Sr Team Leader - Utilities @ Pfizer

• Working with Pfizer s dynamic engineering team, you will play a critical part in managing the maintenance and reliability engineering activities involving the redesign, maintenance, and repair of utilities systems, buildings, and production/non-production equipment.
• As a Team leader, you will be involved in leading work teams within your division, including the technical and financial resources of the team.
• Thanks to your technical skills, you will coach your direct reports on day to day activities.
• You will be relied on to solve complex problems within your area of expertise.
• It is your hard work and focus that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.

• Manage multiple projects and ongoing work activities within a work team.
• Exemplify (Current) Good Manufacturing Practices (part of GxP) compliance within the workplace.
• Prepare department monthly reports, annual expense statements and ensure operational costs are within budget.
• Focus on overseeing defined processes and guiding maintenance colleagues and ensure efficiency and standardization of the maintenance/automation team.
• Organize the Breakdown maintenance, perform the breakdown analysis and implement Corrective Action / Preventative Action.
• Initiate and implement ideas to improve production processes to improve quality, safety and product costs.
• Ensure adequate communication with key stakeholder groups.
• Lead and participate in investigations and continuous improvement initiatives, applying tools, such as LEAN manufacturing and Six Sigma.
• Act as a technical resource during set up, troubleshooting, ensures adequate information transfer to next shift.
• Coordinate with relevant teams to carry out Periodic Performance Verification.
• Ensure a staff training program is in place and verify staff are trained and fully qualified to perform their duties.

• Preferred Education Qualification - Degree / Diploma Engineering Technology
• Experience - 10 /15 Years

Role Responsibilities

• Review new concepts, communicate with vendors for new requirements and preparation and review of URS for new equipment
• Execute FAT activity applicable to the new equipment
• Review and approve executed SAT, IQ, OQ, PQ protocols and Process Validation and Performance Verification documents
• Participate in the cross functional department meetings as and when required

Key Area - Equipment Maintenance

• To ensure smooth running of all the machinery & minimize downtime.
• To plan & execute preventive maintenance & Calibration programs. 
• To coordinate with Production for carryout Performance Verifications of various systems, periodically
• To attend to breakdowns, trouble shooting and rectifying the basic causes in shortest possible time.
• Carrying out modifications for improvement of the machine/ equipment performance.
• To study & review operations, to contribute substantially for energy conservation & productivity improvements.
• To take all possible steps to ensure that all safety instructions and measures are strictly observed
• To study & review standby facilities for critical sub-assemblies and addition of capital equipment on long term basis for smooth operation.
• To ensure upkeep of plant & building w.r.t GMP standards & to carry out special tasks assigned from time to time.
• Ensure operation and maintenance of firefighting systems.
• Ensure Monitoring of Liquid Nitrogen tanks
• Ensure operation & maintenance of electrical systems. 
•   Ensure operation & maintenance of clean utility water systems

Key Area - Project Management

• Handling of new/expansion/improvement projects
• To identify continuous improvement initiatives (process improvement, energy efficiency, etc.)
• Ensure implementation of identified initiatives.

Key Area - Reporting

• To prepare departmental budget and control the expenses within approved/ sanctioned limits.
• To prepare monthly reports, annual expense statements etc.
• Review & prepare MIS report of the process area

Key Area - Documentation and Compliance

• Change controls management.
• Drive Audit preparations readiness.
• Handling events/ Incidents/Deviations.
• Develop procedures to comply with guidelines.
• Preparation, Review, Approval and Authorization of respective Documents / Procedures
• Implement cGMP and ensure compliance with laid down SOPs, Quality Systems, Safety Systems at all stages of activity
• Participate in regulatory inspections for advanced markets (both internal and external)
• Support investigation, identify root causes and suggest CAPA

Key Area - Staff Management

• Reviewing performance of team members
• Ensuring development of team through Individual Development Plans (IDP)
• Guiding and coaching the team

Key Area - Statutory Obligations

• Conduct himself/herself in line with relevant legislation pertaining to workplace health and safety, discrimination, harassment and bullying.

Key Area - Environment Health & Safety

• Participate in and take responsibility for workplace environment, health and safety at the level required for this position, following the guidelines in the company Environmental, Health and Safety Management System Manual.
• Ensuring that health and safety guidelines are followed

• Relevant pharmaceutical experience
• Hands on experience with communication protocols
• Strong technical skills