Design Engineer / Plant Designer

Design Engineer / Plant Designer

Dipl.-Ing., technician, experienced engineering draftsman

We are a medium-sized engineering company in the heart of the Ruhr area. With more than 60 years of experience and more than 650 highly qualified employees worldwide, we plan and build plants for the iron and steel industry, foundries, non-ferrous metal works, waste recycling industry and waste recycling plants all over the world.

Our metallurgical/foundry technology and energy/environmental technology divisions build turnkey plants or plant sections. These are mainly conveyor technology, industrial furnaces, heat recovery, exhaust gas cleaning and the associated automation. The scope of services includes engineering, supply of mechanical and electrical equipment, steel construction, assembly, commissioning, documentation and training of operating personnel.  

We offer you:

  • Interesting and varied fields of work
  • Motivated and collegial teams
  • Performance-related remuneration
  • Company pension scheme
  • Training opportunities
  • Secure workplace
  • Flexible working hours
  • 6 weeks annual vacation

If you would like to work in a dedicated team, please apply by email with the usual documents. You can also contact us in advance by telephone.

Do you have any questions about our vacancies, our application process or your unsolicited application? Please do not hesitate to get in touch with our contact person Mrs. Cornelia Esseling.

HR department

Mrs. Cornelia Esseling

Alfredstr. 28, 45130 Essen

+49 (0)201 7293-0 c.esseling@kuettner.com
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Your responsibilities


  • Depending on background of experience development of plant designs or plant sections based on R&I’s in 3D (Inventor, optionally Studio-MAX)
  • Planning of components of subcontractors
  • Coordination of external design tasks
  • Travelling at home and abroad (limited scope)

Your profile

  • Study of engineering, technician, or similar
  • Several years professional experience in plant engineering
  • Good spoken and written English, any other language is an advantage
  • Safe handling in Inventor and AutoCad 2D and 3D
  • Knowledge of 3D-Studio-Max is an advantage
  • Safe handling of MS-Office

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