Associate Manager - SES

About the Role

This position sits within a team focused on engineering support for manufacturing and site operations. The role helps ensure that utility systems, buildings, equipment, and supporting processes remain reliable, compliant, and ready to support the delivery of medicines.

Working from the Visakhapatnam site in an on-premise setup, you will partner with engineering, production, quality, and compliance stakeholders to keep operational systems performing effectively and to move investigations and improvements to closure.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance and reliability activities covering the redesign, upkeep, and repair of utilities, facilities, and equipment.
• Support moderately complex projects by organizing time, setting short-term plans, and driving assigned work forward.
• Assist with engineering scoping, execution planning, and studies related to installing or modifying equipment.
• Provide day-to-day operational engineering support, including review of preventive and corrective maintenance work orders and handling technical documentation reviews.
• Ensure calibration activities remain aligned with Current Good Manufacturing Practices, modern technologies, and aseptic best practices.
• Take part in Root Cause Failure Analysis and use findings to improve equipment reliability plans in coordination with Production and Quality leaders.
• Promote a safe working environment by adhering to site safety rules and carrying out proactive safety evaluations.
• Contribute to site-wide and corporate initiatives while acting as a link between quality, operations, and regulatory/compliance teams to close investigations on time.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education and experience should align with one of the following: high school diploma or equivalent with 8+ years of experience, associate degree with 6+ years, BA/BS with 2+ years, or MBA/MS with any amount of relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience with Root Cause Failure Analysis, Equipment Criticality Ranking, PM/PdM optimization, and/or Failure Modes and Effects Analysis.
• Background working with process automation systems.
• Good understanding of Current Good Manufacturing Practices and other GxP-related expectations.
• Strong spoken and written communication skills.
• Practical working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to handle complex problems and build agreement across different teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Ability to prepare technical documentation and review documents effectively.
• Familiarity with current technologies and strong aseptic practices.
• Proactive attitude toward improving workplace safety.
• Exposure to AI tools such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot for problem-solving and productivity, along with an understanding of responsible AI use, including risk awareness and ethical considerations.

Additional Information

This is an on-site position based in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.

The employer follows equal opportunity hiring practices and complies with applicable employment laws in each location where it operates.

Candidates are expected to follow the organization’s guidance on acceptable and prohibited AI use during recruitment.

Function: Engineering.