Deputy Manager, Facilities Maintenance

Description:

The incumbent is responsible for designing, planning, and executing facility-related projects, while ensuring effective maintenance of equipment, machinery, buildings, and infrastructure. The role leads facility modification planning, including budgeting, scheduling, and cost estimation for labor, materials, and equipment. The position oversees building space allocation, facility layout planning, communication services, and expansion initiatives to support operational and business needs. The role ensures utilities reliability, preventive and predictive maintenance effectiveness, regulatory compliance, and audit readiness. The position establishes and monitors health, safety, and risk management standards, drives continuous improvement, strengthens vendor and contractor performance, and ensures safe, efficient, and sustainable facility operations across pharmaceutical manufacturing environments.

Essential Functions:

• Lead maintenance planning & execution for facilities, utilities, and infrastructure
• Oversee preventive & predictive maintenance and critical breakdown management
• Ensure upkeep of equipment, machinery, buildings, and facility systems
• Plan and control facility expansion & capital projects and modifications
• Manage facility layout planning & optimization and space planning and optimization
• Supervise utilities management, steam systems, HVAC, water, and power distribution
• Enforce safety regulations, safety engineering & risk assessment, and EHS standards
• Monitor energy efficiency optimization and energy & sustainability management
• Manage vendor management & procurement and contractor performance
• Ensure validation & qualification, quality & audit readiness, and compliance
• Maintain technical documentation and facility performance records
• Lead continuous improvement & lean manufacturing initiatives.
• Support the preparation, review, execution, and closure of FAT protocols.
• Coordinate FAT schedules, documentation, action items, and approvals with the U.S. team, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
• Maintain FAT records, supporting evidence, deviation logs, and punch lists.
• Track open observations and follow up with the responsible teams through closure.
• Ensure FAT documentation is complete, accurate, and maintained according to project requirements

Additional Responsibilities:

• Bachelors Degree (BA/BS) B.Tech - Required

• Master Degree (MS/MA) M.Tech - Preferred

• 10 years or more in 10 - 12 Years