Deputy General Manager-Global Engineering

Piramal Pharma Limited; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Piramal Pharma Solutions is hiring a Deputy General Manager-Global Engineering in Mumbai to lead enterprise-wide engineering and maintenance excellence. The role focuses on strategy, asset lifecycle, governance, and digital maintenance transformation across sites.

You will drive global standards, supervise critical equipment & spare parts strategies, and mentor the central Engineering & Maintenance team, ensuring regulatory readiness and strong collaboration with Operations, Quality, and IT.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Instrumentation, Industrial Eng. (or related).
• 15+ years in engineering, maintenance, reliability in pharma/regulated settings.
• Central/global engineering function with multi-site governance & standardization.
• Experience in a reputed global pharmaceutical company with multi-country sites.
• Leadership of maintenance excellence, asset reliability, lifecycle/obsolescence management, digital maintenance.
• GMP, quality systems, EHS & regulatory readiness knowledge.
• Experience with CMMS/EAM, SAP PM, predictive maintenance, IoT/condition monitoring, OT dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Own and refine global Engineering & Maintenance strategy, maturity model & roadmap.
• Lead asset health, infrastructure, equipment & OT assessments; plan refurbishment & obsolescence.
• Drive governance for PM, MTBF, MTTR, spare parts, KPIs & cost management.
• Provide CMMS leadership; enable digital maintenance and IoT analytics.
• Support governance, risk-based capital prioritization & investment decisions.
• Lead and develop the central Engineering & Maintenance team; promote cross-functional collaboration.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Global program mgmt

CMMS/EAM

GMP knowledge

IoT/condition monitoring

OT dashboards

Education

Bachelor’s in Mechanical/Electrical/Chemical/Instrumentation/Industrial Eng.

Master’s degree or management qualification desirable

Tools

CMMS/EAM

SAP PM

IoT/condition monitoring

OT dashboards

Job description

Division

Piramal Pharma SolutionsPiramal 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 EngineeringJob Description

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

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.

EXTERNAL

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.