Important to know as an Electrical Engineer in Manitenance Department.

BASIC INFORMATION YOU SHOULD LOOKOUT FOR IN ANY MANUFATURING SITE WHEN YOU JOIN AS AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER.

 

Organizational Structure for the Maintenance Department.

Single Line Diagram of Power Distribution. ( Identify how many substation are there and which is the Main Receiving Substation)

Identify the type of power distribution at your site : Whether Radial or the Secondary Selective arrangement for the power distribution.

Provision for the Emergency Power requirement.

Total Connected load.

Historical Maximum Demand and Average power drawn from the Grid.

Is there any captive power generation facility at the site.

How many different products your company is manufacturing at the site. What is the specific power consumption for each product.

How the power factor is controlled, use of capacitor in tandem with use of synchronous motors for larger loads.

 

Important documents.

Over all Plot plan of the site.

Equipment list.

Plot plan for the Grounding system.

Underground layout for the power. ( You should know elevation of the finished Grade, with and without paving, also the reference datum for your site)

Aboveground layout for the power.

Layout plan for the Hazardous Area Classification.

Philosophy for the provision of Control Supply to Instrumentation. ( For this it will be important to know about the utilization of UPS  i.e. Uninterrupted Power Supply for Critical instrumentation)

Auto Changeover and Manual Changeover system.