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Job Description

About the role:

You will report to Associate Director, Facility Engineering. Design, developing , cost-effective projects and technologies. In addition to providing technical support to critical Utilities areas, you may also perform the following responsibilities: supervising, requisitioning, defining, initiating, specifying, documenting and training.

How you will contribute:

• Conduct 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 (FMEA, Process modeling, design of experiments, SPC)

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

• Guide Energy Optimization projects.

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

What you bring to Takeda:

Qualifications

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

• Knowledge of the basic principles in multiple 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.

Education and experience

• Required:  Bachelor's degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering discipline required, MBA or Master's degree preferred.  6+ years of related experience with 1+ year leadership experience in a supervisory role

Physical Demand:

• Must be able to lift, push, pull and carry up to 25 lbs.

• In general, your work will be a combination of sedentary work and walking around observing conditions in the facility.

Working Environment

• Must be able to work in controlled environments requiring special gowning. Will follow gowning requirements and wear protective clothing over the head, face, hands, feet and body.

• No make-up, jewelry, contact lenses, nail polish or artificial fingernails may be worn in the manufacturing environment.

• Will work in construction area

• May work in a cold, wet environment.

• Must be able to work multiple shifts, including weekends.

• May be required to work in a confined area.

• Some Clean Room and cool/hot storage conditions.

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 suc