Maintenance Planner and Scheduler

IN10 (FCRS = IN010) Novartis Healthcare Private Limited; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 800,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis Healthcare Private Limited in Hyderabad, India is seeking a Maintenance Planner and Scheduler to plan and coordinate calibration and maintenance activities, ensuring accurate reporting and timely execution.

You will work with engineering and operations teams to maintain compliant, reliable manufacturing operations supporting our mission to reimagine medicine and improve patients' lives. Fluency in German and English is required along with local language proficiency.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering or an equivalent qualification.
• Experience in engineering-based roles, ideally with a maintenance planning or maintenance-focused background.
• Experience planning, coordinating, and tracking maintenance and calibration activities.
• Experience using a Centralized Maintenance Management System SAP, COMOS and CMX and maintaining accurate engineering data and records.
• Fluent German and English language skills and proficiency in the local language.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly engineering reports with key performance indicators covering capital expenditure, maintenance, health, safety, environment, and quality.
• Support internal and external audits.
• Plan maintenance tasks with suppliers and production.
• Lead or contribute to equipment, utilities, and facility improvement projects, including energy efficiency, productivity, environmental compliance, and maintenance initiatives.
• Establish maintenance and calibration schedules in collaboration with the site Engineering.
• Enter and maintain master data in the Centralized Maintenance Management System, including confirmations and time allocations.
• Monitor and control maintenance and calibration work order backlogs.
• Update the Centralized Maintenance Management System following maintenance and calibration activities.
• Assess quality impact and support equipment release following maintenance activities.
• Archive maintenance and calibration documentation and records in SAP and COMOS.
• Execute change requests and create, maintain, and verify engineering documents, including protocols, drawings, schedules, diagrams, layouts, calculations, and data sheets.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Coordination

Inventory management

Master data

Operational excellence

Warehouse management

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

SAP

COMOS

CMX

Job description

Job Description Summary #LI-Hybrid Location: Hyderabad, India Ready to make a direct impact on operational reliability? As a Maintenance Planner and Scheduler, you will be responsible for planning and coordinating calibration and maintenance activities while ensuring accurate reporting and timely execution. Working closely with engineering and operations teams, you will help maintain compliant, reliable manufacturing operations that support our mission to reimagine medicine and improve patients' lives.

Job Description Key Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly engineering reports with key performance indicators covering capital expenditure, maintenance, health, safety, environment, and quality.
• Support internal and external audits.
• Plan maintenance tasks with suppliers and production.
• Lead or contribute to equipment, utilities, and facility improvement projects, including energy efficiency, productivity, environmental compliance, and maintenance initiatives.
• Establish maintenance and calibration schedules in collaboration with the site Engineering.
• Enter and maintain master data in the Centralized Maintenance Management System, including confirmations and time allocations.
• Monitor and control maintenance and calibration work order backlogs.
• Update the Centralized Maintenance Management System following maintenance and calibration activities.
• Assess quality impact and support equipment release following maintenance activities.
• Archive maintenance and calibration documentation and records in SAP and COMOS.
• Execute change requests and create, maintain, and verify engineering documents, including protocols, drawings, schedules, diagrams, layouts, calculations, and data sheets.

Essential Requirements

• Degree in Engineering or an equivalent qualification.
• Experience in engineering-based roles, ideally with a maintenance planning or maintenance-focused background.
• Experience planning, coordinating, and tracking maintenance and calibration activities.
• Experience using a Centralized Maintenance Management System SAP, COMOS and CMX and maintaining accurate engineering data and records.
• Fluent German and English language skills and proficiency in the local language.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Accessibility and Accommodation Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

Skills Desired Inventory Management, Master Data, Operational Excellence, Order Management, Supply Planning, Warehouse Management.

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