Cell Maintenance- SR. Engineer

Avaada Electro; Nagpur District; On-site; INR 400,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Avaada Electro in India seeks a maintenance professional to oversee preventive, predictive, and breakdown maintenance of cell manufacturing machines (coating, slitting, calendaring, winding, notching, assembly, formation & grading).

You will troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic issues, minimize downtime, manage spare parts, document PM logs, and coordinate with Process Engineering and Quality teams to improve equipment performance and ensure EHS compliance.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive, predictive, and breakdown maintenance of cell manufacturing machines (coating, slitting, calendaring, winding, notching, assembly, formation & grading, etc.).
• Diagnose mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic issues in production equipment.
• Repair equipment with minimum downtime to ensure continuous production.
• Support calibration and testing of machine components.
• Identify recurring failures and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Suggest and execute modifications to improve equipment efficiency and reliability.
• Work with the Process Engineering team to enhance machine performance.
• Monitor critical spare parts, tools, and consumables.
• Ensure availability of spares to avoid production delays.
• Coordinate with the purchase team for spare procurement.
• Maintain records such as PM checklists, breakdown reports, and equipment manuals.
• Follow maintenance SOPs, safety guidelines, and industry standards.
• Support internal and external audits (ISO/IATF where applicable).
• Work closely with production and quality teams to resolve equipment-related issues.
• Support installation, commissioning, and testing of new equipment.
• Train operators on basic machine handling and checks.
• Ensure all maintenance activities follow EHS (Environment, Health & Safety) procedures.
• Report safety incidents, near misses, and take corrective measures.

Job description

Role & responsibilities

Equipment Maintenance

• Perform preventive, predictive, and breakdown maintenance of cell manufacturing machines (coating, slitting, calendaring, winding, notching, assembly, formation & grading, etc.).
• Conduct routine inspections to ensure machines are in optimal working condition.
• Maintain maintenance logs and machine history records.

Troubleshooting & Repair

• Diagnose mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic issues in production equipment.
• Repair equipment with minimum downtime to ensure continuous production.
• Support calibration and testing of machine components.

Process & Equipment Improvement

• Identify recurring failures and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Suggest and execute modifications to improve equipment efficiency and reliability.
• Work with the Process Engineering team to enhance machine performance.

Spare Parts & Inventory Management

• Monitor critical spare parts, tools, and consumables.
• Ensure availability of spares to avoid production delays.
• Coordinate with the purchase team for spare procurement.

Documentation & Compliance

• Maintain records such as PM checklists, breakdown reports, and equipment manuals.
• Follow maintenance SOPs, safety guidelines, and industry standards.
• Support internal and external audits (ISO/IATF where applicable).

CrossFunctional Coordination

• Work closely with production and quality teams to resolve equipment-related issues.
• Support installation, commissioning, and testing of new equipment.
• Train operators on basic machine handling and checks.

Safety & EHS

• Ensure all maintenance activities follow EHS (Environment, Health & Safety) procedures.
• Report safety incidents, near misses, and take corrective measures.