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Job Purpose: Electric Motor Fitter
The business aims to ensure that the skills and experience of our staff support the service requirements of our customers. The job holder for this post has a wider skill range covering experience as an electric motor fitter. The business thus ensures that such skills and experience enhance the service provision.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required: Electric Motor Fitter
The Electric Motor Winder/Fitter should have experience in working with a range of equipment including electric motors, gearboxes pumps and fan units.
Key Accountabilities: Electric Motor Fitter
- Dismantle a wide range of motors, e.g. AC, DC, brake motors
- To have additional knowledge and experience of gearboxes, pumps, fan units, generators and other assemblies that include electric motors/windings;
- Testing skills - both static and dynamic testing; to include surge testing, core loss testing, pump tests, dynamic no load testing etc.
- To complete the relevant documentation and report on their faults (some may include environmental discharge), including test results at all stages of repair;
- To inspect and test motor subassemblies, e.g. brakes, switches, force ventilation units;
- To assemble motors and other rotating equipment for repair;
- To test units following repair and assembly;
- To be able to clean and prepare commutators for winding, including post winding processes such as undercutting etc;
- To take part in the call out system.
- To be able to help in attending site with the various site based activities carried out bu the department.
Competencies - Electric Motor Fitter
- Customer Focus - Making clients and their needs a primary focus of one’s actions; developing and sustaining productive client relationships;
- Quality Focus - Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved , no matter how small , showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks
- Contributing to Team Success - Actively participating as a member of a team to move the team toward the completion of goals
- Initiating Action - Taking prompt action to accomplish department objectives; taking action to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive;
- Adaptability - Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work shop tasks or the work environment; adjusting effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures
- Communication - Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of ways to line manager, work colleagues or customers in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
- Safety Awareness - Being aware of all conditions that affect own and co-worker safety;
Essential - Electric Motor Fitter
- Engineering qualification related to the repair of electric motors.(City & Guilds level 3 or equilavent)
- Previous workshop experience in a related role.
Desirable
- Full clean Driving Licence
- Experience at site related activities.
Key Working Relationships:
Reports to Works Manager for instructions on jobs required and works with other experienced staff when on site.
Additional Information:
- Carry a phone when on call and to be contacted at all times
- Do labouring duties when not busy
- Accompany members of engineering staff during out of hours working
- On site work with associated equipment and difficulties in an unsupervised environment
- Lift weight of up to 25kg from floor to bench level
- Manoeuvre equipment weighting greater than 25kg with appropriate lifting equipment
