Engineer - Electroplating Maintenance

ACT Plast Paints; Oragadam; On-site; INR 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

ACT Plast Paints is seeking a skilled Maintenance Specialist to manage electroplating, electrical, and mechanical upkeep in a manufacturing setting in Tamil Nadu. You will oversee PLC and automation interactions, implement PM schedules, inspect electrical safety, and ensure uninterrupted production of auto components.

The role requires hands-on experience with plating equipment, circuit diagnostics, and preventive maintenance, with a focus on safety and reliability across utilities and

Qualifications

• Experience in electroplating maintenance for auto components.
• Knowledge of AC/DC circuits, rectifiers, MCCs, control panels, motors, VFDs, and transformers.
• Familiarity with preventive maintenance programs and maintenance checklists.
• Safety and compliance awareness in industrial environments.

Responsibilities

• Maintain plating tanks, rectifiers, busbars, anodes, cathodes, pumps, filters, heaters, agitators, and material-handling systems.
• Ensure smooth operation of automatic/semi-automatic plating lines.
• Troubleshoot equipment breakdowns and restore production quickly.
• Troubleshoot AC/DC circuits, rectifiers, MCCs, control panels, motors, contactors, relays, VFDs, and transformers.
• Monitor rectifier voltage/current and investigate abnormal output.
• Check cables, busbars, electrical connections, earthing, and insulation.
• Maintain pumps, gearboxes, bearings, chains, couplings, shafts, valves, pneumatic cylinders, and hoists.
• Carry out alignment, lubrication, replacement, and repair activities.
• Troubleshoot basic PLC, HMI, sensors, proximity switches, level sensors, temperature controllers, and interlocks.
• Coordinate with automation teams for major PLC/programming issues.
• Maintain automatic sequence and safety interlocks.
• Prepare and execute PM schedules for plating equipment and utilities.
• Monitor equipment condition and identify potential failures before breakdown.
• Maintain maintenance checklists and equipment history.
• Maintain exhaust/ventilation systems, chillers, compressors, cooling systems, ETP-related equipment, pumps, and other plant utilities as applicable.

Skills

Electroplating

Electrical

Mechanical

PLC & Automation

Preventive Maintenance

Safety Compliance

Job description

Role & responsibilities

1. Electroplating Line Maintenance

• Maintain plating tanks, rectifiers, busbars, anodes, cathodes, pumps, filters, heaters, agitators, and material-handling systems.
• Ensure smooth operation of automatic/semi-automatic plating lines.
• Troubleshoot equipment breakdowns and restore production quickly

2. Electrical Maintenance

• Troubleshoot AC/DC circuits, rectifiers, MCCs, control panels, motors, contactors, relays, VFDs, and transformers.
• Monitor rectifier voltage/current and investigate abnormal output.
• Check cables, busbars, electrical connections, earthing, and insulation.

3. Mechanical Maintenance

• Maintain pumps, gearboxes, bearings, chains, couplings, shafts, valves, pneumatic cylinders, and hoists.
• Carry out alignment, lubrication, replacement, and repair activities.

4. PLC & Automation

• Troubleshoot basic PLC, HMI, sensors, proximity switches, level sensors, temperature controllers, and interlocks.
• Coordinate with automation teams for major PLC/programming issues.
• Maintain automatic sequence and safety interlocks.

5. Preventive & Predictive Maintenance

• Prepare and execute PM schedules for plating equipment and utilities.
• Monitor equipment condition and identify potential failures before breakdown.
• Maintain maintenance checklists and equipment history.

6. Utilities & Supporting Equipment

• Maintain exhaust/ventilation systems, chillers, compressors, cooling systems, ETP-related equipment, pumps, and other plant utilities as applicable.

7. Safety & Compliance

• Follow electrical safety, LOTO, chemical-safety, PPE, and permit-to-work procedures.
• Ensure proper earthing, emergency stops, guarding, and safety interlocks.
• Participate in safety audits and corrective actions.

Preferred candidate profile

Auto components Electroplating Maintenance