Job Purpose:
To oversee the operation, maintenance, and optimization of utility systems and site facilities, ensuring uninterrupted support to production, cost-efficient resource utilization, compliance with safety and quality standards, and a safe, reliable, and sustainable site infrastructure. The role also includes responsibility for strategic facilities planning, contractor management, and driving continuous improvement across utilities and site services.
Job Key Outputs:
Utilities Management:

Manage the operation and maintenance of all critical utilities including HVAC, electrical distribution, water systems, compressed air, steam, Plant equipment, boilers, chillers generators and UPS systems.• Ensure utilities operate within validated parameters and regulatory requirements.• Develop and manage preventive and predictive maintenance programs to ensure maximum equipment uptime.• Monitor energy consumption and drive efficiency and sustainability initiatives.• Responsible for supply of all utilities and to maintain the plant equipment with minimum breakdowns.• Monitor system performance, identify inefficiencies, and implement optimization measures

Facilities & Building Maintenance:

Ensure maintenance and compliance of all site buildings and infrastructure, including manufacturing areas, warehouses, offices, laboratories, amenities and external areas.• Manage building infrastructure, office spaces, and facility-related services to ensure a safe, compliant, and efficient environment.• Conduct regular inspections of facilities to identify issues and plan corrective actions.• Oversee preventive and corrective civil, structural, plumbing, drainage, roofing and flooring maintenance.• Ensure fire detection, fire suppression, emergency exits, lighting and access control systems are compliant and operational.• Coordinate facilities activities to prevent adverse impact on GMP areas and production continuity.• Plan, organize and control engineering section and factory services to ensure production and factory objectives are met.• Ensure preventive / breakdown maintenance of utilities and production equipment is carried out as required and the records filed accordingly.• To co-ordinate and look after the plant and machinery upkeep and maintenance activities and to ensure continuous running of manufacturing equipment and utilities equipment.• To ensure facilities and buildings are maintained and are in a good state.• Participate in URS preparation, DQ, IQ, OQ and PQ for all the new equipment• Ensure all drawings are filed and updated according to the changes made to the facility and equipment

Compliance, Quality & Risk:

Ensure compliance with cGMP, cGEP, OHS Act and applicable statutory requirements.• Participate in audits and ensure timely closure of deviations, CAPAs and audit findings.• Support change controls, risk assessments and root cause investigations.• Ensure all Standard Operating Procedures (S.O.P's) are initiated, reviewed, approved and implemented as per the required process.• Review maintenance reports for compliance with the plant Preventive Maintenance Schedule and identify all deviations from the plan. If any deviations are observed, implement preventive action for the same.• Ensure that all Deviations, CAPA's, customer complaints and change controls are investigated and completed timeously according to S.O.Ps.• Ensure that Root Cause Analysis is performed according to S.O.P. to prevent recurrences of deviations, equipment failures, complaints, negative audit findings and failures/rejections• Ensure all the statutory inspections are carried out as per schedule.• Ensure review of manuals from equipment manufacturers for preparation of training modules, preventive maintenance schedules and inventory management of critical spare parts for respective equipment.

Contractor & Stakeholder Management:

Manage and monitor contractors and service providers in line with site, safety and GMP requirements.• Maintain service level agreements and contractor performance.• Responsible for running all activities related to section and creating a good interface with other departments.• Co-ordinate and ensure all contractors adhere to the site procedures relating to cGMP and safety.• Arrange and manage specialist contractors to perform specific tasks that fall outside the scope of internal resources, including evaluation of alternative key suppliers.

Leadership & People Management:

Lead, coach and develop utilities and facilities personnel.• Ensure training and competence in line with SOP and GMP requirements.• Support performance management and skills development.

Planning, Budgeting & Reporting:

Develop and manage utilities and facilities budgets.• Provide regular performance, risk and compliance reports.• Support CAPEX planning for infrastructure and utility upgrades.• Ensure all critical spares are available at all times in the Engineering Stores.