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Lead - Project & Shut-down Planning (Medium Site)

Posting Date:  23 Mar 2026
Department:  Formulation
Business Unit:  Manufacturing
Country:  India
State:  Himachal Pradesh
Location:  Baddi
Req Id:  103144

Division

Department

Sub Department 1

Job Purpose

The incumbent provides functional leadership to the– Asset Integrity & Reliability and carries overall responsibility to:

  1. Manage the Site Engineering Capex Program - Capex Planning | Preliminary Engineering | Budgetary Cost estimation | Capex Preparation & Submission | Detailed Engineering | Project Execution | CQV |Project Review
  2. The Lead Shutdown (Turnaround) leads & drives all aspects of the site turnaround activities. [directing the preparation, planning, execution, and post shutdown phases of all turnarounds to enable fulfillment of established safety/environmental, quality, schedule, and cost objectives.]
  3. Assure compliance with Cipla Global E&P Technical Standards & Procedures, cGMP Standards & Procedures [ Cipla QMS], OHS & Env Sustainability Standards, AI&R Standards and statutory compliance in impact area.

Key Accountabilities (1/6)

Shutdown [Turn Around]:  Lead & Drive the Site Turnaround activities.

Lead Capex Program Delivery at the Site

Project Feasibility Assessment

Project Conceptual Engineering

Project Risk Analyses & Management

Project Preliminary Engineering

Key Accountabilities (2/6)

Project Capex Expenditure Proposal

Project Detailed Design Phase

Oversight of Project Procurement

Project Implementation Phase

Key Accountabilities (3/6)

Construction Safety Management

Process Safety Management

Technical commissioning:

 

​​​​​​​Process commissioning

Operation phase

 

​​​​​​​Project Closure

Project Evaluation

Self Development on functional & leadership aspects ​​​​​​​

Key Accountabilities (4/6)

Key Accountabilities (5/6)

Key Accountabilities (6/6)

Major Challenges

  • Aging Asset with high level of Asset Degradation – Brownfield interventions
  • Issues around Design & Installation – high level of difficulty in doing Risk Based Inspections
  • Challenges around capability & competence of personnel and service providers
  • GMP Standards

Key Interactions (1/2)

  • Central Engineering Team – Ensuring alignment with Global Engineering standards and procedures and best practices.
  • Finance for Capex & Opex proposal approvals, analytics & MIS
  • EHS for safe operations and near-misses
  • HR for Attrition, Recruitment, Training
  • Site head & Unit heads for Proposals, breakdowns and developments
  • Engineering DR for Guidance & Updates
  • Indirect purchase for Spares, scope, insurance and new vendors
  • Central purchase for provide Technical inputs and clarifications for CAPEX
  • Global Leadership Team – Guidance & Updates in TLT, Focus Calls & Reviews
  • Corporate Affairs & Legal Team – Guidance & Updates on Compliance matters

Key Interactions (2/2)

  • OEMs for projects , automations, alternate vendor development , quality issues and maintenance
  • Facility maintenance contractors for Improve maintenance and quality standards
  • Industry Bodies – Connect on external benchmarking & information on technology evolution
  • Statutory Bodies – Connect for Regulatory compliance

Dimensions (1/2)

  • Direct Reports: NIL
  • Capex Budget: Sustenance 50-60 CR Capacity Capex – 100 -120 CR
  • Revenue of Goa I: 1400 – 1500 CR
  • Current Replacement value of Assets Maintained: Net Block > 200 CR; CRV > 800 CR

Dimensions (2/2)

Key Decisions (1/2)

  • Capex costs Proposal
  • New Equipment & Technology
  • New Vendor addition
  • Facility audits
  • Hiring consultants

Key Decisions (2/2)

Education Qualification

BE / B Tech [ Mechanical / Electrical / Chemical / Project Engineering]

Relevant Work Experience

  • 5-7 years of experience in Engineering (Design, Maintenance, Operations and Projects). At least 3 years Project Management

 

  • Exposure to Asset Integrity, Reliability Engineering and Process Safety Standards & Regulations
     
  • Good technical knowledge of Pharma / API machinery and utility requirements
  • Good knowledge and experience in execution of green field / brown field projects
  • Knowledge of GMP and various regulatory requirement

Good leadership skills and experience in industrial automation

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