Maintenance Planner and Scheduler
By Admin · Quality Assurance & Quality Control
ROLE OVERVIEW
This Maintenance Planner and Scheduler role at Novartis in Hyderabad is critical to keeping pharmaceutical manufacturing operations compliant, reliable, and inspection-ready. The position sits at the intersection of engineering, quality assurance, and production, ensuring that calibration and maintenance activities are planned, executed, and documented in line with GMP expectations. By managing master data in SAP, COMOS, and CMX, monitoring work order backlogs, and supporting audits, the planner directly enables uninterrupted supply of medicines. For professionals with an engineering background and German language skills, this is a compelling opportunity to gain deep exposure to Novartis’s global technical operations, work on continuous improvement projects, and build a career in pharmaceutical maintenance and compliance. It offers a rare blend of hands-on scheduling, cross-functional collaboration, and strategic site reliability impact.
ROLE DEFINITION & RESPONSIBILITIES
- •Prepare monthly engineering KPI reports covering capital expenditure, maintenance, health, safety, environment, and quality metrics for site leadership.
- •Support internal and external audits by maintaining inspection-ready maintenance and calibration records and documentation.
- •Plan and schedule maintenance tasks with external suppliers and production teams to minimize manufacturing downtime.
- •Lead or contribute to equipment, utilities, and facility improvement projects, including energy efficiency, productivity, environmental compliance, and maintenance initiatives.
- •Establish maintenance and calibration schedules in collaboration with site Engineering and enter master data into the Centralized Maintenance Management System.
- •Monitor and control maintenance and calibration work order backlogs, confirmations, and time allocations to ensure timely execution.
- •Assess quality impact and support equipment release following maintenance activities while archiving records in SAP and COMOS.
- •Create, maintain, and verify engineering documents such as protocols, drawings, schedules, layouts, calculations, and data sheets.
QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Degree in Engineering or an equivalent technical qualification.
- Experience in engineering-based roles, ideally with a maintenance planning or maintenance-focused background.
- Proven experience planning, coordinating, and tracking maintenance and calibration activities in a regulated environment.
- Hands-on experience using a Centralized Maintenance Management System such as SAP, COMOS, and CMX.
- Ability to maintain accurate engineering data, records, and documentation for audits and quality reviews.
- Fluent German and English language skills with proficiency in the local language.
- Knowledge of GMP, data integrity, and quality impact assessment principles.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- •Operational Excellence
- •Project Management
- •Energy Efficiency Initiatives
- •Inventory Management
- •Supply Planning
REQUIRED VERIFIED SKILLS
COMPENSATION & REWARDS
ORGANIZATION CONTEXT & CULTURE
Novartis AG is a Swiss multinational pharmaceutical corporation, one of the largest in the world. It focuses on discovering, developing, manufacturing, and marketing innovative medicines to address significant health needs. The company's portfolio spans various therapeutic areas including oncology, immunology, neuroscience, and cardiovascular diseases.
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