Service Engineer - Industrial Pumps

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 safe 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.