The Role
Leads engineering and maintenance operations in a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant, ensuring equipment reliability, utilities availability, production uptime, safety, compliance, and cost optimization. Oversees preventive and predictive maintenance, plant utilities, CAPEX/OPEX budgets, installations, commissioning, qualification, validation, audits, vendors, contractors, spare parts, and regulatory compliance. Drives RCA, CAPA, TPM, Kaizen, energy efficiency, and continuous improvement while managing and developing the engineering team.
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Head – Engineering
Role Overview
Responsible for overall engineering and maintenance operations, ensuring equipment reliability, plant uptime, utilities availability, safety, compliance, cost optimization, and effective team management in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead overall engineering and maintenance operations, ensuring maximum equipment availability and uninterrupted production.
- Develop and implement preventive, predictive, and breakdown maintenance systems and monitor key maintenance KPIs such as MTBF, MTTR, OEE, and uptime.
- Oversee plant utilities, including HVAC, electrical systems, DG sets, compressors, boilers, water systems, and other support utilities.
- Ensure proper maintenance of production equipment, utilities, facility, and critical engineering systems.
- Drive RCA, CAPA, reliability improvement, TPM, Kaizen, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Manage Engineering CAPEX and OPEX budgets, ensuring effective cost control and optimum resource utilization.
- Provide engineering support for new equipment/system installation, commissioning, qualification, and validation activities.
- Ensure engineering systems comply with GMP/GxP, GEP, GDP, Data Integrity, QMS, and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Maintain audit readiness and support internal, customer, and regulatory audits, ensuring timely closure of observations.
- Ensure statutory, EHS, safety, and Permit-to-Work compliance across engineering activities.
- Manage engineering vendors, contractors, AMC/CMC contracts, and critical spare parts to ensure timely and quality service.
- Lead, mentor, and develop the engineering team and ensure effective manpower planning and technical capability development.
- Drive energy efficiency, maintenance cost optimization, equipment reliability, and operational excellence initiatives.
Key Technical Skills
- Plant Engineering & Maintenance
- Preventive & Predictive Maintenance
- Utilities & Facility Management
- Equipment Reliability
- HVAC & Water Systems
- CAPEX & OPEX Management
- Installation & Commissioning
- Qualification & Validation
- GMP / GxP / GEP
- GDP & Data Integrity
- RCA & CAPA
- TPM / Kaizen
- Vendor & Contractor Management
- AMC / CMC Management
- Audit & Regulatory Compliance
- EHS & Statutory Compliance
Key Competencies
- Engineering & Maintenance Leadership
- People Management
- Problem Solving & Decision Making
- Cost Optimization
- Strategic & Operational Planning
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Compliance & Quality Mindset
- Continuous Improvement
Skills Required
- Experience with plant engineering and maintenance operations
- Knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance systems
- Experience managing plant utilities, HVAC, electrical systems, boilers, compressors, water systems, and facility engineering
- Knowledge of equipment reliability, RCA, CAPA, TPM, Kaizen, and continuous improvement
- Experience managing CAPEX and OPEX budgets
- Experience with equipment installation, commissioning, qualification, and validation
- Knowledge of GMP, GxP, GEP, GDP, Data Integrity, QMS, and regulatory compliance
- Experience supporting audits and maintaining audit readiness
- Knowledge of EHS, statutory, safety, and Permit-to-Work compliance
- Experience managing engineering vendors, contractors, AMC/CMC contracts, and critical spare parts
- Engineering team leadership, people management, and manpower planning experience
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The Company
What We Do
SAVA Healthcare Limited is an Indian pharmaceutical manufacturer headquartered in Pune, with a registered office in Surendranagar, Gujarat. The company develops and manufactures nasal sprays, drops, dry-powder inhalers, oral solids, and topical preparations. Its business includes international operations, contract manufacturing, companion- and farm-animal healthcare, and herbal products, supported by research, development, and innovation capabilities for domestic and global healthcare markets.
