Controls Hardware Engineer

Kion Group AG

Kion Group AG

bussy-saint-georges, france

Posted on Dec 17, 2025
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Tasks and Qualifications:

Specific Responsibilities - Electrical Design:

  • Interpret design input information to produce control system designs.
  • Ensure systems designed and supplied are CE Compliant to the Machinery Directive.
  • Produce design and manufacturing programmes.
  • Produce all associated documentation, including, but not limited to, design calculations, design specifications, operation and maintenance manuals, and test specifications.
  • Design and produce electrical layout and schematic drawings using appropriate CAD tools.
  • Procurement of electrical control panels and liaise with suppliers on technical matters.
  • Procurement of electrical installation services and liaise with suppliers on technical matters.
  • Liaise with electrical installation supervisors and subcontractors.

General Responsibilities:

  • Liaise with Project Sales and Project Engineers during project phase.
  • Liaise with Project Managers, Customer and sub-contractors during order execution phase.
  • Liaise with purchasing departments.
  • Provide technical information to any department so entitled, i.e. Mechanical Design, Projects Sales, Service, Spares.
  • Maintain and use wherever possible, standard product information for the execution of orders.
  • Where necessary to develop special and new standard solutions to suit specific projects and new markets.
  • Innovate wherever possible to improve our delivered product to the end customer (e.g. reduced price, reduced time-scale, improved functionality).
  • Applies advanced skills to resolve complex problems not covered by existing procedures or practices independently.
  • Maintain and improve upon personal skills related to the position, through experience and training.
  • Comply with the company policy as defined in the Staff Handbook, Safety Manual, and Quality Assurance Manual.
  • Promote personal and business continuous improvement and development of processes to achieve improved time cost and quality or project delivery.
  • Demonstrates significant knowledge of organization's business practices and issues faced and contributes to problem resolution of those issues.

Knowledge & Experience Required:

  • Proven experience as Controls Hardware Engineer, Electrical Design Engineer or similar role.
  • Essential: HNC/HND in Electrical Engineering.
  • Desirable: Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline.
  • Extensive proven hands-on experience working within an industrial automation environment.
  • Experience working with E-Plan, AutoCAD, MS Package.
  • A working understanding of Electrical and Electronic technical manuals & drawings.
  • Good understanding of distributed control systems and the principles of industrial networks used to connect and integrate control systems.
  • Understanding and use of relevant design requirements such as the Machinery Directive and its harmonised standards
  • Ideally experienced in SISTEMA (Safety Integrity Software Tool for the Evaluation of Machine Applications)
  • Knowledge or experience of EN 60204-1, EN 13849-1, EN 13850, EN 619, EN 12100, EN 60364
  • Ability to support site-based work both on projects in the UK and the Northern European Region.