Job Description: Assistant Manager – Digital Control Automation (Quality)
Position Overview
The Assistant Manager – Digital Control Automation (Quality) will be responsible for overseeing, validating, and optimizing automated control systems to ensure the highest standards of product quality and process compliance. This role bridges the gap between automation engineering and quality assurance, leveraging data-driven insights to minimize process variability, ensure regulatory compliance (such as GAMP5 or FDA 21 CFR Part 11 where applicable), and drive continuous improvement through digital technologies.
Key Responsibilities
1. Quality Assurance & System Validation
- Lead the validation and qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ) of digital control systems, including PLCs, SCADA, DCS, and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
- Ensure all automation architectures and software changes comply with internal quality standards and external regulatory frameworks.
- Establish and enforce Data Integrity protocols for automated data collection, ensuring records are accurate, complete, and tamper-proof.

2.



Process Optimization & Digital Control
- Monitor and analyze automated process loops (e.g., PID tuning, sequence controls) to identify anomalies, reduce cycle times, and minimize waste.
- Implement advanced process control (APC) strategies and predictive quality models using real-time machine data.
- Collaborate with production and engineering to troubleshoot complex automation failures affecting product quality.

3. Digitalization & Analytics
- Drive the integration of operational technology (OT) with information technology (IT) systems to enable real-time quality dashboards.
- Utilize Statistical Process Control (SPC) tools and digital twin concepts to predict quality deviations before they occur.
- Lead or support Industry 4.0 initiatives, such as smart sensors deployment and AI-driven quality inspection systems.

4. Compliance, Audit & Change Management
- Manage the Change Control pro

📌 Asst Manager (Chennai)
🏢 Amara Raja Group
📍 Chennai