Reporting to: Director – Admin Operations
Department: Engineering
Location: Bangalore
About the Company
Perfect Day is on a mission to create a kinder, greener tomorrow using precision fermentation. Leveraging expertise across biology, food innovation, and consumer products, Perfect Day empowers companies to develop, scale, and commercialize next-generation products that satisfy market demands and champion a path towards a more sustainable future.
About the Department
Corporate Services: The Corporate Services Business Unit serves as the foundational infrastructure that enables the other three business units to drive Perfect Day's growth. These functions include Marketing, Communications, Finance, Legal, People & Culture, IT, Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S), Facilities, Lab Services, Capital and Strategic Projects.
Position Summary
Senior Executive/Assistant Manager – Instrumentation is responsible for managing utilities, upstream and downstream equipment on day-to-day basis in the laboratory.
What You Will Do
- Experience in operation & maintenance related to automation & instrumentation in fermentation/ Pharma R&D, manufacturing and QC laboratory instruments.
- Knowledge in, maintenance & troubleshooting of analog instruments.
- Experience in troubleshooting and maintenance of instrumentation (hardware and software) and control systems (including DCS & PLC)
- Preparing and maintaining calibration records, instrument history record, instrument list, calibration planner.
- Prepare, maintain and review specifications for engineering drawings and process equipment.
- Prepare Equipment installation drawings and ensure installation guidelines are followed.
- Prepare, maintain, and review SOPs.
- Attending breakdowns, troubleshoot and rectify basic issues in shortest possible time.
- Ensure that Operational problems are promptly brought to the attention of the Technical Supervisor.
- Plan and execute preventive maintenance program. At regular intervals, inspect the working condition of equipment and engineering systems and ensure that all standards are maintained.
- Prepare and maintain reports.
- Stay abreast of the technological advances in surveillance & safety of equipment.
- Any other job or duties assigned by the management as and when required.
What You Bring
We have an opportunity to collaborate to use our unique contributions to create a kinder, greener tomorrow. The dynamic employee we seek is a Senior Executive/Assistant Manager – Instrumentation with these qualifications.
Education, Experience & Other Requirements
Diploma or Bachelor/ master’s degree in engineering related trades. Along with certification in related field & 6-10 years of experience in instrumentation maintenance.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Knowledge of operation and maintenance of respective utility / equipment / systems in Fermentation/ Pharma industry.
- Experience in online sensor installation, qualification, and validation of different sensors (pH/ DO/ Temp/ Flow etc.)
- Knowledge of preventive and breakdown maintenance.
- SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition).
- Troubleshooting of Hardware/Software issues; VFD programming; PLC hardware/software knowledge.
- Should have process instrumentation knowledge and different type of Automation system communication protocols.
- Should be conversant with Validation Documents, Preventive Maintenance.
- Schedules/ Check sheets, SOP’s & Various Audit Procedures.
- Knowledge of qualification program – FAT / SAT /DQ / IQ / OQ / PQ
- Knowledge of metrological standards.
- Regulatory Guidelines and Cleanroom requirements.
- Standard instruments.
- Calibration policies.
Language Skills
Fluent in English. Including reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
- Active Listening
- Speaking Impactfully
- Proficient Writing
- Attention to detail