Job Description

Country: India (IN)
Location: Pune, Maharashtra (IN-MH)
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At Konecranes, we believe that great customer experience is built on the people behind the Konecranes name - people committed to providing our customers with lifting equipment and services that lift their businesses. Everything we do, we do with passion and drive.

We believe diversity drives business success and is the foundation for our growth. We welcome different backgrounds and skills that enrich our community and we promote a place where we can ALL be ourselves. This is what makes Konecranes a unique place to work.

Position Overview

Person in this role will be responsible for delivering the needed engineering services to support engineering design, and development projects involving Industrial cranes & components. Will lead and assist team in the product lifecycle management of cranes and crane components in the relevant IT systems. Will direct the team for product improvements and changes, concurrently participate in crane platform originated product development projects and system changes. Will be the contact point to work in close relation with crane platform engineering to act as 3rd level support to brands, driving up product quality and pushing down costs.

Roles & Responsibilities

- Direct, review, and approve product design and changes

- Co-ordinate and direct technical projects, making detailed plans to accomplish project goals

- Monitor progress against project schedules, recommend and organize allocation of resources as required to accomplish the project goals

- Ensure that the engineering design is appropriately maintained in the PLM system and follow the corporate engineering processes to keep the design updated in the PLM system

- Specify technical requirements for manufacturing, assembly, transportation, and delivery.

- Drive quality assurance in drawing & design process and implementing the corrective actions.

- Should have good knowledge of industrial welding practices & other production processes and represent the same in the Design / drawings as and when required.

- Co-ordinate with cross functional teams (Sales-configurator, Documentation, Production, Item creation services, etc) for project success.

- Provide technical assistance as 3rd level support when required
- Monthly reporting of departmental metrics and ensuring that the engineering efforts are reported to projects in the Engineering Resource Management System

- Plan and manage the competence development program of engineering team

- Other duties as assigned by reporting Manager.

Ideal Experience

- Minimum education requirement is a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical with a minimum of 8 years of experience with overhead electric cranes or similar industrial equipment.

- Working knowledge of engineering process in configured to order (CTO) area

- Strong understanding of steel structure design & crane standards (FEM, IS, EN, CMAA)

- Good understanding of sales configurators, design calculation programs, CAD tools (AutoCAD/ Vertex, NX, etc) & PLM (Teamcenter)

- Ability to manage engineering teams, strong organizational and interpersonal skills

- Awareness of FEM Analysis will be useful

- Experience on working in cross functional teams

- Awereness of ISO 14001 and 45001 standards

Critical Competencies

- Strong mechanical aptitude, commercial and customer-oriented mindset
- Detail Oriented, Self-motivated and ability to motivate team

- Ability to create and implement new ways of working, create trust and work effectively in cross-functional teams
- Excellent communication skills and leadership skills.

Konecranes is a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses(TM), serving a broad range of customers. We are truly a global company with 16,900 employees at 600 locations in 50 countries. For over 80 years, we have been dedicated to improving the efficiency and performance of businesses in all types of industries. We believe that sustainable growth is a result of a strong responsible performance. Konecranes is committed to ensuring that all employees and job applicants are treated fairly in an environment which is free from any form of discrimination.