Specialist - Static & Package -Mechanical Group

Jacobs; Ahmedabad District; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Jacobs seeks talented professionals for mechanical leadership in Biopharma equipment engineering in India. The role spans biopharma IT manufacturing processes, client engagements, and design leadership across API, OSD, and Biopharma facilities.

You will navigate regulatory requirements and ensure alignment with global standards while delivering high-tech projects. The successful candidate will contribute to conceptual design, equipment sizing, and facility planning, with a strong emphasis on

Qualifications

• B.Tech/B.E Mechanical is required.
• Minimum 20 years of experience in a reputed organization.
• Jacobs emphasizes collaboration and hybrid working arrangements.

Responsibilities

• Interact with clients to understand requirements and develop conceptual options.
• Prepare technical presentations and obtain client approval during project development stages.
• Ensure compliance with Company and Group technical policies per regulatory requirements.
• Develop facility layouts for biotechnology, vaccine, monoclonal antibody, recombinant protein, and cell and gene therapy facilities.
• Apply ISPE, PDA, WHO, FDA, EMA, USFDA and other global regulatory standards.

Skills

Biopharma equipment engineering

Upstream processes

Downstream processes

Formulation & filling

Facility planning

Regulatory compliance

Conceptual design

Process equipment selection

Contamination control

Education

B.Tech/B.E Mechanical

Job description

Biopharma Equipment Engineering

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

Mechanical team in India to deliver complex, high-tech projects across the Pharmaceutical, Semiconductor, and Data Center sectors. We are seeking talented professionals who bring strong technical expertise, design leadership, and experience working in compliance-driven environments.

Key Skills-

• Biopharma Equipment Engineering
  • Person should possess strong understanding of biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes including upstream, downstream, formulation, filling, and support operations
  • Responsible for client interactions to understand requirements, develop conceptual options, prepare technical presentations, and obtain client approval during project development stages
  • Responsible for ensuring that Company and Group technical policies are followed while considering client-specific and regulatory requirements
  • Should possess strong knowledge of facility planning and layout development for biotechnology, vaccine, monoclonal antibody (mAbs), recombinant protein, cell and gene therapy facilities
  • Ensure all work complies with Client Standards and Engineering Practices as described in the Project Coordination Procedure
  • Should possess expert knowledge of contamination control concepts, cleanroom classifications, biosafety requirements, personnel and material flow strategies, and aseptic processing principles
  • Able to work independently in conceptual design, process equipment selection, facility planning, and technology evaluations
  • Should possess thorough knowledge of ISPE, PDA, WHO, FDA, EMA, USFDA and other global regulatory requirements applicable to biopharmaceutical manufacturing.

• API Equipment Engineering
  • knowledge of API manufacturing processes including chemical synthesis, reaction, filtration, centrifugation, drying, milling, blending, and packaging operations.
  • knowledge in equipment selection and sizing for reactors, filters, centrifuges, dryers, mills, pressure vessels, and solvent recovery systems.
  • Understanding of containment strategies, industrial hygiene, OEL/OEB concepts, and high-potency API facilities.
  • Working knowledge of hazardous area classification, ATEX/NFPA principles, solvent handling systems, and explosion protection requirements.
  • Should knowledge of API facility layout design, process flow development, hazardous area requirements, containment concepts, and process equipment selection
  • Should knowledge of material and personnel flow concepts, solvent handling, explosion protection techniques, and containment requirements for highly potent compounds
  • Able to work as an individual contributor to develop process concepts, equipment sizing, and facility layouts during feasibility and conceptual design phases

• OSD Equipment Engineering
  • Person should be aware of OSD Manufacturing Concepts right from Molecules to Tablets/Capsules. Person is responsible for client interactions to understand their needs and requirements, creating conceptual options, presentations and getting an “buy in” from clients on an option to proceed further. He/she is also responsible for ensuring that the Company and Group’s technical policies are followed, considering any special contractual requirements.
  • Should have knowledge on layout designing of OSD Plants and thorough understanding of various OSD Equipment along with Containment Technologies
  • Should knowledge on Area classification and man material flow concepts. Should have t knowledge on containment techniques and should be aware of carrying out Containment Studies.
  • Able to work as an individual contributor to select and size OSD Equipment and its accessories. Presentations to clients with little or no input from other disciplines at the Feasibility and concept phases.
  • Should have in knowledge on latest ISPE Guidelines. Should be aware of regulatory requirements of USFDA, MHRA, and WHO etc

Here's what you'll need

Qualifications & Experience-

B.Tech/B.E Mechanical

Minimum 20 Year Experience In a Reputed Organization.

AtJacobs we value people. Having the right balance of belonging, career and lifestyle enables us to consistently deliver and exceed clients’ expectations.

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 flexible working arrangements, extended leave options and a host of social, health and wellbeing events and initiatives will underpin our commitment to you.

At Jacobs it’s all about what you do, not where you are, which counts!

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support.