Job Description
maintenance engineers undertake scheduled and breakdown maintenance of engineering equipment or plants.
Maintenance engineers work involves checking, repairing and servicing machinery, equipment, systems and infrastructures.
What does a maintenance engineer do Typical employers|Qualifications and training|Key skills
Maintenance engineers ensure that industrial machinery and equipment runs smoothly and reliably.
Their work typically involves:
planning and undertaking scheduled maintenance
- responding to breakdowns
- diagnosing faults
- repairing equipment
- supervising engineering and technical staff
- obtaining specialist components, fixtures, or fittings
- managing budgets
- maintaining statistical and financial records
- ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation
- creating maintenance procedures
- managing stocks of supplies and equipment.
Shift and 'on-call' work may be required, particularly where manufacturing equipment is in a continual 24-hour operation. Career progression is often accelerated; maintenance engineers have opportunities to move into managerial positions or related areas of employment such as plant/production engineering.
Typical employers of maintenance engineers
- Manufacturing, construction, and process companies (for example food and drink manufacturers)
- Utility companies
- Local authorities
- Government agencies
- The armed forces
- Research facilities
- Consultancies
Self-employment via contract work, and occasionally consultancy, is possible for individuals with several years' experience.
Jobs are advertised online, by careers services, by recruitment agencies, in newspapers, and in relevant publications including TARGETjobsEngineering, The Engineer, and their respective websites.
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Employement Category:
Employement Type: Full time
Industry: Cement / Building Material
Role Category: Maintenance
Functional Area: Not Applicable
Role/Responsibilies: Maintenance Engineer
Contact Details:
Company: Freelancer Tabriz Alam
Location(s): Multi-City, India