Job Description

Position:Engineering & Maintenance Head
Location:Vapi
Experience:15 - 25 Years
Industries:Pharma
Responsibilities: * Strategic Engineering

• Develop and implement engineering strategies aligned with business growth, plant expansion, and regulatory expectations.
• Plan and execute capex projects including equipment upgrades, facility expansions, and energy-saving initiatives.
• Ensure facilities, utilities, and engineering systems comply with USFDA, EMA, and other international regulatory standards.
• Serve as Subject Matter Expert during regulatory audits, customer inspections, and technical assessments.
• Implement sustainability initiatives focused on energy efficiency, water management, and effluent handling.
• Drive innovation through automation, digital monitoring tools, and advanced CMMS-based maintenance systems.
• Maintenance Operations

• Ensure continuous availability and reliability of plant equipment, utilities, and infrastructure.
• Lead preventive, predictive, and breakdown maintenance activities across production equipment and utilities (boilers, chillers, compressors, HVAC, WFI, RO/DM, ETP/STP).
• Track and improve KPIs such as equipment uptime, MTBF, and MTTR.
• Ensure timely equipment calibration, qualification, and documentation in compliance with GMP requirements.
• Oversee effective troubleshooting to minimize equipment downtime.
• Maintain engineering documentation including logbooks, SOPs, and maintenance records to ensure audit readiness.
• Enforce EHS standards and promote safe engineering practices.
• Mentor, guide, and develop engineering & maintenance teams to strengthen technical capability.

Required Skills:

• Strong understanding of API/Pharma utilities and process equipment.
• Hands-on expertise in preventive & predictive maintenance systems (preferably CMMS-based).
• Knowledge of calibration, qualification, and validation requirements.
• Strong understanding of cGMP standards and regulatory audit expectations.
• Familiarity with automation, instrumentation, and energy management technologies
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to align engineering functions with business and regulatory objectives.
• Problem-Solving: Sound technical judgement and structured approach to RCA.
• Collaboration: Strong interface with QA, Production, RA, SCM, and EHS.
• Leadership: Ability to build, motivate, and retain a high-performing engineering team.
• Accountability: Strong ownership toward plant reliability, compliance, and cost optimization.
• Agility: Quick response to equipment failures and audit-related demands

Required Qualification: - B.E/B.Tech - Mechanical/Electrical/Instrumentation/Chemical
Salary :- Upto 35.00 LPA
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