Role & responsibilities

- Learn industrial pump fundamentals
- Understand centrifugal, positive displacement, submersible, dosing, and other pump types.
- Learn pump components such as impeller, shaft, mechanical seal, bearings, coupling, casing, and wear rings.
- Understand pump curves, flow rate, head, efficiency, NPSH, and operating limits.
- Assist in installation and commissioning
- Support senior engineers during pump installation.
- Check alignment, coupling, piping connections, valves, and lubrication.
- Assist with trial runs and record operating parameters.
- Pump inspection and preventive maintenance
- Inspect pumps for vibration, abnormal noise, leakage, overheating, and unusual operating conditions.
- Assist with routine maintenance and servicing.
- Check bearings, seals, lubrication, coupling, and other wear components.
- Maintain preventive-maintenance checklists.

- Troubleshooting
- Assist senior engineers in identifying causes of:

- Low/no flow

- Low discharge pressure

- Excessive vibration
- Mechanical-seal leakage

- Bearing overheating

- Cavitation

- Motor/pump overloading





- Frequent pump failures
- Learn to distinguish between pump, motor, piping, valve, and process-related problems.

- Dismantling and assembly
- Assist with secure pump dismantling and reassembly.
- Learn correct procedures for replacing mechanical seals, bearings, gaskets, impellers, and other parts.
- Use tools such as vernier calipers, micrometers, dial gauges, torque wrenches, and alignment tools under supervision.

- Measurements and documentation
- Record suction/discharge pressure, current, voltage, flow, temperature, vibration, and other parameters.
- Prepare service reports and maintenance records.
- Document parts replaced and observations during service.

- Customer/site support
- Accompany experienced service engineers to customer sites.
- Understand customer complaints and collect equipment information.
- Communicate technical observations clearly and professionally.
- Follow site safety procedures and customer requirements.

📌 Service Engineer - Industrial Pumps (Chennai)
🏢 BI Engineering Solutions Private
📍 Chennai