Team Lead - Cogen & Boiler Operations

Job Summary

This role is for a Utilities Operations and Maintenance Manager, responsible for overseeing the operation, maintenance, and optimization of critical utility systems—including chillers, water systems, cooling towers, compressors, HVAC, WFI, PW, and steam—across the facility. The position ensures uninterrupted utility service to production plants while maintaining compliance with GMP, FDA, and local safety regulations.

Key responsibilities include leading engineering projects, managing automation systems, coordinating with cross-functional departments, and implementing preventive and corrective maintenance strategies. The role also involves conducting audits, managing vendor activities, and ensuring adherence to quality management systems.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Oversee the operation and maintenance of critical utility systems such as chillers, water systems, cooling towers, compressors, HVAC, WFI, PW, and steam systems to ensure uninterrupted service to production facilities.
• Ensure adherence to safety protocols and work permit requirements by all team members, including hazard identification and approval processes prior to maintenance activities.
• Conduct internal audits and inspections, identify compliance gaps, and implement corrective and preventive actions using tools like Why-Why analysis, Kaizens, and Poka-yoke.
• Lead engineering projects from initiation to completion, including resource allocation, progress monitoring, and ensuring quality standards and regulatory compliance.
• Verify and approve fabrication and insulation-related works, manage third-party investment documentation, and coordinate with SCM for timely inventory and material delivery.
• Maintain automation systems and plant equipment, identify performance gaps, and propose improved architectures and solutions to minimize downtime.
• Train and guide the engineering team on maintenance procedures, safety awareness, and operational excellence, while fostering a high-performance culture.
• Design and monitor utility generation activities to ensure cost efficiency, continuous availability, and alignment with benchmark standards.

Educational Qualification

Graduation in Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or related field is mandatory.
Post Graduation in Energy Management, Renewable Energy, or Environmental Engineering is preferred.

Minimum Work Experience - 10+ years of experience.

Skills & Attributes

Functional Skills

• Alarm Management
• Building Management System
• Cleanrooms
• Energy Management Systems
• HVAC Controls
• Machinery Repair and Maintenance
• Predictive Maintenance
• Utility Engineering

Resident Skills

• Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs)
• Lean Methodologies
• Operating Cost
• Total Productive Maintenance

Behavioural Skills

• Operational discipline – ensures consistent utility performance through structured maintenance, compliance, and safety practices.
• Technical leadership – guides teams in solving complex engineering challenges and driving automation excellence.
• Continuous improvement mindset – fosters a culture of proactive problem-solving, learning, and cost-effective innovation.

Critical Exposures

• 5+ years in roles across Utility / Water Systems / HVAC in pharmaceutical manufacturing is desired.
• Experience in the operation, maintenance, and optimization of utility (HVAC, compressed air, steam) / water systems (Purified Water, WFI) is desired.
• Experience in compliance with cGMP and regulatory standards for utility/water systems is desired.
• Exposure to implementing BMS (Building Management Systems) and energy efficiency projects, optimizing system performance, and reducing costs is preferred.
• Exposure in supporting the EHS team on safety, equipment, and infrastructure related to compliance (e.g., waste disposal systems, safety protocols) is preferred.

About the Department

Global Manufacturing Organisation (GMO)
At Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, we are dedicated to making a meaningful impact on global healthcare through precision manufacturing and innovation. With a legacy of excellence, we are a leading force in the pharmaceutical industry.
We operate 19 state-of-the-art manufacturing plants across Hyderabad, Vizag, Baddi, Mexico, Shreveport, and Mirfield, comprising 8 OSD facilities, 3 Injectables facilities, and 8 API facilities.
Benchmarking manufacturing processes and continuous operational excellence are at the core of our capability to deliver quality medicines to our patients in 66 countries. We manufacture a portfolio of complex APIs and 1,150+ drug master files across key therapy areas such as Oncology, Cardio-vascular, Central Nervous System and Anti-Diabetes. he World Economic Forum has recognised our largest manufacturing facility in Bachupally, Hyderabad, as part of its Global Lighthouse Network. We aspire to be the most efficient pharma operations in the world. Our productivity improvement and digitalisation efforts are key to staying competitive, meeting business imperatives, and meeting our ambitious ESG goals. Building such ‘factories of the future’ is integral to innovation and to build healthcare of the future.

Benefits Offered

At Dr. Reddy’s we actively help to catalyse your career growth and professional development through personalised learning programs.

The benefits you will enjoy at Dr. Reddy’s are on par with the best industry standards. They include, among other things and other essential equipment, joining & relocation support, family support (Maternity & Paternity benefits), learning and development opportunities, medical coverage for yourself and your family, life coverage for yourself.

Our Work Culture

Ask any employee at Dr. Reddy’s why they come to work every day and they’ll say, because Good Health Can’t Wait. This is our credo as well as the guiding principle behind all our actions. We see healthcare solutions not only as scientific formulations, but as a means to help patients lead healthier lives, and we’re always attuned to the new and the next to empower people to stay fit. And to do this, we foster a culture of empathy and dynamism. People are at the core of our journey over the last few decades. They have been supported by an enabling environment that buoys individual ability while fostering teamwork and shared success. We believe that when people with diverse skills are bound together by a common purpose and value system, they can make magic.

For more details, please visit our career website at https://careers.drreddys.com