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Job Description

About the role:

The Maintenance Technician II provides a high level of maintenance support for all equipment in the Galaxy filling process at Takeda's Round Lake, IL manufacturing site; maintain equipment in all areas of the Mix, Fill and Finishing complexes at the Drug Delivery facility; ensure manufacturing lines are well maintained and ready to run during planned production time; provide PM completion; always monitor during production to spot and solve issues before they affect production; provide a high level of troubleshooting to repair mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems; provide service on an emergency basis, which will require working overtime, weekends and during plant shutdowns; familiarize self with corporate specifications and plant SOP's governing the operation of the Galaxy process and local GMP; follow all plant safety rules and direct others in the proper application of plant safety; guide innovation and continuous improvement, works independently and with manufacturing, engineering and quality groups to resolve issues. You will be a night shift, 6:00pm – 6:30am in a 2-2-3 work schedule configuration. You will report to the Maintenance Supervisor.

How you will contribute:

• Learn and understand corporate specifications and plant SOP's governing the operation of the Galaxy process and local GMP
• Monitor assigned manufacturing lines and communicates with manufacturing to reduce down time
• Provide a high level of troubleshooting to repair mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems
• Review current PMs, verifies parts are in stock and completes PMs
• Build and rebuild machine assemblies
• Communicate equipment issues and work status to supervisor, manufacturing, and management per the plant's Stop and Fix guidelines
• Initiate work orders using the JD Edwards (JDE) CMMS system
• Perform PM work and assign work related to the Galaxy process when work is required to maintain equipment reliability and efficiency; ensure timely completion of related documentation
• Notes in JDE or other downtime tracking method any problems, breakdowns or alarms related to all equipment; initiate work orders, and provides additional documentation required to resolve issues; reviews equipment trends related to the issues and support efforts to eliminate reoccurring problems
• Share knowledge and trains less experienced technicians in the Galaxy process and all related equipment including safety, 6S, PM's associated with the facility
• Learn to handle robots in all normal production modes; troubleshoot problems related to robots, machine output and quality defects as they occur
• Advances knowledge and capabilities through additional training
• Solicit help from Lead technicians and engineering assistance when needed

What you bring to Takeda:

• High school diploma or GED equivalent required, plus 2+ years of experience or Associates degree or higher and 1+ years of related work experience
• 3+ years manufacturing systems experience.
• Prior experience working in an FDA-regulated environment
• Understand electrical, mechanical and pneumatic drawings
• Experience with electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• Willingness to develop an understanding of programmable logic controllers (PLC)
• Must not be allergic to Cephalosporin or their related products and minerals
• Will travel up to 5% of the time

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