Summary

Looking for a Machine operator with ITI background and responsible for setting up, operating, and maintaining industrial freeze-drying machinery. The operator should ensure moisture is precisely removed from temperature-sensitive biological, pharmaceutical, or food products through the sublimation process while maintaining strict quality, safety, and regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities

1. Machine Operation & Process Control

- Set up and operate commercial freeze dryers and lyophilisation units according to specific recipe profiles.
- Monitor critical cycle parameters including shelf temperature, condenser temperature, chamber pressure (vacuum levels), and primary/secondary drying times.
- Initiate and execute computer-driven freeze-drying and terminal sterilization programs (PLC/SCADA systems).
- Perform aseptic loading and unloading of product vials, trays, or bulk material within controlled cleanroom environments while strictly adhering to gowning protocols.

2. Quality Assurance & Compliance

- Maintain strict adherence to current Valuable Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP), and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Complete comprehensive batch documentation, logs, and chart recordings accurately to ensure complete process traceability.
- Conduct regular inspections and product sampling to verify moisture content, stability, and uniform drying.

3. Equipment Maintenance & Sanitation

- Perform routine preventive maintenance and baseline troubleshooting for common mechanical faults (e.g., vacuum leaks, door seal degradation,



valve failures).
- Oversee automated cleaning cycles such as Clean-in-Place (CIP) and Sterilisation-in-Place (SIP) systems to keep equipment sterile.
- Decontaminate and sanitize work areas, loading equipment, and the freeze-drying chamber before and after production cycles

Technical Skills Required

- Diploma, ITI or a vocational/technical degree in mechanical/Electrical engineering
- Minimum 1–3 years operating industrial freeze-drying/lyophilisation machinery, preferably in a sterile injectable pharmaceutical or specialized food manufacturing environment.
- Familiarity with refrigeration principles, industrial vacuum pumps, PLC control interfaces, and cleanroom gowning operations.

Core Competencies & Soft Skills

- Precision & Attention to Detail: Essential for monitoring minute fluctuations in chamber pressure or temperature profiles to avoid batch collapse.
- Problem-Solving: Capability to identify equipment malfunctions quickly, mitigate downtime, and report deviations immediately to engineering or supervisor teams.
- Strong Communication: Needed to coordinate product movement seamlessly between upstream processing (formulation/filling) and downstream packaging lines.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: ₹240,000.00 - ₹300,000.00 per year

Benefits:

- Cell phone reimbursement
- Paid time off
- Provident Fund

Education:

- Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

- Maintenance in Refrigeration and Lyophilization : 3 years (Preferred)

Location:

- Hyderabad, Telangana (Required)

Work Location: In person

📌 Machine Operator – Freeze Drying (Lyophilisation) (Hyderabad)
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📍 Hyderabad