Career

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As an owner-managed family business with over 200 employees, we have been developing, producing and distributing gearboxes and innovative drive solutions for a wide range of mechanical engineering applications for over 80 years.

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All positions in our company are currently filled. Nevertheless, we are always on the lookout for talented and committed people who could enrich our team. If you think that your skills and experience are a good fit for Knödler, we look forward to receiving your unsolicited application.

Your requirements:

  • Interest in technical products

  • manual dexterity

  • Enjoy working in a medium-sized company

  • independent work

  • Ability to work in a team, sense of responsibility

  • Good secondary school leaving certificate

  • good grades in math

The training occupation:

Industrial mechanics play a key role in all parts of an industrial company.
The training is very versatile.

  • Basic training at GARP Plochingen in the first year of training

  • 2½ years of specialist training in the modern training workshop and in all
    areas of production, including: machining production, assembly / component assembly, quality assurance and much more.

  • 3½ years Duration of training

  • 1½ days per week vocational school

Ready to become a part of Knödler?

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Ms. Heidi Wimpff
T +49 (0) 711 – 448 14-29
M h.wimpff(at)knoedler-getriebe.de

Your requirements:

  • Interest in technical products

  • manual dexterity

  • Enjoy working in a medium-sized company

  • independent work

  • Ability to work in a team, sense of responsibility

  • Good secondary school leaving certificate

The training occupation:

Warehouse logistics specialists play a key role in all parts of an industrial company.
The training is very versatile.

  • Training as a warehouse logistics specialist teaches you everything you need to know about goods receipt, storage and dispatch.
    You will learn about logistical processes, warehouse technology and modern merchandise management systems.

  • 3 years Duration of training

  • 1½ days per week vocational school

Ready to become a part of Knödler?

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Ms. Heidi Wimpff
T +49 (0) 711 – 448 14-29
M h.wimpff(at)knoedler-getriebe.de

Your requirements:

  • At least a good secondary school leaving certificate or
    Fachhochschulreife / Abitur

  • Interest in business management contexts

  • Skill in dealing with numbers

  • Independent work

  • Ability to work in a team, sense of responsibility

The training occupation:

The interesting area of responsibility of industrial clerks extends across all functional areas
of a company, which is why the trainees pass through all of the following departments:

  • Purchasing / Materials management

  • Sales / Marketing

  • Bookkeeping / Accounting

  • Planning

  • Personnel

  • Service / spare parts sales

  • Shipping / Export worldwide

Insights into production round off the whole experience to get to know the processes in a modern industrial company

  • 3 years Duration of training

Ready to become a part of Knödler?

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Ms. Heidi Wimpff
T +49 (0) 711 – 448 14-29
M h.wimpff(at)knoedler-getriebe.de

Your requirements:

  • good secondary school leaving certificate

  • Technical understanding and spatial awareness

  • Understanding of mathematical and geometric relationships

  • Enjoy working on the computer

  • Ability to work in a team, sense of responsibility

The training occupation:

3 years of specialized training in the design office at a CAD workstation with the following focal points:

  • Creating and modifying 3D data sets

  • Planning and designing components and assemblies

  • Creation of assembly drawings and individual part drawings

  • Carrying out calculations and creating technical documents

Insights into production round off the whole experience to get to know the processes in a modern industrial company

  • 3½ years Duration of training

  • ½ year practical mechanical training

  • Specialist courses at GARP Ruit / Plochingen, e.g. electrical engineering / hydraulics

Ready to become a part of Knödler?

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Ms. Heidi Wimpff
T +49 (0) 711 – 448 14-29
M h.wimpff(at)knoedler-getriebe.de

Your requirements:

  • Good Abitur or good entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences

  • Good grades in math and physics

  • Understanding of mathematical and geometric relationships

  • Technical interest and understanding

  • Independence and high willingness to learn

The training occupation:

The special thing about this training course is the combination of training and study, practice and theory in harmony.

  • 4½ years Duration of training

  • 2 years of training as an industrial mechanic, parallel to the 1st semester of the degree course

  • Vocational school lessons at the Ferdinand-von-Steinbeis-Schule in Reutlingen

  • 2½ years of study at Reutlingen University

  • After 2 years final examination as an industrial mechanic, after 4½ years graduation as a Bachelor of Engineering.

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Ready to become a part of Knödler?

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Ms. Heidi Wimpff
T +49 (0) 711 – 448 14-29
M h.wimpff(at)knoedler-getriebe.de

Not the right job for you?

We are always happy to receive unsolicited applications if you are convinced that your skills are a perfect fit for our company.

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Ms. Heidi Wimpff
T +49 (0) 711 – 448 14-29
M h.wimpff(at)knoedler-getriebe.de