Assistant Manager Maintenance

Site Name: Pakistan - Sindh - Karachi
Posted Date: Sep 1 2025

Job Purpose

• To form a team and to plan, organize, direct, co-ordinate operational engineering & maintenance activities through optimum utilization of available resources in their respective value stream.

• This role requires cross functional coordination and alignment with the operational engineering staff working in production areas to deliver the targeted results.

Education, Experience & Skills

• Bachelors in Engineering/B-Tech/DAE(Electrical/Mechanical/Electronics/Mechatronics

• 3-5 years’ experience, preferably in FMCG or pharma manufacturing environment

• Repair and maintenance expense reduction

• Proper utilization of CAPEX

• Ensure that requirement of TP-13 are fulfilled in the concerned area.

• Dealing with floor staff

• Building staff capability to meet engineering standards.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Planning & Executions

• Participate in the annual budget review for their value stream and project plans and support Engineering Manager for development of site capex.

• Apply new technology for process simplification, economical and effective payback times.

• Review the operation of plant equipment and systems constantly to minimize unplanned downtime.

• Use GPS tools to implement effective GPS system by focusing on its pillars.

• Efficient operation of all Electrical / Electronic equipment in the complete facility

• Installation and Commissioning of new machines

• Maintenance Plan and its adherence

• Plan and execute the preventive maintenance plan for production machines

• Provide training, coaching and guidance to staff and develop them to achieve their maximum potential to meet business objective.

• Empower technical staff and engineers to work with passion and energy with awareness of customer focus, compliance of GES, Quality, safety, Risk Management.

• Be a role model on Leadership essential behaviors.

• Smooth, safe and compliant operation & Maintenance of production equipment at site

• Company Policies (QMS/EHS/GES) compliance in all production systems.

• Ensure compliance to Zero Access Guarding on all production equipment

• Ensure LOTO procedure is implemented at site.

• Ensure implementation of Permit to Work SOP in all related activities

• Maintain good coordination with other departments

• Preparation of training need analysis of maintenance team and ensure identified needs are fulfilled Preparation and revision of SOPs

• Lead continuous improvement in their respective value stream through achieving and sustaining annual OEE target for their lines. Perform analysis of key losses; Develop and execute action plan for sustained OEE increase in collaboration with value stream production and GPS.

• Identify high value, high ROI automation projects in respective production area through close collaboration with team lead automation.

• Ownership of CMMS system of the respective value-stream, ensuring on-time in-full execution of all Maintenance & Calibration Work Orders, with ZERO overdue.

Strategic Planning

• Contribute to the ongoing development of colleagues. Use performance development plans effectively for better performance and development of teams.

• Provide useful inputs in planning the capacity and forecasting the utilization

• Ability to troubleshoot and diagnosing problems in analytical and automated platforms

Compliance and Procedural Implementations

• Ensure adequate selection, training and development of staff to achieve their maximum potential to meet business objective.

• Ensure that requirements of TP-13 are fulfilled in the concerned area.

• CMMS compliance

• Ensure that all engineering related systems are maintained within their validated parameters to achieve consistent quality and reliability.

• Responsible for performing all duties in accordance with all environmental, health and safety regulations and practices applicable to this position.

• Providing Engineering support for preparation of Site Quality plans periodically.

• Manage engineering needs and procurement policies are being met to facilitate the smooth flow of engineering operations.

• Ensure compliance with Global GSK policies and procedures comprising of GMP, ETCM, TPs, BCP, EHS, GQP and QMS policies.

• Take responsibility and accountability for Physical Contamination Cause and Elimination (PCCE) program at their respective value streams, identifying, managing, and eliminating PCCE risks and deviations to ensure compliance with EHS and quality policies.

• Ensure Supervision of Third Party activities on site with a focus towards Quality, EHS, Regulatory and Engineering Compliance.

• Ensure compliance to GSK’s Computer System Validation requirements (Access Management, Audit Trail Review Determination, System Access Plan etc)

Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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