CSE Engineer

KONE

2 - 5 years

Chennai

Posted: 27/02/2025

Job Description

  • A CSE Engineer, Solution provides technical expertise to the sales team, understands customer needs and transforms these needs into optimal KONE solutions.
    CSE Engineer, Solution is part of the KONE early engagement team, and ensures that KONE offerings and specifications are included into the customer’s building specifications.
    Focusing on non-standard tendering cases, CSE Engineer, Solution is accountable for overall solution for the customer; including integrations, solutions, services and products. He/she takes responsibility to define the specifications, costs and lead times in co-operation with other Front Line parties, Supply Line, and Area and Global support functions.
    CSE Engineer, Solution works at the customer interface, is an expert on solution selling and participates in customer meetings when needed.
    CSE Engineer, Solution has deep understanding of new and existing KONE solutions and services (e.g. project management, installation and maintenance) across business lines and has a holistic understanding of certain customer segments, like retail, infrastructure, residential, office or medical care.
    CSE Engineer, Solution takes into consideration all product and service costing and planning aspects when defining a solution e.g. corporate materials from the supply line, local materials from sourcing, costing of engineering, installation and impact on maintenance.

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Job Details

  • Job Profile
    Job Profile
    • CSE Engineer Solution
  • Job Families for Job Profiles
    Job Families for Job Profiles
    • CSE Engineer Solution
  • Worker Sub-Type
    Worker Sub-Type
    • Permanent employee
  • Worker Type
    Worker Type
    • Employee
  • Time Type
    Time Type
    • Full time
  • Compensation Grade
    Compensation Grade
    • 50
  • Primary Location
    Primary Location
      Chennai ITEC/KBS
  • Primary Job Posting Location
    Primary Job Posting Location
      Chennai ITEC/KBS
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  • Scheduled Weekly Hours
    Scheduled Weekly Hours
    44
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  • Recruiting Start Date
    Recruiting Start Date
    16/10/2024
  • Target Hire Date
    Target Hire Date
    16/12/2024
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  • Job Description
    Job Description

    Collaboration with sales:
    • Responsible for finding optimal technical solutions to meet the customer’s needs for non-standard and modernisation cases
    • Ensures clarity on the solution’s scope, including KONE and possible third-party offerings
    • Participates in customer meetings and answers customers’ technical questions when needed
    • Selects the correct product platform on which to make the offering
    • Proposes solutions from all KONE business lines; new services, escalators, elevators, doors etc.

    Solution planning – Costing:
    • Responsible for correct APF solution costings
    • Involves CSE Engineer, Product to understand the costing for corporate and local materials
    • Involves CSE Engineer, System to understand the costing for integrations
    • Involves Supply Line, installation, maintenance and project management to understand both the materials and the service cost of the solution

    Solution planning – Specs:
    • Coordinates specification creation
    • Performs initial and revised non-standard energy calculations
    • Performs traffic analyses
    • Accountable for technical site surveys
    • Accountable for the technical content of the order between MS 0b and MS 2z

    Solution planning – Availability and lead times
    • Coordinates solution lead times from Supply Line and local sourcing

    Solution planning – Installability
    • Ensures that the proposed solution can be installed
    • Ensures that the cost and work effort impact of installation is part of the solution’s costing, especially in non-standard installation method cases

    Solution planning – Maintainability
    • Ensures that the proposed solution fulfils the customer’s product lifecycle needs
    • Identifies possible deviations from standard maintenance methods and ensures that a resolution is found

    Solution planning – Compliance
    • Ensures that the proposed solution fulfils local codes, regulations and safety requirements
    • Ensures alignment with environmental regulations
    • Ensures that the planned solution complies with KONE engineering policy

    Key tasks in the KONE Sales process
    • Provides content for pre-tender and pre-booking reviews (technical solutions, costs, lead times, risks, verification of technical content in contracts)
    • Executes activities for a holistic solution plan
    • Leads full chain engineering teams on major projects until handover to the CSE Engineer, Project
    • Hands over the engineering to CSE Engineer, Project on the most complex project cases for execution on the Start-up meeting

    Key tasks in the KONE Delivery process 
    • Accountable for layout creation
    • Analyses change requirements, and makes proposals for the new solution plan
    • Provides necessary details to the CSE Specialist for ordering materials and completing the documentation process
    • Proposes change order (variations and addworks) sales opportunities to the Project Manager
    • Provides solution-related information to Project Managers, Installation Supervisors and Maintenance Supervisors

    CSE Engineer, Solution role in the KONE SEB process 
    • Shares knowledge with maintenance as needed

    General responsibilities
    • Participates in product and new services release information-sharing sessions
    • Provides technical trainings to Sales, Installation and Maintenance as per Front Line needs
    • Offers input to the product offering management about customisation, standardisation and interface requirements for the portfolio
    • Contribution to the Customer Solutions Engineering virtual and local network
    • Contribute to and utilise the Customer Solutions Engineering case library
    • Handles engineering on Modernisation (MOD) including component upgrades (small VB repairs), full replacement (FBR) or existing building lifts (EBULI)
    • Is the primary front line technical contact person for the Supply Line Tendering Engineers

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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About Company

KONE is a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, providing innovative solutions for the installation, maintenance, and modernization of people flow systems. The company focuses on improving urban mobility and enhancing the sustainability of buildings through advanced technologies and services.

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