Associate Director - Maintenance and Reliability

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Job Description

About the role

This role is responsible for leading all Plant Maintenance functions, including maintenance execution, calibration, planning and scheduling, spare parts management, and reliability engineering. The position ensures the delivery of safe, compliant, and cost‑effective maintenance and reliability services that support uninterrupted manufacturing operations and overall business objectives.

As a key member of the Site Engineering Leadership Team, you will provide thought leadership and strategic direction across maintenance, calibration, and reliability disciplines. You will coach and influence site leadership and cross‑functional partners to drive best practices, continuous improvement, and sustainable performance.

You will serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for maintenance, calibration, spare parts management, and reliability, ensuring that safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets are consistently achieved in alignment with the site and business strategy. For smaller sites, the scope of this role may also include Facilities Management and Utility Operations.

How you will contribute

• Lead and execute the site maintenance and calibration strategy, ensuring safe, compliant, and reliable operations.
  
• Build, develop, and lead a high‑performing maintenance organization, including maintenance, calibration, spare parts, planning & scheduling, and reliability (with facilities and utilities oversight at smaller sites).
  
• Serve as a member of the Site Engineering Leadership Team, partnering closely with Manufacturing and site stakeholders.
  
• Own the maintenance budget and asset lifecycle strategy, driving reliability, cost control, and long‑term performance.
  
• Ensure uninterrupted support for 24/7 manufacturing operations, including utilities, shutdowns, and emergency response.
  
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance safety, quality, reliability, and operational efficiency.
  
• Ensure compliance with GMP, Quality, and EHS requirements, including audit readiness and closure of deviations and CAPAs.
  
• Collaborate with regional and global engineering partners to share best practices and implement standardized solutions.
  
• Develop and track key performance metrics, using data to improve maintenance and reliability outcomes.
  
• Foster a strong safety culture, ensuring regulatory compliance, required training, and alignment with Takeda’s Code of Conduct.
  

Scope

• Direct Reports: 75
• Indirect Reports: 8

What you bring to Takeda

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
  
• 10+ years of maintenance and technical experience, including 5+ years of people leadership, preferably in a pharmaceutical and/or GMP‑regulated environment.
  
• Strong knowledge of GMP regulations, maintenance and reliability best practices, and continuous improvement methodologies (e.g., DMAIC, FMEA, Kaizen, Gemba, Root Cause Analysis).
  
• Experience using CMMS systems and managing maintenance and reliability KPIs.
  
• Working knowledge of environmental, health, and safety regulations at the local, state, and federal level.
  
• Relevant professional licensure or certifications are a plus.
  

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, buffers and Celite that may require respiratory protection.
  
• Able to lift, push, pull and carry up to 25 lbs.
  
• Combination of sedentary work and walking around observing conditions in the facility.
  
• Able to work in controlled or clean room environments requiring special gowning.
  
• Pace will be fast, able to prioritize multiple tasks from multiple customers.
  
• May require availability outside regular business hours.
  

What Takeda can offer you:

• Comprehensive Healthcare: Medical, Dental, and Vision
  
• Financial Planning & Stability: 401(k) with company match and Annual Retirement Contribution Plan
  
• Health & Wellness programs including onsite flu shots and health screenings
  
• Generous time off for vacation and the option to purchase additional vacation days
  
• Community Outreach Programs and company match of charitable contributions
  
• Family Planning Support
  
• Flexible Work Paths
  
• Tuition reimbursement
  

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

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. Base Salary Range:
$153,600.00 - $241,340.00

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-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

Job Exempt
Yes