Maintenance and repair engineer

About this career

Maintenance and repair engineers focus on the optimization of equipment, procedures, machineries and infrastructure. They ensure their maximum availability at minimum costs.

Essential skills

advise on efficiency improvements conduct quality control analysis conduct routine machinery checks create solutions to problems inspect industrial equipment inspect machinery maintain equipment maintain machinery manage budgets perform machine maintenance perform test run resolve equipment malfunctions troubleshoot use testing equipment work safely with machines write technical reports

Required knowledge

engineering principles engineering processes maintenance operations mechanics quality assurance procedures

Additional skills

analyse big data analyse test data apply technical communication skills assemble mechatronic units assemble sensors collaborate with designers coordinate communication within a team design automation components develop strategy to solve problems estimate restoration costs execute software tests install automation components install hydraulic systems install mechatronic equipment lead process optimisation maintain hydraulic systems maintain nuclear reactors maintain power plants maintain robotic equipment maintain sensor equipment operate battery test equipment operate hydraulic machinery controls operate hydraulic pumps operate hydrogen extraction equipment optimise production optimise production processes parameters perform data analysis perform data mining perform maintenance on installed equipment perform risk analysis provide customer information related to repairs read standard blueprints record test data repair battery components research ocean energy projects simulate mechatronic design concepts solve technical problems test mechatronic units test sensors use computerised maintenance management systems use remote control equipment use specific data analysis software utilise decision support system utilise machine learning write records for repairs automation technology battery chemistry battery components battery fluids business intelligence chemical products cloud technologies communication control engineering data analytics data mining data mining methods data storage electricity electronics environmental management standards fuel gas hydraulics hydroelectricity information extraction information structure innovation processes marine engineering mechatronics nuclear energy offshore renewable energy technologies pneumatics quality standards renewable energy robotic components robotics sensors statistical analysis system software total quality control unstructured data visual presentation techniques

Also known as

machine engineer mechanical engineer production engineer plant repair engineer site superintendent manufacturing engineer maintenance and repair engineer repair engineer maintenance engineer manufacturing systems engineer maintenance and repair superintendent maintenance and repair manager equipment engineer plant maintenance engineer battery maintenance engineer engineering manager plant engineer