Lead Technology Transfer - Commercial Site

PI Industries Ltd; Kolkata District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

PI Industries Ltd. seeks a seasoned Lead Technology Transfer for its Panoli site. The role drives feasibility studies, scale-up from lab to commercial scale, and seamless transfer of molecules to production.

Close coordination with R&D, TT, and TS teams ensures timely handover and deployment of BEP and optimization initiatives. The ideal candidate has 15–20 years of scale-up experience, a strong background in chemical engineering, and a track record of delivering cost-efficient, high-quality

Qualifications

• 15-20 years of scale up experience in agro-chem/chemical industry.
• M.Tech in Chemical Engineering or equivalent from reputed institute.
• Strong ability to drive feasibility and scale-up studies from lab to commercial scale.

Responsibilities

• Drive feasibility and scale-up studies for ISAGRO site transfer.
• Coordinate with R&D, TT and TS teams for project handover.
• Ensure smooth commercialization and handover of processes to production.
• Lead BEP development and engineering optimization activities.
• Maintain budgets and drive cost-saving initiatives.
• Develop KPIs for scale-up team performance.

Skills

Scale-Up Troubleshooting

Technology Transfer Project Expertise

Technology Expertise

Process Knowledge

Technology Transfer Reporting

Chemical Engineering & Process Dev

Process Safety Knowledge

Education

M.Tech – Chemical Engineering

Job description

Location: Panoli

Position Title: Lead Technology Transfer -Commercial site

Head Technology Transfer

Business Division: CSM AgChem LoB

Department: Technology Transfer

Level: Senior Management

Reporting To: Head Technology Transfer

Position Purpose

The Lead Scale-up & Basic Engineering-Commercial site is responsible for driving feasibility studies, scale up studies to ensure smooth transfer of products from lab scale to commercial scale at ISAGRO site. The role will also be responsible for planning and resource allocation for accommodating various new molecules in existing set-up and implementation of new molecule production with a close co-ordination between Production & Project teams.

Strategic Responsibilities

• Conduct feasibility studies for fitment of targeted molecules in ISAGRO site
• Co-ordinate with concern peer group from R&D, TT and TS to gather all information for ensuring proper fitment of molecules in ISAGRO site.
• Ensure smooth commercialization of targeted molecules in ISAGRO site by getting required information from TS and TT team regarding scale up studies leading to a successful process handover at commercial scale
• Ensure execution of process projects and Engineering Optimization activities
• Maintain awareness of industry and technology trends to ensure that PI is current in development efforts to supply new and innovative offerings
• Implement new systems & processes to enhance work efficiency
• Drive value engineering initiatives to reduce project cost and execution time.
• Drive demo-commissioning post scale-up validation in KL/PP, to ensure successful transfer to commercial scale

Operational Responsibilities

Responsible for successfully driving key operational & financial activities like:

• Conduct feasibility analysis for new enquiry proposals
• Provide process engineering support to the Production department
• Ensure quality, yield and productivity before transferring the process to production
• Conduct analysis of different parameters for process improvements
• Ensure timely release of SOP and other documents for new products
• Drive the development of the Basic Engineering Package (BEP)
• Ensure smooth hand over of process to operations team
• Develop KPIs to measure the performance of scale up Team to ensure high productivity among subordinate
• Ensure desired quality and productivity of new molecules as per business plan
• Maintain scale up budgets and ensure adherence to the budget
• Ensure the desire quality and productivity of new molecules as per business plan
• Ensure achievement of cost saving initiatives to achieve targeted savings in time frameEvaluate the requirement of new items once planning team provide fitment details for any new or existing molecule

People Responsibilities

• Recommend initiatives for building requisite skills & competencies through focused professional development and capability building initiatives for the Scale-up & Basic Engineering team
• Review workforce capacity gaps within the Scale-up & Basic Engineering team and ensure timely recruitment in alignment with Corporate HR policies
• Actively sponsor, in conjunction with the Senior Management Team, the performance management process of the team
• Recognize & reward excellent performers & affirm key contributions of employees toward the achievement of goals & objectives of the team
• Inspire & motivate employees through demonstrated commitment to PI’s values, vision & mission and exemplifying effective leadership, initiative and persistence needed to accomplish goals and objectives

Education Qualification

M.Tech – Chemical Engineering from Institutes of repute like IIT/NIT

Work Experience

15-20 years of scale up experience

Industry to be Hired from

Agro-Pharma-Fine-Chemicals

Functional Competencies

• Scale-Up Troubleshooting
• Technology Transfer Project Expertise
• Technology Expertise
• Process Knowledge
• Technology Transfer Reporting & Documentation skills
• Chemical Engineering and Process Development expertise
• Process Safety Knowledge

Interaction Complexity and Team Work

Internal

Head Scale up & project execution

As required for the business

Discuss the developments in scale up Team

External

External Agencies

As required for the business

Gain market insights on recent Technology Transfer trends