Engineering Maintenance Technician Careers

WORK ENVIRONMENT:-

As an engineering maintenance technician you will carry out the servicing of the machinery and equipment in the production, manufacturing and transportation industries. The job can vary from setting up equipment on a food canning manufacture line, for testing the parts and components of the aircrafts in a hangar.

Your work will be carried out in two types:

• Emergency maintenance
• Preventative (planned) maintenance

In emergency engineer maintenance technician duties and responsibilities will include:

• Inform the production manager about the progress
• Putting in place error on site or organizing for substitute equipment to be installed
• React quickly to the equipment breakdowns
• Managing the individuals and teams to ensure that 24 hours cover is accessible

In preventative maintenance your duties and responsibilities will include:

• Assigning the work to the fitters team
• Examining and standardizing the instruments to ensure that they are accurate
• Managing the schedule for routine servicing
• Setting up new parts as needed
• Performing quality inspections on jobs

You will be following the technical manual of the manufacturer to help in finding the faults by making use of variety of testing tools and equipment which comprise of welding equipment.

QUALIFICATION, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:-

Engineering maintenance technician can make entry into this profession through an Apprenticeship Scheme with an industrialized, engineering or transportation operating company. In your area the apprenticeship range available will depend on the abilities required by the employer from the worker and local job market.

You will require 3 GCSEs (A-C) in the subjects like English, Mathematics, Science, Design and Technology. Some employer may request for 'A' level in Science, Mathematics or equivalent qualification. Otherwise you can complete the college course which will guide you in developing your skills that are required for this profession. An applicable course includes:

• City and Guilds 2800 Certificate in Engineering
• Operation and Maintenance Engineering BTEC National Certificate

You can check the colleges for entry requirements.

For more details about the engineering profession check the website of SEMTA.

TRAINING DETAILS:-

Depending on your job role, you can work towards a series of National Vocational Qualifications. Illustration includes:

• Level 3 Maintaining Plant and Systems (Mechanical, Electrical and Instruments and Control)
• Level 3 Engineering Maintenance
• Level 2 Engineering Maintenance and Installation
• Level 2 and 3 Process Engineering Maintenance

You will get additional information about requirement for particular roles in the linked profiles for Electronic, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technician.

You can develop your career prospects by making registration with the Engineering Council to achieve the status of Eng Tech.

You can also work towards higher-level qualification, like BTEC HND/ BTEC HNC, foundation degree or engineering degree. Visit the website of Institution of Engineering and Technology for further information about the United Kingdom colleges presenting these high-level courses.

SKILLS and KNOWLEDGE:-

• Familiar with the engineering principles and drawings
• Excellent communication, technical and practical skills
• Ability to resolve the problems easily
• Capable of working even when under pressure
• Can handle the wide-ranging workload
• Ability to work with the team and individually

SALARY AND OTHER BENEFITS:-

• Skilled technicians can make between $ 19,000 and $ 24,000 every year.
• Qualified technicians can get $ 24,000 to $ 28,000.
• Superior technicians can be paid up to $ 36,000 each year.

WORKING CONDITIONS:-

You will normally work for 40 hours every week which will include emergency and shift duties.

Mechanical engineering technician may work in the manufacture plant or industrial unit or out-of-doors or servicing equipment on site. For many jobs you will be required to be dressed in the protective safety clothing.

DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES:-

You will get many of the jobs with the manufacturing, production and engineering companies. You may get the opportunity to work overseas for international companies in a countries like Middle East, United States of America, Eastern Europe etc.

You can ultimately succeed as an engineer in your field with the help of further studies up to the degree level. For example: Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.

You can also get into the correlated areas for instance maintenance team management, technical sales and contract management.

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