Engineering, maintenance and production
Roles that operate, maintain and troubleshoot machines and installations, use technical documentation, carry out measurements and produce within fixed quality and safety standards.
Example roles: maintenance technician, service technician, machine operator, production operative, instrumentation technician, technical team leader
Base profile of the family
Every job in this family inherits this profile and deviates from it with a limited number of additions, adjustments and removals. The target levels below apply to the medior level.
| T | Skill | Target level | Weight | Knockout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Spatial ability | N3 | 3 | no |
| V | Problem analysis | N3 | 4 | no |
| V | Quality control | N3 | 4 | no |
| V | Business reporting | N2 | 1 | no |
| V | working in teams | N3 | 3 | no |
| G | Discipline and keeping commitments | N3 | 4 | no |
| G | Demonstrating ownership | N3 | 3 | no |
| G | Managing workload pressure | N3 | 2 | no |
| V | Professional currency and specialist literature | N3 | 2 | no |
| V | Guiding on the job | N2 | 2 | no |
| V | Working with digital devices and applications | N3 | 3 | no |
| K | Technical understanding | N4 | 5 | yes |
| V | Mechanical maintenance | N3 | 5 | yes |
| V | Electrical engineering work | N3 | 4 | no |
| V | Measurement and calibration | N3 | 3 | no |
| V | Reading and applying technical drawings | N3 | 4 | no |
| V | Operating machines | N3 | 4 | no |
| V | Recognising and resolving machine faults | N3 | 5 | yes |
| V | Performing preventive maintenance | N3 | 4 | no |
| G | Safety awareness | N4 | 5 | yes |
| V | Using personal protective equipment correctly | N3 | 3 | no |
| V | Applying workplace organisation and 5S | N2 | 2 | no |
Seniority adjustment
These values are added to every target level of the family and then clamped to 1 to 5.
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Responds to unforeseen equipment or installation breakdowns and diagnoses the fault under time pressure to limit downtime.
Sets up and operates CNC machines to machine metal parts to drawing, and monitors dimensional accuracy throughout the batch.
Designs and draws technical structures and parts in CAD, and ensures the design is manufacturable and fully detailed.
Designs electrical installations and systems, substantiates choices with calculations and checks them against standards and regulations.
Installs, maintains and repairs electrical installations and wiring, working according to safety standards for live electrical work.
Resolves faults at the customer's site, performs field maintenance on installations and reports the visit to both the customer and the own organisation.
Maintains and repairs electrical installations in a production environment and resolves faults that directly affect the production line.
Maintains, calibrates and repairs instrumentation and control equipment that monitors and steers process parameters within an installation.
Operates one or more production machines following fixed instructions, monitors the process and intervenes on minor deviations.
Develops and improves installations' maintenance strategy based on failure data, and advises on lifespan and reliability.
Carries out planned and unplanned maintenance on machinery and installations at a fixed site, following maintenance schedules and safety rules.
Schedules maintenance work on machinery and installations, coordinates this with production and monitors parts and capacity.
Machines metal parts on conventional lathes and milling machines, often for small batches and custom work with no CNC programme.
Designs and calculates mechanical systems and structures, and substantiates choices with strength and lifespan calculations.
Assembles and maintains mechanical engineering installations and machine parts based on technical drawings and specifications.
Maintains and repairs automated systems where mechanical, electronic and control engineering come together.
Monitors and controls a continuous production process from a control room or panel, and intervenes on deviating process parameters.
Develops and optimises production processes, analyses process data and translates improvement opportunities into feasible changes.
Performs simple, repeatable production or assembly tasks on a line or workstation, following a fixed work instruction.
Manages a production shift on pace, quality and safety, assigns tasks and is the first point of contact for faults or deviations.
Checks products and materials for dimensions and quality against specification, and approves or rejects based on measurement results.
Analyses quality data from the production process, traces structural causes of deviations and improves the quality system.
Installs, programs and maintains industrial robots, and resolves faults that are mechanical or control related in nature.
Cuts, bends and forms sheet material into parts and products according to drawing, using equipment such as a bending press or punch machine.
Builds and assembles steel structures based on technical drawings, both in the workshop and on site.
Calculates the costs of technical projects based on drawings and specifications, and prepares quotations and budgets.
Produces and details technical drawings based on an existing design, following drawing standards and revision agreements.
Leads technical projects from planning to completion, directs subcontractors and mechanics and monitors budget, schedule and quality.
Resolves the most complex technical problems that other mechanics cannot solve, and transfers technical knowledge within the team.
Plans and organises technical projects before execution starts, and coordinates materials, people and equipment.
Installs, maintains and repairs technical equipment and machinery, and resolves simple to moderate faults independently.
Welds metal parts and structures together according to drawing and welding qualification, and checks the quality of own welds.