Lead, Automation & Instrumentation

Amneal Pharmaceuticals; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Amneal Pharmaceuticals is seeking an Industrial Automation Engineer to maintain, troubleshoot, and upgrade PLC, HMI, and SCADA systems across manufacturing and utility facilities, ensuring reliable operation.

You will drive validation, calibration, and digitalization initiatives, manage ISA-95 architecture, MES/ERP interfaces, and ensure data integrity in GMP environments.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with major PLC/SCADA platforms in regulated pharma environments.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, troubleshoot, and upgrade PLC, HMI, and SCADA systems across manufacturing and utility facilities.
• Execute CSV activities per GAMP 5 and GMP regulations.
• Program, modify, alarm manage, and support PLC/HMI/SCADA and batch automation.
• Provide automation/instrumentation support for OSD manufacturing and packaging equipment.
• Manage ISA-95 architecture, system integration, MES/ERP interfaces, and industry protocols (OPC, Modbus, Ethernet/IP, Profinet, Profibus, MQTT).
• Administer automation servers, user access control, backups and disaster recovery.
• Lead automation projects, vendor coordination, FAT/SAT, commissioning, and upgrades.
• Ensure calibration, maintenance, and reliability of plant instrumentation.
• Support GMP audits, change controls, data integrity, and validated system maintenance.
• Drive digitalization, OEE, predictive maintenance, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Industrial automation

Regulatory compliance

Troubleshooting

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Education

B.E./B.Tech in Instrumentation / Automation

Tools

Siemens PLC

Allen-Bradley PLC

Schneider PLC

Mitsubishi PLC

Omron PLC

WinCC

FactoryTalk

Wonderware

Ignition

Citect SCADA

Job description

• Maintain, troubleshoot, and upgrade PLC, HMI, and SCADA systems across manufacturing and utility facilities.


• Execute computerized system validation (CSV) activities in compliance with GAMP 5, GMP, and regulatory requirements.


• Perform PLC/HMI/SCADA programming, modifications, alarm management, recipe management, and batch automation support.


• Provide automation and instrumentation support for OSD manufacturing and packaging equipment.


• Manage ISA-95 automation architecture, system integration, MES/ERP interfaces, and industrial communication protocols (OPC, Modbus, Ethernet/IP, Profinet, Profibus, MQTT, etc.).


• Administer automation servers, user access control, backups, and disaster recovery systems.


• Lead automation projects, vendor coordination, FAT/SAT, commissioning, and system upgrades.


• Ensure calibration, maintece, and reliability of plant instrumentation.


• Support GMP compliance, audits, change controls, data integrity, and validated system maintece.


• Drive digitalization, OEE improvement, predictive maintece, and continuous improvement initiatives.


• Calibration of instruments of plants

Required Skills:

Hands-on experience with Siemens, Allen Bradley, Schneider, Mitsubishi, Omron PLCs; WinCC, FactoryTalk, Wonderware, Ignition, Citect SCADA platforms; and pharmaceutical automation systems within regulated manufacturing environments.

Preferred Candidate Profile:

Strong technical expertise in industrial automation, project execution, regulatory compliance, troubleshooting, and cross-functional stakeholder management in pharmaceutical manufacturing.

B.E./ B Tech in Instrumentation / Automation