Electrical machinery industry

Electrical machinery production foreman CV: example and template

This example is for production foremen at plants making electric motors, generators, transformers, switchgear and switchboards, and for electricians and team leaders who want to run a department.

The employer wants to know which electrical machines you make, how many people you lead, how you look after the quality of windings and assembly, how tests go and which qualifications you hold. We show you how to describe this on your CV.

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Example CV: electrical machinery production foreman

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Dariusz Mazur

Production foreman

Tarnow +48 123 456 789 dariusz.mazur@example.com

Professional profile

Production foreman with 14 years in the electrical machinery industry, the last 6 running the winding and assembly department for medium-power electric motors. I head a team of 30 winders, assemblers and testers and am responsible for the plan, insulation quality and final tests. The share of motors passing tests first time rose from 93% to 98.5%.

Work experience

Production foreman, winding and assembly department

02.2020 - present

Electric motor manufacturer, Tarnow

  • Heading a team of 30 winders, assemblers and testers on 2 shifts.
  • Production of medium-power motors, about 1,200 units a month.
  • Motors passing the test bay first time: from 93% to 98.5%.
  • Checking winding insulation, impregnation and assembly against the technical documentation.
  • Safety during high-voltage tests, authorisations to work and training new people.

Tester, electrician

06.2011 - 01.2020

Transformer manufacturer, Krakow

  • Electrical tests of transformers.
  • Insulation resistance and loss measurements.
  • Test reports.

Education

Engineering degree, electrical engineering

2007 - 2011

Cracow University of Technology

Skills

  • Running an electrical machinery department
  • Windings and impregnation
  • Assembling electrical machines
  • Electrical tests and measurements
  • Technical documentation
  • Safety during high-voltage tests

Qualifications

  • SEP qualification certificate above 1 kV, supervision and operation
  • Live working training, 2021
  • Health and safety training for people managing workers, 2023

Languages

  • English: B1

Additional information

  • 2-shift work

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How to write an electrical machinery production foreman CV

Professional summary

Write which electrical machines you make, which department you run and how many people you have. Add a result, for example tests passed first time. The employer is looking for someone who knows winding and assembly technology and is qualified to work with voltage.

Tester and electrician with 8 years of experience in transformer production. I carry out electrical tests, insulation measurements and reports. I hold SEP qualifications above 1 kV and am looking for work as a production foreman.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe the department, products, people, technology, tests, quality and health and safety. Show results in numbers. Add your work with design engineers and the quality department.

Weaker: Running the department.

Better: Heading a team of 30 winders, assemblers and testers on 2 shifts.

Weaker: Tests.

Better: Motors passing the test bay first time: from 93% to 98.5%.

Weaker: Quality.

Better: Checking winding insulation, impregnation and assembly against the technical documentation.

Skills worth listing

List windings, assembly, tests, documentation and health and safety. In your soft skills show accuracy, responsibility and passing on knowledge.

Professional skills

  • Electrical machinery department
  • Windings
  • Assembly
  • Electrical tests
  • Documentation
  • Health and safety

Personal skills

  • Accuracy
  • Responsibility
  • Passing on knowledge
  • Leadership
  • Communication

Qualifications

List SEP certificates with the group, voltage and scope, live working training and health and safety training. In this industry qualifications are the basis.

How to become a production foreman at an electrical machinery plant

Most people move up from tester, winder or electrician with experience. On your CV show the products and processes you know.

Add supervision qualifications and the people you already train. A foreman is responsible for the quality and safety of the whole department.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

A motor manufacturer looks for windings and tests, a transformer manufacturer for insulation and large units, and a switchboard manufacturer for assembly and wiring. Move to the top what the job ad is about.

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Questions and answers

What should an electrical machinery production foreman put on a CV?

Products, the department, people, technology, tests, quality, health and safety and SEP qualifications.

Which results are worth giving?

The share of products passing tests first time, plan completion, complaints and accidents.

Are SEP qualifications above 1 kV needed?

For high-voltage testing and transformer production they usually are.

Is an electrical education needed?

Usually yes, at least as an electrical technician. A degree helps with promotion.

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