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Job Description

About the Role:

You will report to Associate Director, Facility Engineering. Responsible for designing, developing, implementing and evaluating optimal, cost-effective projects and technologies. In addition to providing technical support and service to critical Utilities areas, you may also perform the following tasks: supervising, requisitioning, defining, initiating, specifying, documenting and training.

How you will contribute:

• Act independently with minimal supervision to conduct smaller approved projects. Expected to make suggestions on improvements based on recent technical knowledge.

• Accept ownership of Critical Utilities, and to be known as SME for related areas.

• Review process and support equipment and systems design drawings and documents.

• Must be familiar with plant and divisional SOPs as related to positional and department responsibilities.

• Utilize engineering tools to solve problems (FMEA, Process modeling, design of experiments, SPC, etc.)

• Must follow safety rules and ensure compliance with LA City, CA state and federal EPA regulations and laws.

• Manage routine small projects.

• Drive Energy Optimization projects.

• Investigate and analyze customer service problems and design improvement suggestions. Recommend design improvements.

What you bring to Takeda:

• Required: Bachelor's degree in Chemical or Mechanical engineering discipline.

• 3+ years of related experience.

• Experiences in pharmaceutical or food processing facility design, installation and commissioning.

• Knowledge of the basic principles in different engineering disciplines.

• Must know how to run projects, coordinate contractors, and direct the activities of a technician.

• Knowledge of critical systems (RO, WFI), computer/automation.

• General GMP knowledge of the pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities and major equipment.

Important Considerations

At Takeda, our patients rely on us to deliver quality products. As a result, we must follow strict rules in our manufacturing facilities to ensure we are not endangering the quality of the product. In this role, you may:

• Work in a controlled environment requiring special gowning and wear protective clothing over the head, face, hands, feet and body. This may include additional hearing protection for loud areas.

• Need to remove all make-up, jewelry, contact lenses, nail polish and/or artificial fingernails while in the manufacturing environment.

• Work in a cold, wet environment.

• Work multiple shifts, including weekends, or be asked to work supplemental hours, as necessary.

• Work around chemicals such as alcohol, acids, buffers and Celite that may require respiratory protection.

More about us:

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

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