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What they do

KONE makes lifts and escalators and then maintains them. Postings describe three stages: selling the equipment, installing it on a site, and servicing it afterwards. Most of the work is the servicing. The company is based in Espoo in Finland and works through local branches in dozens of countries.

What they value

• Safety on a building site, which installation postings name first.
• Following the method. Postings ask for correct KONE installation methods and tools.
• Fixing things in person, because maintenance is the largest group by far.
• Local language, because postings appear in Chinese, Spanish, French, and others.
• Handing over cleanly, which site supervisor postings describe step by step.

Where they hire

Of 902 postings, France holds 182, China 79, the United States 77, Mexico 71, Germany 59, India 54, and the United Kingdom 46. The Netherlands holds 40, Spain 37, Italy 25, Belgium 24, Poland 20, and Australia 19. Maintenance roles sit in the city they cover, so this board reaches far more towns than a head office board would.

Teams and roles

This is a field service company, and the board reflects that plainly.

• Maintenance operations: 370 postings, the largest group. These are the technicians who service lifts in a named city.
• Delivery operations: 178 postings, which install new equipment and supervise sites.
• Sales: 135 postings.
• Finance: 31 postings. Customer service holds 27.
• Trainees: 24 postings.
• Human resources: 19 postings. Sourcing and purchasing holds 18.
• Research and development: 18 postings, plus 16 in customer solutions engineering.
• Information technology: 12 postings.
• Quality and environment: eight postings.

What they look for

Field postings describe the responsibility in detail rather than asking for years. The site supervisor posting makes you accountable for safety, quality, and productivity during installation and handover, for the installation team using correct KONE methods and tools, for risk assessment where the standard method does not fit, and for site readiness, storage, logistics, and material deliveries. It also asks you to hand over to the installation team and subcontractors by clarifying scope and completion dates, and to support the project manager on payment milestones. Maintenance technician postings name the city and are often written in the local language, such as Tecnico de Mantenimiento in Mexico City. Procurement postings sit inside a named supply line and ask you to work with supply chain, engineering, and quality on dedicated customer projects.