Senior Plant HVAC Engineer

Takeda Pharmaceuticals; Thousand Oaks (CA); On-site; USD 86,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading pharmaceutical company as a Senior Plant Engineer, responsible for designing and implementing projects in GMP environments. This role encompasses various critical systems, focusing on enhancing manufacturing operations through technical expertise and project ownership, providing a unique opportunity for impactful work in a regulated industry.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) plan and company match

Tuition reimbursement program

Paid volunteer time off

120 hours of paid vacation for new hires

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of related work experience in a regulated sector, preferably in pharmaceuticals.
• Technical knowledge of HVAC, Refrigeration, and critical utilities.
• Experience with quality documentation such as Change controls and CAPA.

Responsibilities

• Support and troubleshoot manufacturing operations and infrastructure improvements.
• Lead energy optimization projects to enhance operational efficiency.
• Evaluate and improve preventive maintenance scheduling in CMMS.

Skills

HVAC

Refrigeration

Project Coordination

Operational Efficiency

Technical Ownership

Education

Bachelor's degree in chemical, mechanical, electrical, or industrial engineering

Tools

FMEA

Process Modeling

Job description

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Job Description

About the Role:

Join our team as a Senior Plant Engineer, where you'll play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and implementing cost-effective projects and technologies within our GMP plant systems. You'll focus on systems supporting cleanrooms and controlled environments in our biologics manufacturing facility, including HVAC, HEPA filtration, and refrigeration and other critical utilities. Your expertise will be crucial in maintaining and improving our manufacturing operations.

This role works on site, and you will report to the Associate Director, Facilities and Critical Systems.

How You Will Contribute:

• Support and troubleshoot manufacturing operations, maintenance, and infrastructure improvements.

• Provide technical ownership and subject matter expertise for critical utilities on medium and large projects.

• Review and enhance process and support equipment and systems design.

• Lead energy optimization projects and improve operational efficiency.

• Use engineering tools to resolve issues (FMEA, Process modeling, etc.)
• Be a Subject Matter Expert for critical utilities on medium and large expense or capital projects.

• Act independently on small projects and may oversee/train contractors and utility operators.

• Evaluate the existing preventive maintenance scheduling intervals and maintain, update, and improve the operational efficiency of the CMMS system.
• Investigate and analyze customer service problems and design improvement suggestions.

What You Bring to Takeda:

• Bachelor's degree in chemical, mechanical, electrical, or industrial engineering.

• Minimum of 5 years of related work experience in a regulated sector, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry.

• Experience with facilities engineering, project coordination and operational experience in the life-science field.

• Technical knowledge of HVAC, Refrigeration, WFI, RO, Chillers, Boilers, BAS systems, UPS, electrical, mechanical, etc.

• Electrical engineering knowledge is beneficial but not required.

• Experience with quality documentation such as Change controls, CAPA and deviations.

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, and buffers and Celite that may require respiratory protection.

• Combination of sedentary work and walking around observing conditions in the facility.

• Able to lift, push, pull and carry up to 25 lbs.

• May require on call support.

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.

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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 - CA - Thousand Oaks - Rancho Conejo

U.S. Base Salary Range:

$86,500.00 - $135,960.00

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 - CA - Thousand Oaks - Rancho Conejo

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes