Senior Engineer- Maintenance Electrical

Flender; Chennai; On-site; INR 4,200,000 - 7,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Flender in Chennai seeks a senior maintenance engineer to lead electrical and mechanical maintenance of gearboxes, VFDs, PLCs, and test benches. The role requires 15+ years in manufacturing and strong root-cause analysis capabilities.

You will work with 33/11 kV substations, implement digital maintenance records, train team members and drive continuous improvement while upholding zero-harm culture.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of senior maintenance experience.
• Experience in commissioning of VFDs and PLCs.
• Experience maintaining test benches and CNC machine shop equipment.
• Good Tamil language communication is essential.

Responsibilities

• Maintain gear box test bench and dynamic UPS.
• Analyze root causes of electrical and mechanical breakdowns in HMC machinery.
• Work with 33kV/11kV substations and associated electrical systems.
• Provide technical trainings to the maintenance team.
• Develop and maintain digital maintenance documentation and reports.
• Uphold zero-harm culture across operations.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Troubleshooting

Team training

Documentation

Education

BE / B.Tech. in Electrical / Electronics Engineering

Tools

Siemens frequency converters (Sinamics)

Profinet networks

S7 PLCs

VFDs/ drives

High voltage substations (33/11kV)

Job description

Job Description

Principal Accountabilities & Technical Competencies

1. Well versed with Siemens frequency converters, Profinet networks and PLCs (Sinamics, SM150 & S7 series PLCs)

2. Should have experience of working in gear box test bench & dynamic UPS.

3. Should be conversant in working with electrical sub-stations 33KV/11KV

4. Should have the ability to analyze the root cause for the electrical and mechanical breakdowns of the HMC machines with Sinumeric 840D system (Starrag Heckert, VTL, Juaristi, Wotan machines, etc. ).

• Experience in maintenance of Flank grinding machines ( Gleason Pfauter Machines)., Hobbing Machines preferably in CNC Hobbing machine.
• Working experience in a Senior position in maintenance set-up of a Gearbox Industry will be an added advantage.

7. Preferably an Electrical ‘C’ License holder

8. Commissioning / trouble shooting experience of above systems .

9. Adept in digitalization of manufacturing industries.

10. Efficient in analysis of energy management system and maintenance management system data to ensure continuous improvement.

11. Experience in imparting technical trainings to team members.

12. Upkeep maintenance documents digitally for daily reports, equipment history cards, key drawings, availability trends, maintenance cost analysis, optimization plan, etc

13. Awareness in zero harm culture.

Qualifications

BE / B.Tech. in Electrical / Electronics Engineering

Experience

• Minimum of 15 years working experience in a senior level in maintenance department in any manufacturing industry. Experience in commissioning of VFDs and PLCs will be preferred.
• Good communication skill with understanding of Tamil language is essential.
• Experience of machine maintenance in a large establishment to manage maintenance of Test benches, Machine shop (Horizontal machining centers, VTL machines, etc. ), Assembly Equipments like Induction heaters, Hydraulic torque wrenches, freezer units, paint booth and Washing machines, Cranes, etc.

Your contact person(s) for this job posting is/are:

Thirumalai Kumar T

Flender is an Equal Opportunity and Aff encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law.