Design Manager-Piping

Jacobs; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Extended leave options

Health and wellbeing events

Job summary

Jacobs is hiring a Design Engineering Manager Piping in Bengaluru to lead piping design for pharmaceutical and biotech projects. The role involves ensuring design deliverables meet quality, safety, and regulatory standards while driving innovation.

With 18-22 years of experience required, the successful candidate will manage a team and act as a primary liaison for design matters. Jacobs offers a culture of collaboration and supports professional growth with flexible arrangements and wellness initiatives.

Qualifications

• 18-22 years of experience in piping design for pharmaceutical and biotech facilities.
• Strong design experience in specialized chemical facilities.
• Sound knowledge of inter-discipline requirements in life science projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage piping design activities for life sciences projects.
• Ensure all piping design deliverables meet project requirements and regulatory standards.
• Act as primary contact for piping design matters with clients and partners.

Skills

Piping design

Pharmaceutical facility design

Inter-discipline coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical/Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Responsibilities

The Design Engineering Manager Piping supports the Discipline Manager in achieving Jacobs’ project and engineering processes and procedures. This dynamic position provides leadership, champions inclusion and diversity, drives global delivery, supports a culture of innovation and applies a disciplined deployment, and ensures management responsibilities including performance appraisals, pay reviews, training and development. The Manager accounts for professional employees and/or supervisors or multi-discipline teams of support employees, managing a large/specific span of control. The Manager is accountable for the performance and results of a team within their area of specialty. The Manager adapts departmental plans and priorities to address resource and operational challenges and problem solving guided by policies, procedures and business plans, receiving guidance from senior management. The Manager provides technical guidance to employees, colleagues and/or customers, drives design consistency across projects by standardizing templates, specifications, and workflows, and promotes continuous improvement in design efficiency, digital tools, and engineering practices.

The Piping Design Manager leads and manages piping design activities for life sciences projects—including pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, biotechnology plants, sterile/aseptic production suites, R&D laboratories, utility systems, and cleanroom environments. This role ensures that all piping design deliverables meet project requirements, regulatory standards, GMP compliance, and client expectations while driving innovation, efficiency, and quality. The Manager ensures design deliverables meet quality and safety standards, regulatory expectations, and project specifications. The Manager acts as the primary point of contact for piping design matters with clients, PMCs, and EPC/EPCM partners, participates in design workshops, HAZOPs, risk assessments, and constructability studies, and provides technical support during construction, commissioning, and start‑up.

Qualifications

• 18-22 Years of Experience and Degree in full time BE/Btech - Chemical/Mechanical
• Strong experience on design of pharmaceutical / Life Science /Biotech facility / Speciality Chemical in terms of Piping design.
• Sound knowledge of pharmaceutical / Life Science /Biotech facility inter discipline requirements.

Benefits

Working alongside industry leaders, you will have the opportunity to develop your career working on key projects in an environment which encourages collaboration, knowledge sharing and innovation. To support your professional growth, Jacobs offers flexible working arrangements, extended leave options and a host of social, health and wellbeing events and initiatives.