Key Responsibilities

1. Machine Maintenance & Repair

- Install, assemble, align, and maintain cashew processing machinery, including cutting, shelling, peeling, and grading machines.
- Perform preventive and breakdown maintenance to ensure smooth machine operations.
- Identify mechanical faults and carry out timely repairs.

2. Preventive Maintenance

- Conduct routine inspections of machines and equipment.
- Lubricate moving components such as bearings, shafts, and guides.
- Replace worn-out parts, including blades, belts, bearings, and bushes.
- Maintain preventive maintenance schedules and records.

3. Breakdown Maintenance

- Attend to machine breakdowns promptly to minimize production downtime.
- Diagnose mechanical failures and implement corrective actions.
- Coordinate with electricians and other technicians whenever required.

4. Blade & Tool Management

- Sharpen, adjust, and replace cutting blades as per operational requirements.
- Ensure accurate blade settings to minimize kernel breakage and product wastage.
- Maintain fitter tools, measuring instruments, and workshop equipment.

5. Production Support

- Assist machine operators during machine setup, adjustments, and changeovers.
- Ensure optimum machine performance with minimum wastage.




- Support production targets by ensuring maximum machine availability.

6. Safety & Compliance

- Follow workplace safety procedures and food-industry hygiene standards.
- Ensure machine guards and safety devices are properly installed and functional.
- Use appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at all times.

7. Quality Support

- Ensure correct machine settings to maintain product quality.
- Minimize mechanical defects that may cause kernel damage or breakage.
- Identify and report recurring machine-related quality issues to supervisors.

8. Documentation & Reporting

- Maintain machine maintenance logs and breakdown reports.
- Record spare parts consumption and maintenance activities.
- Report abnormal machine performance and recurring mechanical failures.

Required Skills & Competencies

- Strong knowledge of mechanical maintenance and machine repair.
- Hands-on experience with industrial machinery and mechanical components.
- Knowledge of bearings, belts, shafts, gears, blades, and lubrication systems.
- Ability to troubleshoot mechanical breakdowns independently.
- Positive problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to work in a production-oriented environment.

📌 Maintenance Technician (Kolhapur)
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📍 Kolhapur