Job Summary
This role is for an Instrumentation Maintenance Engineer responsible for ensuring the safe, compliant, and efficient operation of instrumentation systems within the plant. The position involves executing calibration activities, managing preventive and breakdown maintenance, and supporting automation systems to minimize downtime. The engineer will coordinate with vendors, follow GMP and cGMP guidelines, and implement SH&E norms including LOTO and JSA compliance.
Roles & Responsibilities
- You will be responsible for recognizing potential hazards during critical maintenance and coordinating safety requirements through work permits, LOTO procedures, and JSA reviews to ensure 100% compliance.
- You will be responsible for handling the maintenance, calibration, and installation of instruments like, Temperature, pressure, flow, level, humidity sensors, Load cells, speed sensors, encoders, Proximity, photoelectric, and IR sensors, IPC, HMI, PLC and control panels, ensuring accuracy and reliability in plant operations.
- Identify and rectify instrument鈥憆elated issues such as signal fluctuation, false alarms, interlock failures, and sensor misalignment and Ensure all instruments are mechanically healthy, properly mounted, protected, and operational.
- You will be responsible for planning and executing preventive, predictive, and shutdown maintenance activities, maintaining good housekeeping, and managing critical spare availability efficiently.
- You will be responsible for supporting automation systems to minimize downtime, implementing control system backups, and identifying opportunities for new areas of automation.
- You will be responsible for managing Preventive Maintenance activities as per schedule, maintaining accurate records, identifying discrepancies, and ensuring compliance with ISO, cGMP, and statutory requirements.
- You will be responsible for troubleshooting instrumentation issues, coordinating with engineering teams, and issuing new instruments to user departments for seamless operations.
- You Will be responsible to handle and Idea About Process Equipment like, RMG, FBD, Blenders, Octagonal mixers, Tablet compression machines, Capsule filling machines, Coating machines, Packing equipment and Support production during routine operation, changeovers, and breakdown conditions to avoid process interruptions.
- Responsible for planning, executing, and supporting PLC and SCADA upgradation activities for manufacturing equipment.
- Responsible for participating in TPM activities by identifying, reporting, and supporting closure of instrumentation鈥憆elated abnormalities and Responsible for performing root cause analysis (RCA) for instrumentation failures and implementing corrective actions.
- You will be responsible for initiating purchase requisitions, inspecting received spares, and overseeing contractor work related to fabrication and insulation, while executing annual maintenance plans.
- You will be responsible for identifying process abnormalities, implementing lean tools such as 5S, Kaizen, and Autonomous Maintenance, and coordinating small project modifications with plant leads.