Job Description:

API Fitter / Mechanical Maintenance Fitter
Position: Fitter – API Plant Maintenance
Department: Engineering & Maintenance
Industry: API / Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Qualification: ITI – Fitter / Mechanical
Experience: 2–6 years in API / Pharma / Chemical Manufacturing preferred
Location: Plant / Site
Reporting To: Maintenance Engineer / Shift In-charge
Job Purpose
To carry out preventive, breakdown and routine mechanical maintenance of API manufacturing equipment, piping and utility systems, ensuring reliable plant operation while strictly following cGMP, EHS, SOP and permit-to-work requirements. Similar API fitter roles commonly cover reactors, centrifuges, pumps, agitators, dryers, pipelines, valves and utility equipment.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform preventive and breakdown maintenance of reactors, centrifuges, agitators, dryers, ANFD/RCVD, pumps, gearboxes and other process equipment.
- Carry out dismantling, assembly, fitting, alignment and installation of mechanical equipment.
- Attend maintenance of centrifugal, vacuum and dosing pumps,



mechanical seals, bearings and gearboxes.
- Inspect and maintain MS/SS pipelines, valves, steam traps and process lines.
- Identify and rectify mechanical problems such as leakage, vibration, abnormal noise, overheating and equipment failure.
- Perform shaft alignment, coupling alignment, lubrication and replacement of worn-out components.
- Support maintenance of plant utilities such as boilers, compressors, cooling towers, chillers and vacuum systems, wherever required.
- Read basic mechanical drawings, equipment layouts and maintenance instructions.
- Use hand tools, power tools and measuring instruments safely and correctly.
- Support plant shutdown, equipment installation, commissioning and modification activities.
- Coordinate with Production, Utility, Electrical, Instrumentation and EHS teams for maintenance activities.
- Complete maintenance work orders, checklists, logbooks and equipment history

📌 Fitter (Ankleshwar)
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📍 Ankleshwar