Project Engineer

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Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, Shanghai, CHN
In-Office
Mid level
Logistics • Automation
The Role
Project Engineer responsible for mechanical engineering, safety, technical procurement, detailed design, specifications, risk management, and stakeholder coordination for AutoStore automation projects. Supports pre-sales, customer and supplier engagement, project reporting, and solution standardization. The role requires engineering CAD expertise, automation industry experience, safety awareness, pre-sales capability, and willingness to travel regularly to APAC project sites.
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The Project Engineer acting as the subject matter expert between project manager, customer and suppliers/contractors taking lead on all mechanical engineering and safety topics. Project Engineer will also take active part in the pre-sales phase supporting the sales of new AutoStore projects. He/She works in close collaboration with the Project Manager and ensuring effective and accurate delivery of the project. The Project Engineer has the skills to influence and convince the customer, suppliers, contractors and internal cross-functional teams on the solution. In addition, the System Project Engineer takes the pride to develop and improve the solution while adhering to the industry safety standards. The Project Engineer is highly motivated to work in a startup environment and is open for a wide range of tasks at different locations!

Your tasks

Responsibilities

  • Participate and support the sales phase, if needed performing data analysis and conceptual design
  • Active participation of project procurement process supporting with technical clarification
  • Understand and takeover the conceptual design from sales and establish detailed engineering drawings
  • Develop technical specifications demonstrating the functionality of the solution
  • Adhere to project engineering process
  • Act as single point contact for internal and external stakeholders on engineering topics
  • Manage and confidently report on engineering progress into the formal project channel
  • Pro-actively manages technical risks, opportunities and technical amendments with workable solutions
  • Support projects within APAC region as needed
  • Apply safety standards in the design and engineering of the solution
  • Build solid working relationships with all levels of stakeholders
  • Support in continuous learning process and supporting the standardisation of solution, tools, documents and processes

Requirements

  • Motivated to join growing startup business
  • Entrepreneurial mindset
  • Self-driven and proactive
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a similar field
  • Intermediate to advance in engineering CAD tools (AutoCAD and Pcon will be a plus)
  • Proven portfolio of completed projects
  • 2 to 5 years’ experience in engineering within the automation industry, AutoStore experience will be an amazing differentiator!
  • Experience in technical procurement activities including writing and responding to quotes/tender/RFP
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Clear focus on high quality and ensuring all the customers' needs are met
  • Ability to establish effective working relationships across the boundaries
  • Experience with pre-sales
  • Structured and fluent in presentation skill
  • Familiar and/or accredited in industry safety standards is an added advantage
  • Good understanding of intra-logistics processes is an advantage
  • Willingness to travel regularly to sites.

Your profile

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or a similar field
  • Intermediate to advanced experience with engineering CAD tools
  • Experience with AutoCAD
  • Proven portfolio of completed projects
  • 2 to 5 years of engineering experience within the automation industry
  • Experience in technical procurement, including writing and responding to quotes, tenders, or RFPs
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to establish effective cross-functional working relationships
  • Experience with pre-sales
  • Structured and fluent presentation skills
  • Motivation to join a growing startup business
  • Entrepreneurial mindset
  • Self-driven and proactive approach
  • Focus on quality and meeting customer needs
  • Willingness to travel regularly to project sites
  • Pcon experience
  • AutoStore experience
  • Familiarity with or accreditation in industry safety standards
  • Understanding of intra-logistics processes
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The Company
HQ: Zürich
1,666 Employees

What We Do

Kardex is a global industry partner for intralogistics solutions and a leading provider of automated storage solutions and material handling systems. Kardex consists of two entrepreneurially managed divisions, Kardex Remstar and Kardex Mlog. Kardex Remstar develops, manufactures, and maintains dynamic storage and retrieval systems, while Kardex Mlog offers integrated material handling systems and automated high-bay warehouses. Kardex also acts as a global AutoStore™ partner, offering flexible and modular storage and order fulfillment solutions. Kardex Remstar, Kardex Mlog, and Kardex AutoStore are partners to their customers throughout the entire life cycle of a product or solution, starting with the assessment of customer requirements, through planning, realization, and maintenance of customer-specific systems, to ensuring high availability and low life cycle costs by means of customer-oriented life cycle management. The Group employs around 2,500 people in over 30 countries. Kardex Holding AG has been listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange since 1989.

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