Team Leader Technology Transfer

PI Industries Ltd; Udaipur District; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

PI Industries Ltd in Udaipur seeks a Manager/Sr. Manager for Lead Scale-up & Basic Engineering in the Technology Transfer team. The role requires driving feasibility studies and scale-up activities, coordinating between production and projects, and ensuring smooth transfer of processes to commercial scale.

The position focuses on planning resource allocation for new molecules, developing BEP, and maintaining productivity with strong discipline in process documentation and KPI monitoring.

Qualifications

• BE/BTech/ME/MTech in Chemical Eng from IIT/NIT level institutes.
• 12–15 years of industrial experience; 10–12 years in scale-up.

Responsibilities

• Drive feasibility and scale-up studies for tech transfer to commercial scale.
• Coordinate with Production and Project teams for new molecule rollout.
• Develop BEP and support pilot plant and design data for commercial plants.
• Ensure quality, yield and productivity before production transfer.
• Drive KPI development for scale-up team performance.

Skills

Tech Expertise

Process Knowledge

Chem Eng & PD

Tech Transfer Docs

Scale-Up Troubleshooting

Tech Transfer Projects

Education

B.Tech/M.Tech in Chemical Eng

Job description

Position Description

Business Division: CSM AgChem LoB

Department: Technology Transfer

Location: Udaipur

Position Title: Manager/Sr. Manager

Level: Middle Management

Reporting To: AVP-Technology Transfer

Position Purpose

The Lead Scale-up & Basic Engineering is responsible for driving feasibility studies, scale up studies to ensure smooth transfer of products from lab scale to commercial scale. 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, scale up studies and technology transfer leading to a successful process handover at commercial scale
• Ensure execution of 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 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 support to operations of Pilot Plant to verify the processes on pilot scale and development of data required for design of commercial scale plants
• Develop and update process design manuals and procuring design software
• Provide support to Process Technology in developing any special equipment needed in lab work
• Drive the development of the Basic Engineering Package (BEP)
• Provide process engineering support to the Production department
• Determine the objectives for scale up trials
• 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
• Validate system documents like CAPA, RMC and Waste norms
• Ensure smooth hand over of process to operations team
• Develop KPIs to measure the performance of scale up Team to ensure high productivity among subordinates
• 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

Financial Responsibilities

• Ensure achievement of cost saving initiatives to achieve targeted savings in time frame

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

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

Work Experience

• 12-15 years of Industrial experience
• 10-12 years of Scale-up experience

Industry to be Hired from

• Agro-Pharmaceutical-Fine-Chemicals

Functional Competencies

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

Interaction Complexity and Team Work

Interaction

Frequency

Purpose of Interaction

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