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Maintenance Supervisor

Round Lake Beach, Illinois
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On the Global Manufacturing and Supply (GMS) team at Takeda, you’ll be part of a rapidly transforming industry that’s applying technology and data in new ways. Within our agile, innovative, people-centric organization, your work will matter every day as you use your skills to help us manufacture therapies for patients on our four platforms:

  • Small Molecules
  • Biologics
  • Plasma
  • Cell and Gene

As part of the GMS team, you'll have the opportunity to pursue unique experiences and build new skills, and you'll know that the work you do every day makes an impact — on our patients, our people, our planet, and on yourself.

Job ID R0141599 Date posted 01/07/2025 Location Round Lake Beach, Illinois

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Job Description

About the role:

The Maintenance Supervisor oversees the proper operation and maintenance of all mixing, filling, and packaging equipment. The supervisor oversees the daily management of people and resources associated with the equipment maintenance organization. You embrace and inspires a Lean culture and coordinates activities to ensure production uptime. The supervisor provides feedback to employees, plans maintenance activities, and takes action to improve department performance.  You will promote standard operating procedures while ensuring equipment is clean and running.

How you will contribute:

  • Provide guidance and leadership through positive interactions with all employees during daily operations.

  • Manage the daily production, scheduling, material management, compliance, training, and auditing activities – to meet customer requirements including deadlines and quality standards.

  • Help set clear performance goals and individual development plans.

  • Oversee parts ordering, to ensure adequate spare parts are ordered.

  • Ensure production lines are running during planned production time.

  • Ensuring the proper Preventative Maintenance plans are in place, all associated tasks are included and accountable for ensuring they are completed.

  • Develop and implement training programs, motivates your team to improve maintenance tasks.

  • Inspire creativity, continuous improvement and be accountable for the inclusion of new PMs and optimization of existing PMs.

  • SME for manufacturing equipment preventative maintenance and predictive maintenance strategies.

  • Responsible for the cleanliness, organization, output and safety of the plant's equipment and all areas of the Maintenance shops.

  • Responsible for and accountable for advanced scheduling of PMs to maintain a 100% completion record.

  • Maintain the performance and maintenance of all equipment operation.

  • Provide a very high level of troubleshooting diagnoses and repair.

  • Must become familiar with plant SOPs, Procedures, Critical System, corporate specifications and local GMP practices.

  • Partner with maintenance manager and engineering to analyze mechanical and electrical problems and work to resolve the issues and improve uptime.

  • Initiate work orders and PMs for equipment when it becomes apparent that additional work is required to maintain equipment reliability and efficiency.

  • Large maintenance projects, complete on time, high quality and within budget.

  • Understand electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic drawings. Make changes to engineering drawings and complete change control documentation.

  • Experience of electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.

  • Understand regulatory and safety requirements

  • Desire to broaden knowledge and improve skill level.

  • In-depth process knowledge of related manufacturing equipment and processes.

  • Experience understanding of cGMPs and other regulatory guidelines applicable to the medical/pharmaceutical industry.

  • Respond to detailed inquiries, and present information to groups and senior management.

What you bring to Takeda:

  • High School Diploma or GED plus 6+ years of related experience OR Bachelors' degree in science, engineering or other related technical field and 3+ years of related experience.  Some leadership experience preferred for Supervisor role.

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. You may:

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

  • Can stand and walk for an extended period over an 12-hour shift between rooms and across the site.

  • May require bending, twisting, reaching overhead, and squatting motions to perform certain tasks.

  • Repetitive motions with hands, wrists, turning head, bending at knees and waist.

  • Can carry up to 40lbs, lift up to 50lbs, push/pull up to 75lbs (with assistance of material handling equipment).

  • Indoor working conditions.

  • Will work around moving equipment and machinery.

  • May work in confined spaces/areas.

  • Some Clean Room and cool/hot storage conditions. (Applies to roles in Filling Department only)

  • 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.

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

  • May work in a cold, hot or wet environment.

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

  • Must follow all plant safety rules and direct others in the proper application of plant safety.

  • Will work on multiple shifts, including weekends and holidays, to support a 24/7 manufacturing operation.

  • Must be willing to work 2-2-3m 12Hr Night Shift; 6am to 6:30pm.

  • Extended work hours may be required based on our needs.

More about us:

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and the best patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company to 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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Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.

For Location:

USA - IL - Round Lake - Drug Delivery

U.S. Base Salary Range:

$84,000.00 - $132,000.00

The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.

U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/or long-termincentives. U.S.based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others. U.S.based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.

EEO Statement

Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.

Locations

USA - IL - Round Lake - Drug Delivery

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes

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