Position Description

Business Division: CSM AgChem

Department: Manufacturing Strategy

Location: Panoli/ Jambusar

Position Title: Lead Technical Services (Site)

Level: Middle Management

Reporting To: Head Technical Services

Position Purpose

The Lead Technical Services role is responsible for supporting manufacturing in terms of day-to-day issue resolution and driving process & engineering related trouble-shooting to minimize risk of disruption to business & impact on customer delivery. The role is also responsible for operational optimization for existing products at sites through driving participation in cross functional teams.

Strategic Responsibilities

- Monitor troubleshooting activities in the site & find out root causes

- Monitor resolution of troubleshooting activities in liaison with other departments involved depending upon the nature of issue

- Drive reduction of operational cost reduction projects by proper allocation of resources to existing products

- Support the preparation of necessary documents like SOP, LOGSHEET, BFD, BOM, Critical process parameter etc. before the startup of new products

Operational Responsibilities

- Serve as the preliminary contact point on the site for any deviation in quality, safety, yield, cycle time etc. and should coordinate with Process Technology, Scale-up, EHS and Operations teams to understand the root cause of the deviation

- Liaise with Manufacturing Head (Site) to provide assistance for all troubleshooting activities

- Conduct analysis of different parameters for process improvements

- Thorough understanding & knowledge of Chemical unit processes such as Chlorination, bromination, reduction & hydrogenation, nitration, sulphonation, esterification, Amination & ammonolysis, methylation, oxidation, cyclization, condensation etc.

- Thorough understanding & knowledge about unit operations such as fluid mechanics, agitation & mixing of liquids, absorption-desorption, adsorption, distillation,



liquid –liquid extractions, humidification- dehumidification, crystallization, filtration, drying etc.

- Scale up procedures & scale up of lab scale experiments to Kilo Lab & Pilot plant and subsequently to commercial production in stipulated time frame taking into considerations the economics & safety.

- Establishing standard yield and desired quality at all stages of development of molecules.

- Technical & commercial feasibility with sensitivity analysis

- Well versed in co-ordination with BD, R&D;, Technology Transfer, Projects, Engg., Production & QC.

- Understanding of scale-up strategy to decide which operation requires Pilot plant testing

- Environmental & safety aspects of process development

- Safety in design and analysis of chemical reactors such as analysis of Chemical reaction Hazards, hazards from chemical structures and reactivity of chemicals involved etc.

- Trouble shoot the process during commissioning as well as during product life cycle management to ensure planned productivity, standard yield and desired quality throughout the year

- Thorough understanding and knowledge about energy saving & waste reduction as well as yields improvement drive for sustainability as well as to be competitive in the market. In other words, to be well versed (procedures & Processes) with products life cycle management exercise.

- Support monitoring of batches for the recent products as well as existing products

- Support process development periodically and provide engineering input





- Support monitoring of batches for the new products as well as existing products

- Resolve issues related to quality, yield and productivity during monitoring of batches

- Provide help & support to the Production department for all troubleshooting activities

- Ensure achievement of cost saving initiatives to achieve targeted savings in time frame

- Support change management on the site

Financial Responsibilities

- Resolve issues related to quality, yield and productivity during monitoring of batches

- Support the process of cost optimization for existing products

People Responsibilities

- Drive initiatives for training need identification and building requisite skills & competencies through systematic training & skill-upgradation initiatives for the team

- Actively drive, in conjunction with the Senior Management Team, the performance management process of the team

- Recognize excellent performers & affirm key contributions of employees toward the achievement of goals & objectives of the team

- Inspire & motivate employees through demonstrated commitment to PI’s values, vision & active participation in engagement activities

- Develop and maintain a culture of continuous improvement within the team

Education Qualification

B.E/B.Tech in Chemical Engineering

Work Experience

12-15 years of experience in managing operations support, root cause analysis

Industry to be Hired from

Agro-API-Fine-Chemicals

Functional Competencies

- Technical Services Project Expertise (N)

- Process Optimization (A)

- Analytical & Scientific Software Expertise(N)

- Process Plant Expertise (A)

- Stakeholder engagament (N)

Interaction Complexity and Team Work

Interaction

Frequency

Purpose of Interaction

Internal:

Head Technical Services

As required for the business

Discuss specific site related Troubleshooting issues

External:

Suppliers

As required for the business

Discussion on issues/ improvements

📌 Site Technical Services Lead (India)
🏢 Important Business
📍 India