Deputy General Manager-Global Engineering

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Piramal Pharma Solutions
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.

For more details, please visit : www.piramalpharmasolutions.com

Job Title
Deputy General Manager-Global Engineering
Job Description
The Global Engineering & Maintenance Lead will lead the central Engineering and Maintenance team and partner with all 17 PPL sites to transform site E&M performance in line with the enterprise level global engineering roadmap. The role will establish consistent standards, strengthen asset reliability and lifecycle management, accelerate maintenance excellence and digital adoption, and build the technical capabilities and collaborative culture required to bring PPL E&M practices toward peer global pharmaceutical standards.
1. Enterprise E&M Strategy and Transformation

- Own and continuously refine the PPL Engineering & Maintenance excellence strategy, maturity   model   and phased transformation roadmap.

- Benchmark PPL practices against leading global pharmaceutical companies and   translate   relevant 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,   compliance   and 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, laboratory   equipment   and 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,   laboratory   and automation assets.

- Strengthen preventive, predictive, condition-based, reliability- centered   and 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 compliance   of   global foundational guidelines covering asset registers, criticality, planned and unplanned maintenance, spares, lifecycle management, contractor evaluation,   competence   and performance measurement.

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

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

- Promote disciplined work management, maintenance planning and scheduling, vendor performance   management   and 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,   dashboards   and   spares   management.

- Advance predictive maintenance through IoT sensors, condition monitoring,   analytics   and scalable use cases.

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

- Ensure technology choices improve reliability, data integrity, regulatory   readiness   and user adoption.

5. Governance,   Performance   and Investment

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

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

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

- Confirm that benefits are sustained through audits, maturity reviews, action   tracking   and site ownership.

6. People, Capability and Collaboration

- Lead and develop the central Engineering and Maintenance team, clarifying roles,   priorities   and performance expectations.

- Influence site Engineering Heads and cross-functional   leaders ,   building commitment to common standards and outcomes.

- Drive technical competency frameworks,   iLead   or equivalent capability programs, critical-role mapping, succession   planning   and 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 and   global   SMEs.

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.

- Typically   15+ years of progressive experience in engineering, maintenance,   reliability   or technical operations within pharmaceutical, biotechnology or another highly regulated   Pharmaceutical   manufacturing environment.

- Demonstrated experience in a central,   corporate   or global engineering function, with responsibility for multi-site transformation,   governance   and standardization.

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

- Proven leadership   of   maintenance excellence, asset reliability, lifecycle/obsolescence management, utilities and infrastructure, engineering   standards   and digital maintenance programs.

- Working knowledge of GMP expectations, quality systems, EHS   requirements   and regulatory readiness relevant to pharmaceutical engineering operations.

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