Design Engineer
KONE
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Woking • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Customer relationship management
- Supports the Salesperson by analysing customers’ technical needs and develops proposals outlining how KONE’s products and services can provide clear solutions to meet these needs.
- Customer contact for technical questions.
- May participate in planning / specification meetings with contractors, architects, and owners.
- Attend meetings and co-ordinate with project design team (Developers, architects, main contractors, and structural and consulting engineers).
- Provides technical and costing support for the sales process.
- Coordinates specifications and delivery times with the Supply Line, Sourcing, or local subcontractors.
- Accountable for solution engineering.
- Ensures that the proposed solution fulfils the codes, regulations, and safety requirements.
- To control costs and have a financial understanding of each project worked on.
- To provide all in house engineering and technical advice across the product and process range.
- To carry out traffic analysis as required.
- Accountable for technical site surveys.
- Organizes the order process and documentation.
- To create a plan for each project and ensure the project runs to schedule.
- Manages the drawing and related documents.
- Makes the material specifications for KONE and local material.
- Checks and updates the specification based on contract and variations.
- Organizes the purchasing of the required materials.
- Site inspections as required.
- Arranges and completes the project handover process to Operations team.
- Adherence to company ISO procedures.
Requirements
- Engineering / technical background (Diploma/Degree in mechanical engineering preferable) or equivalent lift engineering experience.
- Project management.
- Must have excellent communication skills.
- Must be customer focused with excellent attention to detail.
- Basic AutoCAD experience.
- Although training will be made available.
- Revit & Navisworks experience is desirable.
- IT literacy.
- Fluent in Microsoft Office 365.
- Previous experience of elevator industry and capability to survey and assess existing equipment is desirable.
- Enthusiastic about engineering and willing to learn.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 25 days holiday and 8 additional Bank Holidays
- 1 volunteering day
- Pension Scheme
- Development opportunities and development reviews
- Bonus
- Dental Plan
- Private Medical Insurance
- GymFlexi Membership
- Kone Discounts
- Hybrid working
- 24/7 GP Support & Wellbeing Access
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
engineeringtechnical supportproject managementtraffic analysissolution engineeringcosting supportmaterial specificationssite surveysAutoCADRevit
Soft skills
communicationcustomer focusedattention to detailorganizationalteam coordinationproblem solvingenthusiasm for engineeringwillingness to learn
Certifications
Diploma in mechanical engineeringDegree in mechanical engineering