Role Purpose

To safely and accurately execute bottle packing operations for potent OSD products in compliance with cGMP, containment, quality, and EHS requirements, ensuring correct packing, documentation, and operator safety.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

A. Bottle Packing Operations

- Operate bottle packing lines for potent products as per approved BPR and SOPs.
- Perform activities including bottle feeding, tablet filling, cotton induction, capping, sealing, labeling, and packing.
- Ensure correct use and functioning of counting/sensor systems (electronic/mechanical counters).
- Conduct inprocess checks such as fill count, seal integrity, label correctness, and pack appearance at defined intervals.
- Ensure pack reconciliation, accountability of printed materials, and handling of rejects and rework as per procedure.

B. Potent Area & Containment Compliance

- Strictly follow highpotency handling and containment procedures during packing operations.
- Use prescribed PPE and RPE (air suit / respirator / PAPR) at all times in the potent packing area.
- Prevent operator exposure, crosscontamination, and product mixups.
- Adhere to controlled material movement, area segregation, and oneproductonearea principles.

C. Line Clearance & Changeover

- Perform line clearance before batch start and after batch completion as per SOP.
- Verify correct batch details, components, and documentation before starting operations.
- Support product and batch changeover, ensuring removal of previous batch materials and labels.
- Ensure equipment status labeling is correctly displayed.

D. Documentation & cGMP Compliance

- Complete all entries in BPR, packaging logbooks, reconciliation sheets, and IPC records in real time.
- Follow Data Integrity (ALCOA+) principles without overwriting or backdating.
- Immediately report and document deviations, discrepancies, or abnormalities.
- Support internal, customer, and regulatory audits.

E. Safety, EHS & Quality

- Follow all EHS and safety procedures applicable to potent packing operations.




- Immediately report spills, exposure risks, line abnormalities, or unsafe conditions.
- Ensure proper segregation and disposal of potent waste, rejected tablets, labels, bottles, and printed materials.
- Maintain housekeeping and 5S standards in the packing area.

F. Teamwork & Continuous Improvement

- Coordinate with IPQA, QC, Warehouse, and Engineering teams during operations and issues.
- Participate in Kaizen, OPLs, and training programs.
- Support training of new operators under supervision.

Qualification

Qualifications Required

Educational Qualification

- Diploma in
- Mechanical / Electrical (with pharma experience)

- 6-12 with relevant pharma packing experience may also be considered.

Experience

- 6-12 years of experience in OSD bottle packing, preferably in potent / highpotency products.
- Exposure to controlled / potent packing areas is preferred.

Additional Information

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. The 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 recent 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/#!/

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