Utilities Technician II

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Job Description

About the role:

The Utilities Technician maintains and troubleshoots equipment that supports utilities and manufacturing areas. Strict adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), cGMPs, and Quality Standards in a Pharmaceutical Manufacturing facility are mandatory. Primary responsibilities include ensuring safe and efficient hands-on operations and limited maintenance of manufacturing and utilities systems including WWPP, WFI, RO, HVAC, distillation, compressed air, steam, thermal fluids, and components such as pumps, fans, and valves. You will report to a maintenance supervisor in Social Circle, GA.

How you will contribute:

• Operate and maintain multiple equipment through routine inspection and review.
• Perform limited preventive, corrective and predictive maintenance of all associated equipment.
• All work must be completed following cGMPs, SOPs, job plans, and company policies.
• Review and revise related SOPs and job/work plans for work related areas.
• Help develop operating and maintenance procedures.
• Ensure that operational log and work order documentation is completed with accurate information.
• Provide support for startup of new equipment to ensure it meets all mechanical design specifications.
• Develop a basic proficiency in one or more advanced maintenance technology and understand how to apply technology to improve equipment reliability, e.g., aligning, balancing, thermography, oil analysis, ultrasound, or vibration monitoring.
• Must follow all safety rules and ensure compliance with state and federal EPA regulation and laws.

What You Bring to Takeda:

• Requires high school diploma or GED. 2+ years of industrial experience is a must with Utilities and Wastewater experience is ideal.
• Work with peers on other teams and seek outside resources.
• Understand procedures, schematics, and P&ID’s.
• Provide a limited level of troubleshooting, diagnostic, and repair of building systems, equipment, and equipment components such as vessels, mixers, valves, and pumps.
• Operate general laboratory equipment to assess analytical status of the utilities process.
• Take a limited amount of available information and make process reliant decisions on utilities and manufacturing systems under unstable conditions while continuing to monitor all other systems.

Other Job Requirements

• May work in cold, wet, sunlight, limited light, and heat.
• May work with heights, loud noises, dust, gasses, and fumes.
• May be around moving equipment and machinery.
• May climb up to and into large equipment for cleaning or inspection.
• May work in areas that require the use of PPE.
• Work exclusively on nights for 12.5 hours on a 3/2/2 schedule
• Work some weekends and holidays
• May work around chemicals such as alcohol, acids and buffers that may require respiratory protection (PPE).
• Provide overtime coverage on occasion.
• May be asked to frequently kneel, climb and walk to inspect and perform described maintenance activities to include lifting of items up to 50 lbs.

Important Considerations

At Takeda, our patients rely on us to create quality products and we aim to create a safe environment for our team members. As a result, we must follow strict rules in our manufacturing facilities to ensure we are not endangering the quality of the product or putting anyone at the site in harm's way. 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 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.

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 to 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 provide 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 - GA - Social Circle - Hwy 278

U.S. Hourly Wage Range:

$20.53 - $32.26

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 - GA - Social Circle - Hwy 278

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time