A CSE Engineer, Solution provides technical expertise on the optimal KONE product for the customer. He/she understands how customer needs translate into product-specific requirements and is accountable for coordinating all engineering work until the project is handed over to maintenance. Takes part in non-standard solutions, tendering with expertise on KONE products like Elevators, Escalators and Autowalks, machine-room-less elevators, high rises,
He/she provides technical expertise support to the FL CSE, field operation, and sales team in the Delivery process to handle order management and successfully implement KONE products and service solutions that meet customers’ contract specifications by cost and leads time effective way, while ensuring compliance to codes and standards.
Responsibilities and key tasks
Collaboration with sales:
·Responsible for finding the optimal KONE product to meet the customer’s non-standard needs with Special Engineering requirements.
·Selects the correct product platform on which to make the offer and ensure the offer is Competitive.
Product planning – Costing:
·Involves Supply Line, installation, maintenance, and project management to understand both the materials and the service cost of the product when needed.
·Responsible for correct product costings in non-standard cases, both for corporate and local Materials
Product planning – Specs:
·Accountable for detailed, custom product plans for non-standard cases (collaborates with the SL Engineering team when needed)
·Create product specifications for corporate materials and local materials.
·Performs initial and revised non-standard energy calculations.
·Performs simple traffic analyses.
·When accountable for the overall engineering of the project:
·Accountable for technical site surveys
·Accountable for the technical content of the order
Product planning – Availability and lead times
·Coordinates product lead times from Supply Line and local sourcing
Product planning – Installability
·Ensures that the proposed product can be installed
·Ensures that the cost and work effort impact of installation is part of product plans, especially in non-standard installation situations
Product planning – Maintainability
·Ensures that the planned proposed product fulfils the customer’s product lifecycle needs
·Identifies possible deviations to standard maintenance methods and ensures that resolutions are found
Product planning – Compliance
·Ensures that the proposed product fulfils local codes, regulations, and safety requirements
·Ensures alignment with environmental regulations
·Ensures that the planned product complies with KONE’s Engineering Policy
Key tasks in the KONE Customer process
·Provides content for pre-booking reviews (technical product, costs, lead times, risks, and verification of technical content in contracts)
·Executed activities for holistic product planning
Requirement for the role
·Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, and Civil Engineering
·Candidate with a minimum of 1 to 2 years of experience in AutoCAD
·Proficient with MS Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
·Excellent communication and influencing skills in English and French as an asset
·Knowledge in BIM will be an asset.
·Excellent collaboration skills and capability to work with people from different cultural backgrounds
·Capability for analytical thinking and focus on details - distinguishes between important information and irrelevant or minor details.
·Ability to work with global colleagues considering different time zones, language competencies, and differences in working culture.
·Excellent technical understanding of elevator, escalator, and Advanced People Flow solutions that meet customer expectations is considered a plus.
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