Maintenance Engineer ( Machine shop )

Responsibilities:

• To ensure maximum availability, reliability, and safe operation of VMC, CNC, and other machine-shop equipment through effective preventive, predictive, breakdown, and corrective maintenance.
• Plan and execute daily, weekly, monthly, and annual preventive maintenance of VMC/CNC machines.
• Conduct routine inspection of machine condition and identify potential failures.
• Check and maintain lubrication systems, coolant systems, hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
• Supervise maintenance technicians and contractors during maintenance activities.
• Check and maintain lubrication systems, coolant systems, hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
• Maintain maintenance records, equipment history, and spare parts inventory.
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and quality standards.
• Prepare maintenance reports, KPIs, and equipment performance analysis.
• Support installation, commissioning, and modification of new machinery and equipment.
• Attend breakdowns of VMC, CNC, HMC, and other machine-shop equipment.
• Diagnose machine faults and restore machines within minimum possible downtime.
• Troubleshoot CNC alarms, servo alarms, spindle faults, axis movement problems, and ATC-related issues..

Required Skills & Technical Knowledge:

• 2-5 years of experience in machine shop maintenance in automotive, engineering, precision manufacturing, or heavy engineering industries
• Plan, schedule, and execute preventive and predictive maintenance activities.
• Mechanical troubleshooting of machine tools.
• Hydraulic and pneumatic systems maintenance.
• Ball screws, linear guideways, spindle assemblies, and gearbox maintenance.
• Lubrication systems and coolant management.
• Bearing replacement and alignment techniques.
• Preventive, predictive, and breakdown maintenance.
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA).
• TPM (Total Productive Maintenance).
• 5S and Lean Manufacturing principles.
• Basic knowledge of PLC-controlled machine interfaces.
• Machine geometry and alignment checks.
• Reading mechanical drawings and maintenance manuals.
• Familiarity with CMMS or SAP PM.
• Strong knowledge of CNC, VMC machine maintenance.
• Mechanical troubleshooting of machine tools.
• Hydraulic and pneumatic systems maintenance.
• Ball screws, linear guideways, spindle assemblies, and gearbox maintenance.
• Lubrication systems and coolant management.
• Bearing replacement and alignment techniques.