Manufacturing Engineering Planning

You will contribute in ensuring ongoing safety, product quality, and compliance, while optimizing complex processes across the entire value stream. Focusing on large-scale, automated, multi-step batch processes with manual operations, we are looking for knowledge in mathematical, physical, and social sciences, and engineering analysis and design principles. You will analyze processes, make opportunities for improvement visible, and guide next steps to accomplish those improvements. These efforts are critical to improving productivity across the site, and in the production environment. You will help interpret Takeda's standard 'lean operating system' and guide its application with a clear focus on adding value. You will also collaborate with other sites and global support teams to improve those operating system standards. You will report to the Associate Director of Lean Deployment.
Understand strategic context, current state and analysis of relevant systems to identify opportunities aligned with strategy.
Connect and collaborate with global, regional and OpU groups to bring good practices to the site and to share our good practices with others.
Develop others through leading Lean implementations.
Research and test improvements to processes, ensuring safety, quality and compliance with regulation/standards.
Play an important role in the planning the 2025 and 2027 production capacity increase, ensuring scalability and sustainability.
Have a demonstrated experience with challenging the status quo and trying to improve operations.
Proficient in manufacturing system and statistical analysis.
Demonstrated structured, logical, critical and analytical thinking.
Comfortable coaching, leading and guiding people.
Must have organizational and project management abilities along with knowledge of manufacturing processes and continuous improvement approaches.
Can work extended hours and multiple shifts.
Typically requires bachelors' degree in science, engineering or other related technical field with 6+ years of related experience.

• 5+ years' experience deploying and coaching lean as part of a manufacturing/industrial engineering role.
• Experience in the biotechnology / pharmaceutical industry is desirable.
• 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 general your work will be a combination of sedentary work and walking around observing conditions in the facility.

On Site Position.
Will need to remove all make-up, jewelry, contact lenses, nail polish and artificial fingernails while in the manufacturing environment.
May work around chemicals such as alcohol, acids, buffers and Celite that may require respiratory protection.
At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and the best patient support programs. 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.
#The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.
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Full time