Engineer / Senior Engineer - Service

Kone México; Chennai District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

KONE is seeking a Customer Relationship Management lead in India to ensure customer satisfaction, safety, and service contract adherence across sites. You will coordinate service delivery, monitor quality, and drive escalation-free operations in line with local regulations.

The role emphasizes strong communication with customers, technicians, and sales teams, with a focus on improving callout efficiency and reducing unplanned maintenance across a network of sites.

Qualifications

• Accountable for customer satisfaction through quality of service and precise communication
• Accountable for equipment safety and performance
• Accountable for selling service repairs
• Accountable for the sales lead volume, quality, and further processing of sales leads
• Accountable for resolving customer service quality complaints
• Accountable for resolving customers invoicing complaints related to maintenance operations
• Accountable for the end-users, the sites and the technicians safety
• Deliver service per contract requirements, timelines, KONE quality standards and local regulations
• Accountable for the control of the field operations costs and CMII
• Accountable for callouts and service repairs sales
• Responsible for proximity stock content & value
• Accountable for managing the third party inspections visits and follow-up actions
• Validates the service contract technical terms with the salesperson
• Accountable for supporting the maintenance of any foreign equipment coming into the LIS base
• Responsible for helping the KC3 solving technician callout assignment conflicts (priorities)
• Accountable for solving and closing the open callouts and reacting in case of stopped equipment and/or safety issues
• Accountable for reducing the callouts in his area
• Accountable for reviewing callout and service repairs invoices that are not automatically invoiced
• Accountable for the timely completion of the planned maintenance visits
• Accountable for the planned maintenance scheduling and optimized routing
• Responsible for performing site audits
• Responsible for investigating accidents and following company policy on evidence custody and internal reporting
• Responsible for the control and authorization of overtime

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the performance of his assigned technicians
• Accountable for maintenance technicians motivation and competence development
• Accountable for determining and checking technicians performance objectives
• Accountable for communication to his technicians
• Accountable for managing technician absences and back-up, and callout technician scheduling
• Accountable for technician timesheet validation prior to payroll
• Accountable for equipment assignment to technician and technician workload balancing
• Responsible of defining the technician capacity need and for the technician hiring and selection process
• Accountable for defining, authorizing replacement , managing technician’s tools, vans, phone/PDA and instruments

Job description

Customer relationship management

• Accountable for customer satisfaction through quality of service and precise communication
• Accountable for equipment safety and performance
• Accountable for selling service repairs
• Accountable for the sales lead volume, quality, and further processing of sales leads
• Accountable for resolving customer service quality complaints
• Accountable for resolving customers invoicing complaints related to maintenance operations
• Accountable for the end-users, the sites and the technicians safety
• Accountable for the delivery of service according to the service contract requirements, the time limits, the KONE quality standards and the local regulations
• Accountable for the control of the field operations costs and CMII
• Accountable for callouts and service repairs sales
• Responsible for proximity stock content & value
• Accountable for managing the third party inspections visits and follow-up actions
• Validates the service contract technical terms with the salesperson
• Accountable for supporting the maintenance of any foreign equipment coming into the LIS base
• Responsible for helping the KC3 solving technician callout assignment conflicts (priorities)
• Accountable for solving and closing the open callouts and reacting in case of stopped equipment and/or safety issues
• Accountable for reducing the callouts in his area
• Accountable for reviewing callout and service repairs invoices that are not automatically invoiced
• Accountable for the timely completion of the planned maintenance visits
• Accountable for the planned maintenance scheduling and optimized routing
• Responsible for performing site audits
• Responsible for investigating accidents and following company policy on evidence custody and internal reporting
• Responsible for the control and authorization of overtime

People management / Leadership

• Accountable for the performance of his assigned technicians
• Accountable for maintenance technicians motivation and competence development
• Accountable for determining and checking technicians performance objectives
• Accountable for communication to his technicians
• Accountable for managing technician absences and back-up, and callout technician scheduling
• Accountable for technician timesheet validation prior to payroll
• Accountable for equipment assignment to technician and technician workload balancing
• Responsible of defining the technician capacity need and for the technician hiring and selection process
• Accountable for defining, authorizing replacement , managing technician’s tools, vans, phone/PDA and instruments

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At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

At KONE, our purpose is to shape the future of cities. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, we move two billion people every day, making their journeys safe, convenient, and reliable with smart and sustainable People Flow. In 2025, KONE had annual sales of EUR 11.2 billion, and at the end of the year over 60,000 employees in close to 70 countries. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.