Maintenance Engineer

KONE Technology and Innovation Unit (KTI) is where the magic happens at KONE. It's where we combine the physical world – escalators and elevators – with smart and connected digital systems. We are changing and improving the way billions of people move within buildings every day. We are on a mission to expand and develop new digital solutions that are based on emerging technologies.

KONE R&D brings together top talent from different disciplines into an industry-leading product and technology organization. We thrive in solving complex customer challenges, connecting legacy with the latest technologies, across hardware and software engineering. In fact, roughly half of our R&D roles are in software. Agile ways of working mean that we are better able to meet our customers’ rapidly evolving needs for speed and innovation, in a global environment.

We are now looking for

R&D Maintenance Engineer

to join Maintenance development team in Field Engineering & Installation domain in KONE R&D at Pero, Italy.

You will be part of Onsite and Field Maintenance tribe making a step change how maintenance, repairs and fault finding are developed in KONE R&D. In this role you can see the impact of your work in KONE Service operations globally!

You will be responsible to follow R&D development activities, develop safe and efficient preventive maintenance methods & plans, service repairs and fault-finding methods including required spare part definitions and method safety risk assessments. Work will require knowledge/interest to growth for digitalization, maintenance strategy and work optimization. You will collaborate with other teams within KONE global R&D and KONE country units. KONE is providing maintenance services for KONE manufactured equipment and equipment manufactured by other companies.

Work will require knowledge/interest to growth for digitalization, remote monitoring & diagnostics, different types of sensors, maintenance strategy development and work optimization from the traditional maintenance plans. Depending on your interest and experience, role can include concepting different digital methods and capabilities to address failure modes remotely and acting as subject matter expert in various digital services development projects collaborating with other KTI teams.

To be successful on this role, the preferred candidate will have

• MSc/BSc level degree in relevant field, or other relevant experience from field operations or maintenance development
• Experience from maintenance, service repairs or fault finding.
• Experience of design for maintainability principles, preventive & predictive maintenance development and data-driven maintenance concepts.
• Knowledge and experience from reliability engineering, condition monitoring and different types of sensors is considered as benefit.
• Simulation tools knowledge (Matlab or similar) is beneficial
• Knowledge of AR/VR for method validation in early concepting and prototyping phase
• Reliability testing and test result evaluation for quality, maintenance and repair planning
• Experience in Agile ways of working and related tools is considered as benefit.
• Elevator and escalator knowledge is considered as benefit.
• Hands on attitude and service mindset.
• Fluent communication skills in English
• Self-driven and get used to make great results.

The position is located in Pero, Italy.

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KONE has always been committed to fully valuing people and their talents, promoting gender equality in every professional area.

As a further concrete element supporting its commitment to gender equity and the enhancement of the female role within the company, KONE Italy has adopted the organizational model related to "Gender Equality" as outlined in the UNI PdR 125:2022 guidelines.

Interested individuals can submit their application with authorization in accordance with GDPR - European Regulation 679/2016. The search is open to everyone, regardless of gender orientation or expression, sexual orientation, age, belonging to Protected Categories, ethnicity, or religious beliefs.

At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

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