Technical Expert – Electrical Engineering and Industrial Automation 100% (f/m/d)

Menznau

Infos sur l'emploi

Date de publication :31 octobre 2025
Taux d'activité :100%
Type de contrat :Durée indéterminée
Lieu de travail :Willisauerstrasse 37, 6122 Menznau

The SWISS KRONO Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of wood-based materials and stands for sustainable and innovative solutions in the fields of interiors, flooring and building materials. Founded in 1966 as a family-owned company, the Group now employs around 5,000 people at eleven production sites in eight countries around the globe.

Our headquarters are located in Lucerne, Switzerland. In our international environment you can develop your personal strengths and advance professionally.

We focus on the best - for our employees and customers. This is how we create wood in top form.

In this position you are a high level know-how owner in electrical engineering and automation for manufacturing and upgrading wood based panels and similar products. You take full ownership of technological process development and optimization in all plants of Swiss Krono Group in majority in the field of electric and automation to ensure that product and process developments are carried out in the best possible way regarding quality and costs in the agreed timeframe.

Our offer:

Professional onboarding and close collaboration

Stable international business environment in a market leading Swiss family owned company

Professional and personal development opportunities

Relocation package

Personal benefits based on location

Your tasks:

Execute technical support and troubleshooting, process optimization and automation initiatives, developments in the field of electrical engineering, approval tests and roll outs directly at the SK production lines and/or test stands

Monitor new developments in the wood based panel industry both from suppliers and competitors side

Propose, evaluate and roll out technological relevant initiatives all over the SK Group

Document results and findings and distribute conclusions within relevant SK functions in groupwide platforms

Accompany technological/process relevant tasks or projects in majority in the field of electric and automation from the development period to the final acceptance

Share know-how with the SK sites, process trainings with technicans and maintenance staff

Act as part of the center of excellence and knowledge sharing platform

Keep yourself updated regarding relevant technical standards (Normen), legal regulations and guidelines

Your profile:

Bachelor/Master/ or similar degree in electrical / automation engineeering

Minimum 10 years of technical work experience in the field of electric and automation of industry plants

In-depth knowledge of wood process and upgrading industry as an additional asset

Experts knowledge in electrical engineering and automation of wood/fiber preparation and press lines and/or upgrading lines or similar

Specialist in field automation, control systems, process visualisation, power supply systems in various voltage levels, Industry 4.0 applications

General programming skills and trouble shooting competence for the listed systems below:

Significant knowledge PLC systems: Siemens Simatic S7- 300/400, S7- 15xx (TIA) and others, AB Rockwell Automation GuardLogix

Significant knowledge HMI/Scada Systems: Siemens WIN CC and WIN CC unified, AB Rockwell Automation Factory Talk Design Studio, INOSOFT VisiWin

Significant knowledge OT Network systems: Siemens Profibus, ProfiNet, IO-Control, Hardware Components as e.g. Scalance switches, AB Rockwell Automation IO-Link system, EtherNet, Hardeware Components as e.g. Stratix switches

Significant knowledge of Drive Systems: Siemens SINAMICS Gxxx serie,SimoDrive Simotion CU 320 etc., SEW Eurodrive MDX, Movimot, Lenze Inverter e.g. 8400 Line, AB Rockwell Automation SMC Controll

Main employment abroad in all SK facilities worldwide about >50%

Office in Menznau/Switzerland for periods of non employment abroad

Availability for short and long time business trips world wide

German or English (B2 or higher), other European languages are a plus

We look forward to hearing from you!

Welcome to the SWISS KRONO family. Challenging tasks in a successful international company, a multicultural working environment, flat hierarchies and excellent development opportunities are waiting for you here.