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Electrical Plant Engineer

Lessines, Wallonia
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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 R0145529 Date posted 03/12/2025 Location Lessines, Wallonia

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Job Description

About the Role:

Manage and oversee high and low voltage electrical projects. responsible for planning, coordinating, and supervising projects to ensure they meet deadlines, budgets, and quality standards. Additionally, this role includes managing equipment with a focus on preventive maintenance for high voltage and TGBT equipment.

How you will contribute:

  • Project Management:
    • Plan, coordinate, and oversee high and low voltage electrical projects.
    • Ensure compliance with deadlines, budgets, and quality standards.
    • Collaborate effectively with internal teams and subcontractors to ensure project success.
    • Design installations to meet site requirements in terms of evolution, service continuity, and reliability.
  • Preventive Maintenance:
    • Develop and implement preventive maintenance plans for high voltage and TGBT equipment during scheduled shutdowns.
    • Diagnose and resolve technical issues to minimize downtime.
    • Ensure equipment compliance with safety and performance standards.
  • Equipment Management:
    • Oversee the installation, commissioning, and preventive maintenance of high voltage (15kV and 70kV) and TGBT equipment.
    • Keep technical documentation and maintenance reports up-to-date.
  • Operational Team Training:
    • Design and deliver technical training for operational teams.
    • Enhance the skills of teams on high voltage and TGBT equipment.
    • Regularly update training content based on technological advancements and feedback.

What you bring to Takeda:

  • Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience
  • At least 10 years of experience in high or low voltage projects
  • Experience in GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) or regulated environments
  • Certified as BA4/BA5 for electrical work
  • Possession of a drone license.
  • Significant experience in electrical project management and preventive maintenance.
  • In-depth knowledge of high voltage and TGBT equipment.
  • Project management and technical problem-solving skills.
  • BA4/BA5 high voltage certification.
  • Extensive experience in power automation systems.
  • Experience with flywheels and static UPS systems.
  • Experience with emergency generators and no-break systems.
  • Ability to work in a team and communicate effectively.
  • Proactivity and a strong focus on safety.
  • Knowledge and certifications required for high and low voltage installations

What Takeda can offer you:

  • Health package: Hospitalization, outpatient, and group insurance
  • Financial planning and stability: Pension savings plan
  • Paid recovery days, restaurant tickets, eco-vouchers, and gift vouchers
  • Flexible benefits scheme
  • Possibility of free soft-skills trainings
  • A culture of inclusion and a workspace where everyone feels respected, valued, and free to be themselves

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.

    Must be able to work in a technical environment requiring special protective equipment.
  • May occasionally work in controlled environments requiring special gowning.
  • Potential to work around chemicals requiring 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.

Empowering our people to shine:

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 or other status. At Takeda, we embrace diversity as a whole

Locations

BEL - Lessines

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time
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