Maintenance Engineer
Also known as: Plant Maintenance Engineer · Service Engineer
Keeps plant machinery and electrical systems running through planned and breakdown maintenance.
What you’d do
A maintenance engineer keeps machines, utilities and electrical systems in a plant running. Manufacturers, process plants, power stations and large facilities hire them. A typical day mixes planned checks, fixing breakdowns, logging work and coordinating with production so stoppages stay short.
- Plans preventive maintenance schedules
- Repairs breakdowns on the shop floor
- Keeps spare parts and records
- Finds root causes of repeat failures
How you get in
Freshers usually join as a graduate engineer trainee (GET) or junior engineer at a plant, through campus placement or direct application. Diploma holders often enter as technicians and move up with experience.
Salary in India
Fresher salary over the years
middle of the 0–1 yr range, ₹ lakh a year
Fewer than two years of fresher data so far — the trend shows once there are two.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Reading electrical and mechanical drawings
- Root-cause analysis of breakdowns
- Preventive and predictive maintenance planning
- Safety practices such as lockout–tagout and permits to work
- Keeping maintenance logs and spare-parts records
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition3
How many graduates enter each year?
B.Tech / B.E. (all branches) graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field3
Is it diverse?
Share of women among B.Tech / B.E. (all branches) graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Work is plant-based, often in industrial areas away from big cities.
- Common next roles: maintenance in-charge, reliability engineer, plant engineering manager.
- Electrical maintenance roles may need a state electrical supervisor licence for some work.
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