Purpose of the Role
The AM (Shift In-Charge) – Central Crane Maintenance – Electrical will be responsible for the electrical maintenance, troubleshooting, reliability and availability of cranes and material-handling equipment across the steel plant. The role will lead the electrical maintenance team during the shift, attend breakdowns, execute preventive and predictive maintenance, and ensure safe and reliable operation of crane electrical systems with minimum production downtime.
Job Responsibilities (KRA)
1. Shift Electrical Maintenance
- Supervise electrical maintenance activities of EOT/Overhead Cranes, Gantry/Goliath Cranes, Ladle Cranes, Charging Cranes and other material-handling equipment.
- Ensure maximum crane availability and minimum electrical breakdown hours.
- Attend and troubleshoot electrical breakdowns during the shift.
- Allocate manpower and maintenance jobs based on equipment criticality.
- Coordinate with Mechanical Maintenance and Production teams for breakdown clearance and planned maintenance.
2. Crane Electrical System Maintenance
- Troubleshoot and maintain crane motors, drives, control panels, contactors, relays, PLCs, sensors and electrical protection systems.
- Handle electrical maintenance of:
- Hoisting mechanis
- Long-travel mechanism
- Cross-travel mechanism
- Crane control systems
- Limit switches and proximity sensors
- Pendant / radio remote control systems
- Power supply and conductor systems
- Cable reels and festoon systems
- Slip rings and collectors
- Maintain and troubleshoot AC/DC motors, VFDs, soft starters and motor control circuits.
- Ensure proper functioning of electrical interlocks and safety circuits.
3. PLC, Drives & Automation
- Troubleshoot crane PLC-based control systems and identify I/O, communication and control-related faults.
- Work with VFD/drive systems for hoisting, travelling and auxiliary crane movements.
- Diagnose drive faults, overcurrent, overload, overvoltage, encoder and communication failures.
- Troubleshoot PLC I/O modules, sensors, encoders, limit switches and proximity switches.
- Coordinate with automation/instrumentation teams for complex PLC and communication issues.
- Maintain crane control logic and electrical parameters as per OEM specifications.
4. Preventive & Predictive Maintenance
- Execute preventive maintenance schedules for crane electrical equipment.
- Conduct inspection of motors, panels, drives, cables, busbars, collectors, brakes and control circuits.
- Check insulation resistance, earthing, current, voltage, temperature and other electrical parameters.
- Monitor electrical equipment health and identify potential failures before breakdown.
- Maintain preventive-maintenance records and equipment history.
- Ensure timely replacement of critical electrical components.
5. Breakdown Analysis & Reliability
- Attend critical crane electrical breakdowns immediately to minimize production loss.
- Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for repetitive and major electrical failures.
- Identify recurring faults in motors, drives, PLCs, sensors, control panels and power-supply systems.
- Develop corrective and preventive actions to improve crane reliability.
- Monitor MTBF, MTTR, breakdown frequency and equipment availability.
6. Crane Safety Systems
- Ensure proper functioning of all crane electrical safety systems and interlocks.
- Inspect and maintain emergency stop circuits, overload protection, limit switches, anti-collision systems and warning systems.
- Ensure proper implementation of LOTO (Lockout/Tagout) before electrical maintenance.
- Ensure electrical isolation and discharge procedures are followed before working on equipment.
- Ensure compliance with plant electrical safety procedures and statutory requirements.
7. Team Management
- Lead Electrical Technicians, Electricians and contract maintenance personnel during the shift.
- Allocate manpower according to breakdown priority and equipment criticality.
- Guide technicians in electrical fault finding and troubleshooting.
- Conduct toolbox talks and safety briefings.
- Ensure proper shift handover, reporting and communication.
- Develop technical capability of the maintenance team.
8. Maintenance Planning & Spares
- Identify and monitor critical electrical spares for cranes.
- Ensure availability of VFDs, contactors, relays, PLC modules, sensors, encoders, motors, cables, fuses, breakers and control components.
- Coordinate with Stores/Purchase for timely availability of critical spares.
- Maintain minimum stock levels for critical crane electrical components.
- Support shutdown and major maintenance activities.
Job Requirements (KPI)
Qualification : Diploma / B.E. / B.Tech. in Electrical / Electrical & Electronics Engineering.
Experience : 5 + Yrs
