Deputy Manager, Process Engineering

Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC; India; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC is seeking a Process Engineer to lead, govern, and optimize manufacturing processes. This role involves overseeing process validation, ensuring regulatory compliance, and driving performance monitoring, while also mentoring process engineering teams.

Qualified candidates will have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and at least 8 years of experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Strong technical and leadership skills are required to ensure adherence to quality and safety standards.

The position is based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Qualifications

• 8 years or more in Process Engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and govern process engineering activities across manufacturing operations.
• Ensure process design, validation, and optimization compliance.
• Oversee process validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) and validation strategy execution.
• Drive process performance monitoring, KPI tracking, and trend analysis.
• Lead deviation, investigation, CAPA, and change control governance.
• Support process scale-up, technology transfer, and lifecycle management.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and quality audit readiness.
• Review and approve process documentation, validation reports, and SOPs.
• Implement risk management, FMEA, and safety engineering practices.
• Drive continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, and efficiency initiatives.
• Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Lead, mentor, and develop process engineering teams.

Skills

Cross-functional Collaboration

Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment

Manufacturing Process and Equipment Understanding

Process & Trend Analysis

Process Design & Optimization

Process Documentation and Data Handling

Process Monitoring & Control

Process Optimization

Safety & Hygiene Practices

Technical Documentation

Troubleshooting & Maintenance

Education

Bachelors Degree (BA/BS) B.Tech

Master Degree (MS/MA) M.Tech

Job description

The role is responsible for leading, governing, and optimizing pharmaceutical manufacturing processes across production operations. The role ensures process design integrity, validation compliance, operational robustness, and continuous improvement in line with quality, safety, regulatory, cost, and performance standards. It involves reviewing process layouts, specifications, validation strategies, and performance outcomes, overseeing scale-up and technology transfer, and ensuring audit-ready operations. The position provides strong technical and people leadership, drives process governance, risk management, and performance monitoring, and ensures adherence to engineering standards, SOPs, and regulatory requirements to support reliable and compliant manufacturing.

Essential Functions

• Lead and govern process engineering activities across manufacturing operations
• Ensure process design, validation, and optimization compliance
• Oversee process validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) and validation strategy execution
• Drive process performance monitoring, KPI tracking, and trend analysis
• Lead deviation, investigation, CAPA, and change control governance
• Support process scale-up, technology transfer, and lifecycle management
• Ensure regulatory compliance and quality audit readiness
• Review and approve process documentation, validation reports, and SOPs
• Implement risk management, FMEA, and safety engineering practices
• Drive continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, and efficiency initiatives
• Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders and senior leadership
• Lead, mentor, and develop process engineering teams

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelors Degree (BA/BS) B.Tech - Required
• Master Degree (MS/MA) M.Tech - Preferred

Experience:

• 8 years or more in 8 - 10 Years

Required Skills

• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment
• Manufacturing Process and Equipment Understanding
• Process & Trend Analysis
• Process Design & Optimization
• Process Documentation and Data Handling
• Process Monitoring & Control
• Process Optimization
• Safety & Hygiene Practices
• Technical Documentation
• Troubleshooting & Maintenance

Job Info

• Job Identification: 8018
• Job Category: Process Engineering
• Locations: 901-911,9th Floor,, Ahmedabad, GJ, 380051, IN