Maintenance Technician II

Takeda • Round Lake, IL

13d • $19 - $30 • Onsite

About The Position

As a Maintenance Technician II, you will play a key role in ensuring reliable operation of all equipment used in the Galaxy filling process at Takeda’s Round Lake, IL manufacturing site. You will support and maintain equipment across the Mix, Fill, and Finishing complexes in the Drug Delivery facility, making sure manufacturing lines are properly maintained and ready to run during planned production periods. This role is a night shift, 6:00pm – 6:30am in a 2-2-3 work schedule configuration.

Requirements

• 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

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive maintenance (PM) and monitor equipment during production to identify and resolve issues before they impact output.
• Provide advanced troubleshooting and repairs for mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.
• Respond to equipment issues on an emergency basis, including working overtime, weekends, and during plant shutdowns as needed.
• Become thoroughly familiar with corporate specifications, plant standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the Galaxy process, and local GMP requirements, ensuring they are consistently followed.
• Adhere to all plant safety rules and actively promote safe work practices, including directing others in proper safety procedures.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement, working both independently and in collaboration with manufacturing, engineering, and quality teams to resolve issues and enhance performance.
• 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

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED