Job Description – Electrical Engineer
Position: Electrical Engineer
Department: Engineering / Maintenance
Industry: Manufacturing
Reports To: Maintenance Manager / Engineering Manager
Location: Plant / Manufacturing Facility
Experience: 3–7 Years
Qualification: B.E./B.Tech/Diploma – Electrical & Electronics Engineering
1. Job Purpose
To ensure safe, reliable and uninterrupted electrical power and equipment availability for manufacturing operations through preventive maintenance, breakdown maintenance, troubleshooting, energy management and continuous improvement.
2. Key Responsibilities
Electrical Maintenance
- Carry out preventive, predictive and breakdown maintenance of electrical systems and manufacturing equipment.
- Troubleshoot electrical faults in motors, control panels, MCCs, PCCs, transformers, DG sets, VFDs, UPS and other electrical equipment.
- Ensure minimum machine downtime through quick and effective fault diagnosis.
- Monitor electrical equipment health and identify potential failures.
- Maintain electrical maintenance records, checklists and equipment history.
Production Support
- Provide immediate electrical support to Production during machine breakdowns.
- Coordinate with Production, Mechanical, Instrumentation and other Engineering teams.
- Support installation, commissioning and modification of new machinery.
- Ensure electrical equipment availability as per production requirements.
Preventive Maintenance
- Prepare and execute preventive maintenance schedules.
- Monitor PM compliance and pending maintenance activities.
- Maintain critical spare inventory and recommend minimum stock levels.
- Analyse recurring breakdowns and implement corrective actions.
Electrical Systems
- Maintain and monitor HT/LT electrical systems, transformers, panels, MCC/PCC, motors and distribution systems.
- Monitor DG sets, power factor, capacitor banks and electrical load.
- Ensure proper functioning of earthing and electrical protection systems.
- Monitor power consumption and identify opportunities for energy saving.
Automation & Controls
- Troubleshoot basic PLC, VFD, sensors, relays, contactors and control circuits.
- Coordinate with automation teams/vendors for PLC and machine-control-related issues.
- Support electrical modifications and machine improvement projects.
Safety & Compliance
- Ensure compliance with electrical safety procedures and statutory requirements.
- Implement LOTO (Lockout/Tagout) procedures during maintenance.
- Conduct electrical inspections and ensure proper PPE usage.
- Ensure safe working practices for electrical maintenance personnel.
- Support statutory electrical inspections and audits.
3. Breakdown Management KPIs
- Electrical breakdown hours
- Machine downtime due to electrical failure
- MTBF – Mean Time Between Failures
- MTTR – Mean Time To Repair
- Repeat breakdown percentage
- Preventive maintenance compliance
- Equipment availability
- Emergency breakdown response time
4. Energy Management
- Monitor plant electrical consumption.
- Analyse abnormal power consumption.
- Identify energy-saving opportunities.
- Monitor power factor and demand.
- Support energy conservation projects.
- Prepare periodic energy consumption reports.
5. Vendor & Contractor Management
- Coordinate with electrical contractors and equipment vendors.
- Supervise outsourced maintenance activities.
- Verify quality of work and ensure timely completion.
- Support AMC activities for electrical equipment.
- Check service reports and contractor performance.
6. Documentation & Reporting
Maintain:
- Daily electrical maintenance report
- Breakdown report
- Preventive maintenance records
- Equipment history cards
- Electrical inspection checklist
- Spare parts consumption records
- Energy consumption report
- AMC/vendor records
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA) reports
7. Required Technical Skills
- Electrical motors and control systems
- HT/LT systems
- MCC/PCC panels
- Transformers
- DG sets
- VFDs
- PLC basics
- Industrial electrical wiring
- Protection systems
- Power factor correction
- Electrical safety
- Preventive & predictive maintenance
- Root Cause Analysis
- AutoCAD Electrical – desirable
- SAP/CMMS – desirable
8. Key Competencies
- Problem-solving and troubleshooting
- Analytical thinking
- Planning and execution
- Decision-making
- Team management
- Vendor coordination
- Safety consciousness
- Communication skills
- Ability to work under production pressure
9. Key Performance Indicators – SuggestedKPISuggested TargetElectrical PM Compliance≥ 95%Equipment Availability≥ 98%Breakdown Reduction≥ 10–15% YoYRepeat Breakdown< 5%MTTRContinuous reductionMTBFContinuous improvementEmergency Response< 15 minutesEnergy Consumption5–10% reductionSafety Compliance100%Critical Spare Availability≥ 95%10. Preferred Candidate Profile
An Electrical Engineer with strong hands-on manufacturing plant experience, capable of independently troubleshooting industrial electrical systems, supporting production during breakdowns, managing preventive maintenance and leading electrical improvement projects.
If this is for your Facility Management company entering/servicing the Manufacturing Segment, I can also prepare a more specific “Electrical Engineer – Manufacturing Facility Management” JD, including client coordination, SLA/KPI, manpower supervision, AMC, statutory compliance, P&L awareness and shift operations.
Pay: ₹22,000.00 - ₹30,000.00 per month
Benefits:
- Food provided
- Health insurance
- Provident Fund
Work Location: In person
