Shift Incharge - Maintenance (Electrical)

River; Hoskote; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

River, a Bengaluru-based design-focused mobility company, seeks a maintenance engineer to keep battery and vehicle lines running efficiently. You will lead preventive maintenance, troubleshoot complex systems, and coordinate with production teams to minimize downtime. Strong PLC/HMI, robot programming, and SAP maintenance experience are essential.

You will manage spare parts, maintain records, and drive kaizen initiatives to improve reliability and uptime across the assembly ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Diploma or BE in Automobile OEM/EV industries preferred.
• Strong PLC/HMI programming and troubleshooting capabilities.
• Robot programming and troubleshooting experience with Epson robots.
• Welding robots (Amada) knowledge is desirable.
• Experience with SAP Maintenance module (S4 HANA) required.
• Solid hydraulics and pneumatics understanding.
• Experience with conveyors and number punching machines.
• ISO 9001:2015 audit/documentation experience.
• Kaizen implementation and horizontal deployment exposure.

Responsibilities

• Create and execute plans to ensure efficient operation of battery and vehicle lines.
• Develop preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance strategies.
• Plan and execute patrolling maintenance checks to prevent disruptions.
• Inspect equipment, monitor performance and implement countermeasures.
• Diagnose failures and perform repairs considering production needs.
• Replace parts or make adjustments as needed to minimize downtime.
• Maintain failure history with analysis and implemented countermeasures.
• Prepare machine-wise spare parts matrix and manage ABC-based ordering.
• Maintain spare parts inventory to ensure availability when needed.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Troubleshooting

PLC/HMI programming

Robot programming

SAP Maintenance

Hydraulics & Pneumatics

Conveyors

ISO9001:2015

Kaizen implementation

Education

Diploma or BE in Automobile OEM/EV

Tools

Siemens PLC

Mitsubishi PLC

Epson robot

Amada welding robots

S4 HANA SAP

Job description

About River

River is a design company building personal transportation for livelihood. River is a design company building personal transportation for livelihood. We focus on creating multi-utility products for those independently carving their own path. We’re building from the ground up, bringing together design, engineering and technology to solve real, everyday problems. Our signature two-wheeler, Indie – The SUV of Scooters, is built to be a dependable companion for getting things done.

Today, we’re 1,500+ people strong, headquartered in Bengaluru, and have raised our Series C.

River is backed by leading global automotive OEMs, international tech investors, and top institutional asset managers, including Yamaha Motor, Al-Futtaim Automotive Group, Toyota Ventures, Mitsui & Co., Marubeni Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, Maniv Mobility, Elev8 Venture Partners, Claypond Capital, Trucks Venture Capital, 360 ONE Asset, HDFC AMC, Singularity AMC, Anicut Capital, and JIF Capital.

Key Responsibilities

• You are responsible for creating and executing plans to ensure the efficient and reliable operation of battery assembly line and Vehicle assembly line equipment, machinery and conveyors


• This involves developing strategies for preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance and improvements to kill the phenomena


• You need to plan and execute the patrolling maintenance checks to identify any potential issues or equipment failures that may disrupt the productivity


• This includes inspecting equipment machinery and conveyors, monitoring performance and plan to implement short term countermeasure and permanent countermeasure


• When the equipment fails or malfunctions, You need to diagnose the problem and implement repairs according to the production situation


• This may involve replacing parts or performing adjustments or other corrective measures


• All failures need to be properly analyzed and countermeasures to be implemented based on the severity of the failures


• You need to train your maintenance associates to scale up their troubleshooting skills to minimize the downtime & Increase the machine up time


• You need to plan and execute the preventive maintenance schedule monthly, weekly and daily plans as per the annual maintenance plan to minimize the downtime


• Need you to plan and execute weekly checks for the critical equipment and upkeep the check points based on the past failures


• You may need to collaborate with other departments and relevant stakeholders to ensure that their plans and align with the department goals and objectives


• This might involve coordinating with with production teams to minimize disruptions and increase the machine uptime


• You are often responsible for maintaining accurate records and documenting all maintenance activities, including maintenance schedules, repair logs and equipment performance


• Need to maintain failure history of all the equipment with proper analysis and countermeasure report with implementation proofs


• You need to prepare the machine wise spare parts matrix with sufficient details


• Need to ensure the spare parts are ordered based on the ABC criteria and track the delivery schedules of spare parts


• Maintain inventory levels so that necessary components are available when needed

Ideal Candidate

• Diploma with 6 Years/BE with 4 Years in Automobile OEM/EV Industries OEM


• PLC/HMI programming and troubleshooting(Siemens & Mitsubishi)


• Robot programming and troubleshooting(Epson)


• Troubleshooting knowledge on welding robots(Amada)


• SAP Maintenance module usage (S4 HANA)


• Strong knowledge and hands on experience in Hydraulics and Pneumatic circuits


• Experience in conveyors and number punching machines


• ISO9001:2015 Audit document preparation and maintenance


• Implementation of kaizen and Horizontal deployment