JOB DETAILS
Electrical Technician - Rolling Mills
CompanyKuwait Steel
LocationNot specified
Work ModeOn Site
PostedMarch 22, 2026

About The Company
United Steel Industrial Company (Kuwait Steel) was established in 1996 by Kuwaiti investors.In the four years that followed Kuwait Steel in collaboration with VOEST Alpine of Austria erected the first fully automated rolling mill in Kuwait. Its first rolling mill, which is built on a 40,000 square meter land area, has an annual production capacity of 750,000 metric tons of reinforcing steel bars with sizes ranging from 8mm to 40mm in diameter. Today, Kuwait Steel is composed of two rolling mill plants with a combined annual production capacity of 1.4 million metric tons and a steel making plant that produces 1.2 million metric tons per year. All steel plants are running full production capacities, catering to market demand.
About the Role
<div><strong>Job Responsibilities:</strong></div><p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;background: white;">-Perform maintenance and condition monitoring of electrical panels, drives, and motor controls as per operational load requirements.</p><p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;background: white;">-Carry out preventive and corrective maintenance as per work orders, ensuring proper feedback and updates are entered into SAP.</p><p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;background: white;">-Inspect DC motors and related electrical systems, report abnormalities to higher levels, and record findings in logbooks and checklists.</p><p style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt; background:white;">-Support Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations by providing accurate failure observations, field-level feedback, and execution insights, contributing practical knowledge of equipment behaviour and maintenance conditions. Apply approved preventive actions and updated maintenance tasks resulting from RCA outcomes.</p><p style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt; background:white;">-Perform inspection, preservation, and functional testing of critical spare parts stored in the warehouse, in accordance with defined procedures, checklists, and schedules, ensuring spares remain reliable, protected, and ready for installation when needed.</p><div>-Accurately record maintenance execution data in SAP, including work performed, failure symptoms, parts replaced, and observations, ensuring factual, complete, and timely information to support equipment history, analysis, and maintenance plan improvement.</div><p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;background: white;">-Calibrate electrical instruments, protection relays, and measuring devices to ensure accuracy and reliability.</p><div>-Check circuits, connections, and insulation for faults, wear, or deterioration, and report required corrective actions.</div><p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;background: white;">intercom, CCTV, and air-conditioning systems, ensuring operational readiness and spare availability.</p><p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;background: white;">-Record daily energy consumption readings and update records accurately.</p><p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;background: white;">-Participate in and execute approved equipment improvement, modification, and redesign activities, including minor projects and reliability initiatives, using internal resources, in coordination with Maintenance Engineers and Supervisors.</p><div>-Support maintenance activities across different plants or areas, contributing to centralized or shared-service initiatives for standardized electrical equipment, promoting best practices, technical consistency, and efficient use of internal resources.</div><div>-Record maintenance activities, test results, and fault reports in maintenance logs and SAP system for traceability and performance monitoring.</div><p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;background: white;">-Assist and coordinate with supervisors and engineers during breakdowns, shutdowns, and electrical upgrades.</p><div>-Maintain proper housekeeping and cleaning of electrical parts, tools, and rooms, including VVVF, DC drives, PLC areas, and ensure safe work conditions after each task.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Required Qualifications:</strong></div><ul><li>Technical Certification or Diploma in Electrical, Utilities Maintenance or related discipline.</li></ul><div><strong>Preferred Experience:</strong></div><ul><li>Technical Certificate: Minimum 5 years of electrical maintenance experience in steel industry or heavy industry operations.</li><li>Diploma: Minimum 3 years of electrical maintenance experience in steel industry or heavy industry operations.</li><li>Relevant experience may include:</li><li>Prior experience in steel industry, rolling mills.</li><li>Exposure to continuous production environments and high-temperature operations.</li><li>Experience in maintenance, inspection, and troubleshooting of AC and DC motors, electrical panels, and motor control systems in industrial environments.</li></ul>
Key Skills
MaintenanceCondition MonitoringElectrical PanelsDrivesMotor ControlsPreventive MaintenanceCorrective MaintenanceSAPDC MotorsRoot Cause AnalysisCalibrationTroubleshootingHousekeepingPLC
Categories
EngineeringManufacturingTrades
Job Information
๐Core Responsibilities
The role involves performing maintenance and condition monitoring on electrical systems, including panels, drives, and motors, while accurately recording all activities and findings in the SAP system. Responsibilities also include supporting Root Cause Analysis investigations and ensuring critical spare parts are inspected and ready for use.
๐Job Type
full time
๐Experience Level
5-10
๐ผCompany Size
349
๐Visa Sponsorship
No
๐ผLanguage
English
๐ขWorking Hours
40 hours
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