Engineering Maintenance Manager
Takeda
July 03, 2026
On-site
Social Circle, GA
$116,000 - $182,270 USD yearly
Operations
About the role:
As Engineering Maintenance Manager, you will lead the maintenance strategy and daily engineering operations for critical manufacturing assets supporting Takeda's pharmaceutical production. You will ensure equipment reliability, operational excellence, and regulatory compliance while driving continuous improvement initiatives that maximize plant performance, safety, and manufacturing productivity.
How you will contribute:
- Lead and develop a team of maintenance supervisors and technicians, setting clear objectives and fostering a high-performance culture.
- Oversee maintenance activities for production and process equipment across manufacturing facilities, ensuring maximum equipment availability and reliability.
- Develop and execute preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) programs.
- Plan and coordinate maintenance shutdowns, commissioning activities, and vendor support while minimizing production disruption.
- Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, Validation, and Engineering teams to support production schedules and process improvements.
- Review and evaluate new equipment designs, installation projects, and engineering modifications.
- Ensure maintenance activities comply with cGMP requirements, safety standards, and SOPs.
- Drive continuous improvement using Lean, TPM, Six Sigma, OEE, and other reliability methodologies.
What you bring to Takeda:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related technical discipline.
- Significant experience leading maintenance and engineering activities in a regulated manufacturing environment (preferably pharmaceutical/biotech/life sciences).
- Expertise in preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance.
- Experience managing CMMS and equipment lifecycle management.
- Solid understanding of cGMP regulations and engineering compliance.
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams and maintenance projects (including external contractors).
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills; continuous improvement mindset.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Application instructions:
By clicking the “Apply” button, I understand the employment application process will commence and my information will be processed in line with Takeda’s Privacy Notice and Terms of Use; I attest the information submitted is true to the best of my knowledge.
Benefits (explicitly stated):
U.S. employees may be eligible for medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k) with company match, disability coverage, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteer time off, holidays, well-being benefits, up to 80 hours sick time/year, and up to 120 hours paid vacation for new hires.
As Engineering Maintenance Manager, you will lead the maintenance strategy and daily engineering operations for critical manufacturing assets supporting Takeda's pharmaceutical production. You will ensure equipment reliability, operational excellence, and regulatory compliance while driving continuous improvement initiatives that maximize plant performance, safety, and manufacturing productivity.
How you will contribute:
- Lead and develop a team of maintenance supervisors and technicians, setting clear objectives and fostering a high-performance culture.
- Oversee maintenance activities for production and process equipment across manufacturing facilities, ensuring maximum equipment availability and reliability.
- Develop and execute preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) programs.
- Plan and coordinate maintenance shutdowns, commissioning activities, and vendor support while minimizing production disruption.
- Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, Validation, and Engineering teams to support production schedules and process improvements.
- Review and evaluate new equipment designs, installation projects, and engineering modifications.
- Ensure maintenance activities comply with cGMP requirements, safety standards, and SOPs.
- Drive continuous improvement using Lean, TPM, Six Sigma, OEE, and other reliability methodologies.
What you bring to Takeda:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related technical discipline.
- Significant experience leading maintenance and engineering activities in a regulated manufacturing environment (preferably pharmaceutical/biotech/life sciences).
- Expertise in preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance.
- Experience managing CMMS and equipment lifecycle management.
- Solid understanding of cGMP regulations and engineering compliance.
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams and maintenance projects (including external contractors).
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills; continuous improvement mindset.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Application instructions:
By clicking the “Apply” button, I understand the employment application process will commence and my information will be processed in line with Takeda’s Privacy Notice and Terms of Use; I attest the information submitted is true to the best of my knowledge.
Benefits (explicitly stated):
U.S. employees may be eligible for medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k) with company match, disability coverage, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteer time off, holidays, well-being benefits, up to 80 hours sick time/year, and up to 120 hours paid vacation for new hires.