Why WIKA?
Good reasons to make WIKA a part of your life
A high technological demand for first-class products, a variety brought about by customers from the widest range of industries and a family-like cooperation - there's a lot going for WIKA as an employer.
Sunny times for bright minds - You can turn your brainstorms into successful projects with us. You can be in charge of your projects from the idea to the end result with WIKA. Constant change and new challenges are thus guaranteed.
Responsibility for maximum efficiency - With us you will perform at your best. Continuous improvement is part of WIKA's business philosophy. You, too, can add to this! Take responsibility and produce efficient results. We will rely on your dedication and will give you the freedom.
With energy to help create something, internationally - Whether directly on site or from your home country. Through strong international growth, opportunities and possibilities are opening for you worldwide to shape things.
Family and diversity makes for security - Customers from the widest range of industries means not only diversification for us, but also security. Regardless of stock markets, as an owner-operated family business, we can react quickly to movements in the business cycle and this makes for a secure future.
Your prospects
We are looking for personalities!
Are you in search of a new task and a challenge? Do you want to make the next career move? Then WIKA is the right employer for you!
As a company growing worldwide, with a very wide product portfolio, WIKA always has new challenges and fields of responsibility to offer. Internationally and nationally, you have the possibility to take responsibility and to show what you're made of! We will support your talent and competence and give you the space to use these to the best.
Whether in development, manufacturing, product management, IT or sales - in all WIKA business divisions a structured initial training is guaranteed. You will therefore receive a professional induction and can also build your personal network. Despite the international structure and the size of the company, a family-like cooperation prevails within WIKA. Helpful colleagues provide for a speedy orientation and will support you in your initial time at WIKA.Responsible challenges and a good initial training alone, of course, do not make an attractive working environment!
We encourage your talents and open up prospects!
We work together with our customers on specific solutions and to develop custom, high-value products. In your personal development also, individuality is paramount. Together with your manager and personnel development, actions are planned and implemented. In this way, you will receive a customised training programme that is tailored to your area of responsibility.
If you are considering a management or specialist career, we will prepare you in the best possible way for this function. Within the team leader programme or in the WIKA talent programme, you will receive, over the course of several seminar modules, the required skills for your management or professional function.
Working at WIKA
Benefits of working for WIKA
We offer a comprehensive benefit package for employees as well as their dependents. This coverage includes health, dental, eye examinations, long and short term disability, life insurance and emergency travel insurance. Additionally, employees have annual credits for each the following paramedical expenses: Chiropractic, Physiotherapist, Acupuncturist, Podiatrist, Speech Therapist, Massage Therapist, Osteopath, Neuropath, and Audiologist. To keep fit we offer a wellness program that provides discounted prices at fitness facilities. As well, WIKA Instruments has an Employee and Family Assistance Program available to provide confidential support to our associates and their families if counselling and support are needed.
We'll keep you safe!
We have developed, and will continue to grow towards building and ensuring a safe workplace. This culture will ensure every employee enjoys working in an environment with the confidence and knowledge that fellow coworkers are as concerned for their safety as they are their own. The involvement of the staff includes a comprehensive Health and Safety Committee that includes representation from every department within the organization. WIKA subsidizes our employees with their Personal Protective Equipment on an annual basis. Assistance with protective footwear and eyewear are available to most every year.
The WIKA family
WIKA is all about family. We provide a welcoming environment to staff and their families and encourage participation in annual events and activities. To ensure all our employees are spending time with their families outside of the workplace, employees are provided additional paid time off in the form of flex days as well as annual vacation time.
Education is the future
We owe our leading position in the world market to our employees. Through their knowledge, creativity and their performance, markets are developed and successful new products are created. The advancement of the qualifications of our employees is anchored strongly within our culture, and to ensure our employees are always growing and successful. We offer a tuition assistance program to aid in continuing education.