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Electrical Fitter/Electro-Mechanical Maintenance Fitter
Aureol Global Connections
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Posted Oct 26
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Key Responsibilities · Mechanical Drive Systems: Servicing, aligning, and overhauling heavy mechanical infrastructure, including precision roller bearings, linear bearings, heavy-duty drive chains, sprockets, conveyors, and gearbox assemblies. · Automation & Controls: Interrogating and fault-finding on Siemens/Mitsubishi PLCs to diagnose sensor inputs, safety stops, and line interlocks across automated sawmill processing units. · Motor & Drive Control: Installing, parameterizing, and troubleshooting VFDs (Inverters) and 3-phase motor circuits across variable-speed conveyor systems and saw arbors. · Pneumatics & Hydraulics: Maintaining high-pressure hydraulic power packs, proportional valves, and heavy pneumatic cylinders used in log clamping, log rotating, saw setworks, and kicker systems. · Preventative & Emergency Maintenance: Conducting planned inspections, vibration/lubrication checks, and performing rapid breakdown repairs to maintain maximum sawmill uptime. · Compliance & Safety: Adhering strictly to Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) procedures, isolation protocols, and sawmill risk management standards. Requirements · Trade / Qualification: Time-served Apprenticeship in Mechanical Fitting, Electrical, or Mechatronics Engineering. · Work Experience: Minimum 3 years of hands-on maintenance experience in sawmills, heavy wood processing, quarrying, mining, or heavy industrial production environments. · Technical Competencies: o Demonstrated skill in mechanical fitting, bearing replacement, and drive chain tensioning/alignment. o Practical ability to connect to and read PLC’s for systematic fault isolation. o Direct experience configuring and fault-finding on Mitsubishi inverters/drives. o Fluency in reading combined mechanical engineering drawings and electrical schematics.