innovation.
Key Highlights:
1. Continuous professional development opportunities
2. Teamwork, autonomy, and technical curiosity highly valued
3. Global company with a legacy of innovation and a focus on safety and ethics
**Date Posted:**
2026\-06\-01**Country:**
Portugal**Location:**
Vila Nova de Gaia Branch, Portugal**Would you like to join a stable industry offering abundant professional development opportunities?**
At **OTIS**, a leading multinational in the lifting industry, we are recruiting a **ROUTE TECHNICIAN** for the Gaia area:
Your responsibilities will include:
* Maintenance and repair of equipment in accordance with technical and safety specifications to ensure proper operation;
* Equipment inspection;
* Cleaning and lubrication;
* Component replacement and repair;
* Fault identification and resolution.
To succeed in this role, you must have:
**EDUCATION**:
High school diploma (12th grade), preferably a professional technical course in one of the following fields: electricity, electromechanics, electronics, automation, and/or mechanics; industrial mechanics (not mandatory)
**EXPERIENCE**:
Prior experience in the elevator sector (preferred)
**TOOLS**: Electronic and digital tools
**OTHER REQUIREMENTS**:
* A valid Category B driver’s license is mandatory.
**WE OFFER:**
* **Continuous training**: Access to flexible and relevant learning experiences that accelerate your professional development (language courses, university programs, etc.).
* **Meal allowance**
* **Core benefits:** Medis Health Plan, Pension Plan, Personal Accident Insurance, and Life Insurance.
* **Otis Club**: Exclusive activities, discounts, and benefits for employees.
* **Excellent work environment**, with collaborative teams and a culture that values talent and initiative.
* **Additional benefits**
**Why Otis?** You will join a truly international company driven by talent, which values **Safety**, **Ethics**, **Quality**, **Innovation**, and **Opportunities for Employees**.
**We seek committed professionals**, focused on safety, capable of working both in teams and independently, technically curious, and adaptable.
**\#BuildWhatsNext**
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 click here.
Become a part of the Otis team and help us \#Buildwhatsnext!
*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 careers@otis.com.*