MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE BLAST FURNACE

A Mechanical Maintenance (Blast Furnace) job description focuses on ensuring the continuous mechanical reliability, safety, and availability of blast furnace plants and their auxiliary systems in an integrated steel mill. Core Role Summary The mechanical maintenance engineer or technician oversees preventive, predictive, and breakdown maintenance of heavy-duty metallurgical equipment, minimizing downtime and ensuring zero-incident safety compliance. You can review live industry roles and expectations on platforms like Indeed Blast Furnace Maintenance Vacancies or Jobitus Engineering Listings. Key Responsibilities • Furnace Proper & Top Gearbox: Maintain furnace shell, bell-less top charging systems, bleeder valves, and cooling plate/stave arrangements. • Cast House Equipment: Service mud guns, drill machines, tilting runners, slag granulators, and clay guns. • Tuyere & Blowpipe Assemblies: Handle the periodic replacement and alignment of tuyeres, blowpipes, and hot blast valves. • Auxiliary & Material Handling Systems: Maintain Raw Material Handling Systems (RMHS), stockhouse screens/conveyors, and Overhead Travelling (EOT) cranes. • Gas Cleaning Plant (GCP) & Pump Houses: Upkeep dust catchers, scrubbers, cooling towers, thickeners, slurry pumps, and high-pressure hydraulic power packs. • Preventive & Predictive Maintenance: Conduct vibration analysis, thermal monitoring, root cause analysis (RCA), and execute Standard Maintenance Procedures (SMPs). • Safety & Compliance: Enforce HIRA (Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment), gas-safety protocols during shutdowns, and statutory steel plant safety standards.