Maintenance

Maintenance electrician CV: example and template

This example is for maintenance electricians at automotive, metal, food and chemical plants, and for building electricians and electrical fitters who want to work on machines.

The employer wants to know which equipment you look after, whether you know drives, inverters and PLCs, how you diagnose failures, which measurements you take and which SEP licences you hold. We show you how to describe this on your CV.

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Example CV: maintenance electrician

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Patryk Jasinski

Maintenance electrician

Wrzesnia +48 123 456 789 patryk.jasinski@example.com

Professional profile

Maintenance electrician with 8 years of experience, the last 5 at a van manufacturing plant in the body shop with robots. I fix electrical failures of machines and robots, diagnose control circuits, replace drives, inverters and sensors, and carry out measurements and thermal imaging of cabinets. I hold SEP licences for operation and supervision up to 1 kV. Thermal imaging found 23 faults before they caused a failure.

Work experience

Maintenance electrician

04.2021 - present

Van manufacturing plant, body shop, Wrzesnia

  • Electrical failures of machines and welding robots.
  • Diagnosing control circuits and signals in PLCs.
  • Replacing drives, inverters, sensors and cabinet equipment.
  • Electrical measurements and thermal imaging of cabinets, 23 faults found before failure.
  • Three-shift work and work during planned shutdowns.

Electrician

06.2017 - 03.2021

Installation firm, Gniezno

  • Installations in industrial halls.
  • Fitting switchboards.
  • Acceptance measurements.

Education

Electrical technician

2013 - 2017

Technical School Complex in Gniezno

Skills

  • Diagnosing electrical failures
  • Control cabinets and wiring diagrams
  • Drives and inverters
  • PLC and robot basics
  • Electrical measurements and thermal imaging
  • Safe work on equipment

Licences

  • SEP qualification certificate, operation up to 1 kV
  • SEP qualification certificate, supervision up to 1 kV
  • PLC diagnostics training, 2022

Languages

  • English: B1

Additional information

  • Driving licence category B
  • Shift work

I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for the purposes necessary to carry out the recruitment process, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR).

How to write a maintenance electrician CV

Professional summary

Write which plant you work at, which equipment you look after and which licences you hold. Add a result, for example faults found before a failure. The employer is looking for an electrician who will read a diagram, find the cause and safely bring the machine back into operation.

Electrician with 4 years of experience at an installation firm. I carry out installations in halls, fit switchboards and take acceptance measurements. I hold an SEP licence up to 1 kV. I am looking for work as a maintenance electrician.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe the equipment, failures, diagnostics, drives, measurements and shift pattern. Show results in numbers. Add licences with their scope and voltage. Also say whether you know PLC diagnostic software.

Weaker: Failures.

Better: Electrical failures of machines and welding robots.

Weaker: Replacements.

Better: Replacing drives, inverters, sensors and cabinet equipment.

Weaker: Measurements.

Better: Electrical measurements and thermal imaging of cabinets, 23 faults found before failure.

Skills worth listing

List diagnostics, cabinets and diagrams, drives, PLCs, measurements and safety. In your soft skills show calm, logical thinking and teamwork.

Professional skills

  • Electrical diagnostics
  • Wiring diagrams
  • Drives and inverters
  • PLCs
  • Measurements
  • Thermal imaging

Personal skills

  • Calm
  • Logical thinking
  • Teamwork
  • Accuracy
  • Responsibility

Licences

List SEP certificates with their group, scope and voltage, supervision if you have it, and training in PLCs and drives. Licences above 1 kV are a big advantage.

How to become a maintenance electrician

Most people move from electrical installations or start after an electrical technical school. On your CV show the measurements, switchboards and diagrams you know.

Add training in PLCs and drives. This is the knowledge plants look for most often.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

The automotive industry looks for robots and PLCs, a chemical plant for equipment in explosion hazard zones, and a food plant for drives and line automation. Move to the top what the job ad is about.

The most common mistakes on a maintenance electrician CV

Questions and answers

What should a maintenance electrician put on a CV?

The plant, equipment, failures, diagnostics, drives, measurements, SEP licences and shift pattern.

Which licences are needed?

An SEP qualification certificate for operation, and often for supervision too.

How is a maintenance electrician different from a building electrician?

A building electrician installs systems, while a maintenance electrician keeps machines working and fixes their failures.

Does knowing PLCs help?

Yes, an electrician who can read signals in a PLC finds the causes of failures faster.

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