Deputy General Manager-Global Engineering

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Piramal Pharma Solutions is a contract development and manufacturing  organization (CDMO), offering end-to-end development and manufacturing  solutions across the drug life cycle. We serve our clients through a globally integrated network of facilities in North America, Europe and Asia.  

This enables us to offer a comprehensive range of services including Drug Discovery  Solutions, Process & Pharmaceutical Development services, Clinical Trial  Supplies, Commercial supply of APIs and Finished dosage forms. We also offer  specialized services like development and manufacture of Highly Potent APIs  and Antibody Drug Conjugation.  

Our capability as an integrated service provider  & experience with various technologies enables us to serve Innovator and  Generic companies worldwide.  

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1. Enterprise E&M Strategy and Transformation

• Own and continuously refine the PPL Engineering & Maintenance excellence strategy, maturitymodeland phased transformation roadmap.

• Benchmark PPL practices against leading global pharmaceutical companies andtranslaterelevant practices into practical enterprise standards.

• Partner with site leadership to develop short-, medium- and long-term reliability and asset lifecycle plans aligned with business continuity,complianceand investment priorities.

• Act as the central technical escalation point for significant engineering reliability and maintenance risks.

2. Asset Reliability and Lifecycle Management

• Lead asset health, infrastructure, laboratoryequipmentand operational technology assessments, ensuring risks are prioritized by criticality and business impact.

• Drive year-on-year refurbishment, replacement and obsolescence plans for critical process, utility, infrastructure,laboratoryand automation assets.

• Strengthen preventive, predictive, condition-based, reliability-centeredand autonomous maintenance practices to move sites from reactive to risk-based maintenance.

• Ensure robust failure analysis, root cause analysis, CAPA effectiveness, lessons learned and horizontal deployment across sites.

3. Maintenance Excellence and Standardization

• Drive adoption and sustained complianceofglobal foundational guidelines covering asset registers, criticality, planned and unplanned maintenance, spares, lifecycle management, contractor evaluation,competenceand performance measurement.

• Establish consistent governance for PM compliance, MTBF, MTTR, breakdowns, production-impacting failures, maintenance cost, backlog,calibrationand other agreed KPIs.

• Lead critical equipment and spare-parts strategies, including BOM quality, ABC/VED classification, lead-time risk, stockingnormsand opportunities for regional or shared inventory.

• Promote disciplined work management, maintenance planning and scheduling, vendor performancemanagementand continuous improvement.

4. Digital Engineering and Technology Enablement

• Provide functional leadership for CMMS deployment and integration, including standardized workflows, master data, work orders, asset history, maintenance backlog,dashboardsandsparesmanagement.

• Advance predictive maintenance through IoT sensors, condition monitoring,analyticsand scalable use cases.

• Partner with Digital, IT, Automation, EHS, Quality and site teams on OT assessments, legacy system upgrades, cybersecurity readiness, EMS,MESand Industry 4.0 priorities.

• Ensure technology choices improve reliability, data integrity, regulatoryreadinessand user adoption.

5. Governance,Performanceand Investment

• Operate a strong three-tier governance cadence covering site, regional and global reviews, with clear accountability andtimelyescalation.

• Maintain enterprise dashboards and provide concise, data-based updates to senior leadership on progress, risks,benefitsand required decisions.

• Support risk-based capital prioritization and business cases for reliability, obsolescence,complianceand operational resilience investments.

• Confirm that benefits are sustained through audits, maturity reviews, actiontrackingand site ownership.

6. People, Capability and Collaboration

• Lead and develop the central Engineering and Maintenance team, clarifying roles,prioritiesand performance expectations.

• Influence site Engineering Heads and cross-functionalleaders ,building commitment to common standards and outcomes.

• Drive technical competency frameworks,iLeador equivalent capability programs, critical-role mapping, successionplanningand knowledge-transfer mechanisms.

• Create and mobilize global SME pools and communities of practice to solve recurring issues and share best practices.

• Build a “we maintain” culture through partnership between Engineering, Operations and Quality.

KEY STAKEHOLDERS

INTERNAL

EXTERNAL

SVP & Global Head - Engineering & Projects; Site Heads; Site Engineering & Maintenance Heads; Operations; Quality; EHS; Supply Chain; Finance; HR; Digital/IT; Automation; Capital Projects; Procurement andglobalSMEs.

Engineering and maintenance consultants; OEMs; technology and CMMS providers; specialist service partners; auditors and relevant industry networks.

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Instrumentation, Industrial or related Engineering discipline. A relevant master's degree or management qualification is desirable.

• Typically15+ years of progressive experience in engineering, maintenance,reliabilityor technical operations within pharmaceutical, biotechnology or another highly regulatedPharmaceuticalmanufacturing environment.

• Demonstrated experience in a central,corporateor global engineering function, with responsibility for multi-site transformation,governanceand standardization.

• Preferred experience in a reputed global pharmaceutical company and exposure to manufacturing sites across multiple countries or regions.

• Proven leadershipofmaintenance excellence, asset reliability, lifecycle/obsolescence management, utilities and infrastructure, engineeringstandardsand digital maintenance programs.

• Working knowledge of GMP expectations, quality systems, EHSrequirementsand regulatory readiness relevant to pharmaceutical engineering operations.

• Experience with CMMS/EAM, SAP PM or equivalent platforms, predictive maintenance, IoT/condition monitoring,OTand performance dashboards is strongly preferred.