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Job Description

About the role

The Lead Maintenance Technician provides hands-on technical leadership to support maintenance operations across filling and packaging manufacturing lines. This role is responsible for coordinating a team of technicians, ensuring timely and effective equipment repairs, and maintaining high equipment reliability in a 24/7 GMP environment.

This position plays a critical role in minimizing downtime through proactive maintenance, advanced troubleshooting, and continuous monitoring of manufacturing operations. The Lead Maintenance Technician partners closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, and Quality teams to resolve issues, drive continuous improvement, and ensure equipment readiness to meet production commitments.

How you will contribute

• Lead and coordinate a team of maintenance technicians, ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently, and to established standards.

• Own maintenance support for assigned manufacturing lines, proactively identifying and addressing issues to reduce downtime.

• Perform advanced troubleshooting across mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems, including PLC-controlled equipment.

• Support preventive maintenance (PM) execution, ensuring timely completion and effective planning through CMMS systems.

• Diagnose equipment issues using data analysis and implement sustainable solutions to improve reliability and performance.

• Oversee the rebuild and assembly of machine components and support major maintenance activities.

• Initiate and manage work orders within CMMS (e.g., JDE or equivalent).

• Partner with cross-functional teams to resolve equipment and process-related challenges.

• Provide technical guidance, training, and mentorship to junior technicians, both on the floor and in structured learning environments.

• Support robotics and automation systems, including troubleshooting of robotic operations and addressing quality or output issues.

• Communicate equipment status, risks, and priorities clearly to leadership and operations teams.

• Ensure all work is performed in accordance with cGMP standards, SOPs, and safety requirements.

• Support continuous improvement initiatives and drive adoption of best practices across maintenance operations.

• Maintain 100% completion of required training and certifications

What you bring to Takeda

• High school diploma or GED required; plus:

  • 6+ years of relevant maintenance experience or

  • Associate degree (or higher) with 2+ years of related experience.

• Strong experience in manufacturing environments, ideally within FDA-regulated/GMP settings.

• Advanced technical knowledge of electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.

• Experience troubleshooting and working with PLC-controlled equipment.

• Ability to read and interpret electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic schematics/drawings.

• Proven ability to work independently, make sound decisions, and lead teams effectively.

• Strong communication, documentation, and collaboration skills.

• Experience with CMMS systems (JDE preferred) and proficiency in MS Word and Excel.

• Strong troubleshooting mindset with the ability to handle high-pressure production environments.

• Willingness to support off-shift, weekend, on-call, and emergency maintenance activities as needed.

Important Considerations:

At Takeda, our patients rely on us to deliver quality products. As a result, strict standards must be followed within our manufacturing environment to ensure product quality, safety, and compliance.

Work Environment & Requirements

• Work in a 24/7 manufacturing environment, including off-shift, weekend, and overtime support as needed.

• Ability to work in controlled environments requiring gowning and PPE, including restrictions on jewelry, makeup, and personal items.

• Exposure to cleanroom, cold, wet, and industrial manufacturing environments.

• May be required to work in confined spaces and around moving equipment and machinery.

• Some travel required (up to ~5%).

• Must not have allergies to Cephalosporins or related compounds.

Physical Demands

• Combination of sedentary work, standing, and walking throughout the facility.

• Ability to stand/walk for extended periods (8–12 hour shifts).

• Frequent bending, reaching, twisting, and squatting.

• Ability to lift, push, or pull up to 100 lbs (with assistance of material handling equipment).

• May require climbing ladders and working at heights as needed.

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 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.

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Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

For Location:

USA - IL - Round Lake - Drug Delivery

U.S. Hourly Wage Range:

$28.99 - $45.53

The estimated hourly wage range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual hourly wage 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 hourly wage 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 incentives. 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

No