Engineer - Mechanical

The job involves being a team member of the Engineering Maintenance & Reliability Team within the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient department of the Manufacturing division. Your primary responsibility is to execute maintenance activities in the plant, ensuring minimal breakdowns and maximum efficiency while adhering to safety and GMP standards. You will support the Senior Engineer in planning, scheduling, and executing maintenance activities to ensure plant and equipment availability, capacity, integrity, and reliability as per company policies and procedures. Additionally, you will be responsible for maintenance tasks in the Manufacturing, Packing, and utility areas as assigned by the Senior Engineer. In this role, you will be accountable for executing shift maintenance activities, including managing available resources to achieve maintenance targets, analyzing breakdowns, diagnosing faults, and supervising equipment repairs. You will also be involved in executing a comprehensive maintenance plan, preventive maintenance, calibration, and condition monitoring activities, ensuring adherence to standards and documenting all related activities. Handling breakdown maintenance to prevent recurrence, operating equipment efficiently as per SOP, implementing new technologies to improve machine performance, managing spares, adhering to EHS compliance, and ensuring cGMP compliance are also key aspects of the role. Moreover, you will be required to provide suggestions for process optimization, continuous improvements, and self-development in mechanical engineering and leadership aspects. Major challenges include adherence to budget constraints, cost vs. performance trade-offs, aging assets leading to escalating costs, and ensuring personnel and service providers" capability and competence. You will interact internally with Central Engineering, EHS, Site and Unit heads, and externally with OEMs, maintenance contractors, industry bodies, and statutory bodies. The role requires a BE/BTech in Mechanical Engineering with 2-5 years of experience in manufacturing, maintenance, and projects. You should have a deep understanding of manufacturing processes, organizational skills, technical knowledge of Pharma/API machinery, experience in project execution, knowledge of GMP and regulatory requirements, and leadership skills in mechanical engineering activities.,