Career

At ERCO we are looking for the most capable minds for the luminaire industry. People who take pride in their work and inspire others around them to be the best. Do you have that certain something to be a key figure in our talented team? Then we would be delighted to meet you.

Corporate culture
ERCO maintains a distinct corporate culture, which includes as much its image as the attitude of the company and its employees. We place great importance on openness, transparency, target orientation, leadership, creativity, innovation and the permanent advancement of skills in a mutual exchange.

ERCO, a modern and effectively managed family-owned business, is a recognised specialist in lighting software and hardware for architectural lighting. ERCO's main objective is to establish a technological lead to ensure economic and intellectual independence.

Working environment
ERCO considers it the responsibility of the company to provide its employees with a working environment which promotes effectiveness and personal development. This, for us, includes the following aspects:

- As a medium-sized company, we provide an exceptionally wide range
of different jobs and entry opportunities.
- Problems are considered a challenge which we always face head on.
- We think and work in a process-oriented manner. The whole company is organised along its central value added processes.
- We ensure our employees have long-term work prospects.
- We measure success on the targets set.
- We are focused on the requirements of our customers.
- Continuous improvement is part and parcel of our daily business. We strive for perfection and see ourselves both as a teaching and a learning organisation.
- Our structures facilitate and demand a high degree of personal responsibility.
- Our clear, factual image is a substantial part of the working environment of ERCO and permeates all structures of the company.

Environment and sustainability
ERCO acts responsibly in the use of resources such as raw materials and energy - towards our customers, employees and the environment. This is expressed in many different fields of action - from products to production all the way to our corporate architecture.

Our products are durable, environmentally friendly and energy-efficient. They are produced using up a minimum of resources. Aspects such as daylight architecture, integration of solar systems and green roofs as well as the natural landscaping of company grounds demonstrate a perception of architecture based on sustainability.

Work and recreation
We appreciate that all ERCO employees, irrespective of their age, position and situation in life, seek balance between work and personal life.

In order to ensure that the requirements of job, spare time and family can be successfully combined, we have created modern structures and offers. Such as a flexible working time model for all areas of the company, which has proven worthwhile over the last few years. The company's health management helps employees keep or become fit - with a balance diet in ERCO's attractive canteen, company sports programs and various measures aimed at providing advice and health prevention in cooperation with a number of partners.

Products and projects
Our innovative lighting tools set standards in architectural lighting. ERCO is innovative in its processes and operations - both in product development and in cooperative customer support. The high quality of ERCO's lighting software and hardware is made possible not least because of the concentration of development, production and communication in one place - "Made in Germany" defines ERCO's claim to efficiency and reliability. It is, however, the creativity, innovative ability and passion of our employees that make it possible to fill this claim with life and, ultimately, put it into practice in our customers' projects. As a result, ERCO's lighting consultants produce individually tailored lighting concepts in close cooperation with the design teams and principals.

Globality
The global network structure of our company requires tolerance and openness towards cultural influences from different regions of the world in which ERCO is active. Local employees at each site allow us to provide an individual and appropriate service. Cooperation and communication among employees worldwide is a given in our daily business. International employees are given the opportunity to get to know the company and their contacts at the Lüdenscheid site. All this leads to an attitude which allows us to view work and thought processes from different angles.

Employing some 540 people, ERCO is one of the prime employers in Lüdenscheid. This is added by a network of around 340 employees in our 11 sales subsidiaries located in more than 60 countries worldwide. The resulting characteristic combination of internationality and manageable size makes ERCO as a dynamic "micro corporation" with the short routes of a medium-sized company.

Employees
ERCO's employees share specific qualities and values which we also seek from new members to our team. Along with exceptional professional qualification, this includes certain personal characteristics. ERCO's employees are cosmopolitan, ambitious, passionate, target-oriented and flexible. We believe the diversity of different ethnicities, age groups, cultures and experiences is an enrichment. Ideas and suggestions made by individual employees are advanced to reach our customers. We are able to make and accept fair comments and use these to progress. ERCO's employees can identify with the company so as to fill our brand with life.