Automation Engineer

Are you searching for your place in a company that is at the absolute forefront of technology development, where you can put your top-notch automation engineering skills and technical understanding to good use? Are you excited by the challenge of setting up new ways of working and leaving your mark on how things are done?


As an Automation Engineer in Konecranes’ Swedish engineering team, you have a key role in ensuring a high-standard delivery to our customers. You are responsible for the technical solution and technical support, focusing on price-efficient modernisations and optimising the technical solutions to customer needs. This is a new role profile on the team, so you will have the chance to help create structure and processes for how the work is managed. Your workdays are spent both doing office work, and out in the field, travelling regularly (mostly) within Sweden.
In this position, you report directly to the Operations Support Manager.
Your key responsibilities
Supporting Sales with the choice of technical solutions, including quotation calculation
Technical description of solutions and delivery of technical documentation
Designing PLC programs
Commissioning of automation systems and locally designed applications
Technical support to local service organisation
Working in close contact with automation teams in Global Modernisations and ETO to ensure a Konecranes delivery according to the latest standards



What should you bring?
At least 4 years of proven experience working with industrial automation
A good technical understanding
Strong PLC programming skills
Proficiency with using Siemens S7 and TIA Portal, Human Machine Interface, and frequency converters
Fluent spoken and written English
A driver’s licence



You are the perfect fit for this team if you are a self-starter, thorough, structured, support-oriented, you like to get things done and finish the activities started. You can prioritize your tasks and enjoy working independently but are equally good at teamwork and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to achieve results.
Why join us?
At Konecranes, you will be at the heart of events and take on a challenging and exciting role as an Automation Engineer in a company that values quality and strong customer relationships. The work atmosphere is relaxed and rather than hierarchies, the focus is on open communication. You will get to work in an international setting, collaborating closely with teams in Finland, Norway and beyond. Here, you will find outstanding possibilities for skills development and career growth.
Want to learn more about Konecranes and what your future colleagues have to say – visit our Career pages!
Interested?
Submit your application and CV in English via the ’Apply now’ button by 26 December 2023 at the latest. We appreciate early applications, as we will start interviewing on the go, and the position is filled when the suitable candidate is found.
If you have further questions, please contact Marion Soon, Global Talent Acquisition Specialist by email – marion.soon(at)konecranes.com