Senior Executive/Assistant Manager, Engineering Projects

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Operations and Maintenance

• Ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient operation and maintenance of plant equipment and utility systems.
• Plan and oversee preventive, predictive, breakdown, and shutdown maintenance activities.
• Respond promptly to equipment and utility breakdowns, identify root causes, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Coordinate electrical and civil maintenance activities across the facility.
• Maintain appropriate inventories of critical spares to minimize equipment downtime.
• Monitor engineering system performance and identify opportunities to improve reliability, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.

Utilities Management

• Oversee the operation and maintenance of HVAC and AHU systems, purified water systems, boilers, cooling towers, electrical systems, instrumentation, PLC systems, and other plant utilities.
• Ensure utility systems operate in accordance with approved procedures, quality standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Support energy conservation and utility optimization initiatives.

Qualification, Validation, and Compliance

• Manage the qualification and validation of HVAC systems, utilities, equipment, and related systems.
• Ensure Installation Qualification, Operational Qualification, and Performance Qualification documentation is available and maintained for existing equipment.
• Ensure qualification documentation is prepared and approved for newly installed equipment and systems.
• Support Production and Quality teams in conducting process validation studies.
• Coordinate the installation, qualification, and validation of equipment-related software and automation systems.
• Liaise with the Electricity Board and other statutory authorities to ensure smooth operations and regulatory compliance.
• Support internal, customer, and regulatory audits through timely preparation of records, documentation, and supporting evidence.

Documentation and Quality Systems

• Prepare, review, revise, and implement Engineering and Maintenance Department SOPs.
• Develop and maintain SOPs for engineering utilities, including purified water systems, HVAC, AHUs, cooling towers, boilers, and electrical systems.
• Prepare and review annual preventive maintenance and calibration schedules in consultation with user departments.
• Ensure accurate and timely maintenance of engineering records, equipment history, qualification documents, calibration records, and audit documentation.
• Ensure engineering activities comply with approved SOPs, quality systems, and applicable regulatory requirements.

Projects and Continuous Improvement

• Coordinate engineering projects related to plant, equipment, and utility modifications.
• Support the Plant Head in identifying, evaluating, and procuring new plant equipment and machinery.
• Coordinate with consultants, contractors, vendors, and internal stakeholders during planning, installation, commissioning, and qualification.
• Review technical proposals and recommend suitable engineering solutions.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance equipment reliability, operational efficiency, safety, and compliance.

Procurement, Inventory, and Vendor Management

• Raise and follow up on purchase requisitions for engineering materials, equipment, and services.
• Verify work completion and coordinate the processing and follow-up of vendor payments.
• Identify, assess, and develop new vendors and service providers.
• Manage contractor activities and ensure work is completed safely, effectively, and within agreed timelines.
• Maintain effective inventory control for engineering spares, consumables, and utility requirements.
• Prepare annual budgets for maintenance spares, utilities, projects, and other engineering needs.

Team Leadership

• Lead, train, guide, and motivate engineering and maintenance team members.
• Allocate responsibilities and monitor team performance to ensure timely completion of maintenance and project activities.
• Develop team capabilities through structured training, coaching, and on-the-job learning.
• Promote a culture of safety, accountability, compliance, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or diploma in Electrical, Mechanical, Instrumentation, Electronics, or a related engineering discipline.
• Relevant experience in engineering, maintenance, and utility operations within a pharmaceutical or regulated manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing HVAC, purified water, electrical, instrumentation, PLC, boiler, cooling tower, and other utility systems.
• Practical experience in preventive, predictive, breakdown, and shutdown maintenance.
• Knowledge of equipment and utility qualification, including IQ, OQ, and PQ.
• Experience with calibration planning, validation support, SOP preparation, documentation, and audit readiness.
• Experience coordinating with statutory authorities, consultants, contractors, and vendors.
• Previous experience leading a multidisciplinary engineering or maintenance team.