Maintenance Automation - Proactive & predictive, condition monitoring

KONE Technology and Innovation Unit (KTI)

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.

R&D unit in KTI is responsible for developing digital services at KONE. It’s the development engine for our Digital Services such as KONE 24/7 Connected Services, Office Flow and Partnership Ecosystem.

KONE services maintains millions of elevators, escalators, building doors and turnstiles equipment in over 60 countries. Maintenance operations has tens of thousands visits per day facing customers and ensuring fluent products’ operations.

We are now looking for

Specialist, Maintenance R&D

to join Maintenance development team in Field Engineering & Installation domain in KONE R&D at ITEC, Chennai

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

• BE or Equivalent 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.
• 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.

What do we offer?

• Career progression in opportunities within a global organization
• Total reward elements that engage and motivate our employees and help us make KONE a great place to work
• Comprehensive learning and development programs covering a wide range of professional skills
• You are surrounded by funcolleagues and a lively working environment. The best part is all leaders are great and open-minded