Deputy General Manager-Global Engineering

Piramal Pharma Ltd; Mumbai; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Piramal Pharma Solutions seeks a Deputy General Manager-Global Engineering to lead the centralized Engineering & Maintenance team across 17 sites, aligning with the global roadmap. The role focuses on reliability, lifecycle management and digital adoption to raise standards.

You will establish governance, drive asset performance, and partner with Operations, Quality, EHS and IT to deliver sustainable improvements in a highly regulated pharmaceutical environment. Mumbai location.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline is required.
• 15+ years in engineering, maintenance or reliability in pharma/manufacturing.
• Experience in central/global engineering and multi-site governance.
• Proven leadership in maintenance excellence and asset lifecycle.
• Knowledge of GMP, EHS and regulatory readiness.

Responsibilities

• Lead central Engineering and Maintenance across 17 sites to drive reliability.
• Develop and execute enterprise E&M strategy and transformation roadmap.
• Standardize governance for maintenance KPIs and asset management.
• Drive digital enablement via CMMS/EAM, IoT and data dashboards.
• Collaborate with site leaders and cross‑functional partners.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Governance & transformation

Digital maintenance programs

Asset reliability improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Instrumentation, Industrial or related Engineering

Master’s degree or management qualification desirable

Tools

CMMS/EAM

SAP PM

IoT/condition monitoring

OT

Dashboards

Job description

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Division

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, 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

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.

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.
• 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.