Senior Process Engineer II - OSD and Packaging

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Job Description

About the role

Join Takeda's growing Lexington, MA manufacturing site as a Senior Process Engineer II, where you will help deliver life-changing medicines to patients through the design, start-up, operation, and optimization of oral solid dosage and packaging manufacturing equipment. This is a highly visible, on-site role within the Process Engineering organization, supporting the Oral Solid Dosage and Packaging design-build project as well as start-up and long-term commercial manufacturing operations at the Lexington site.

In this role, you will serve as a technical subject matter expert for manufacturing unit operations, playing a critical role in ensuring safe, compliant, and reliable production while driving process efficiency and continuous improvement. You thrive at the intersection of engineering and operations, enjoy hands-on problem solving on the shop floor, and value close collaboration with equipment vendors, operators, and technical peers. You are motivated by seeing improvements translate directly into meaningful production impact.

How you will contribute

• Serve as a Process Engineering subject matter expert (SME), applying Good Engineering Practice (GEP) principles to the design, build, and testing of manufacturing unit operations within your scope. You will partner closely with Manufacturing, Manufacturing Sciences, Facilities, Global Engineering, Quality, and cross-functional project teams.
• Lead and execute start-up, commissioning, and validation activities for new equipment and processes supporting cGMP operations, including milling, sieving, IBC handling, roller compaction, fluid bed drying, tablet compression, coating, packaging, and CIP/COP systems.
• Support day-to-day manufacturing operations by maintaining and continuously improving equipment performance and reliability, serving as the primary technical point of contact for your assigned area.
• Drive effective troubleshooting and root-cause analysis, supporting deviation investigations, closure activities, and the implementation of corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs).
• Develop, review, and sustain technical and GMP documentation, including SOPs, specifications, and engineering assessments, ensuring alignment with global standards and regulatory expectations.

What you bring to Takeda

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Process, or related discipline) with a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience.
• Proven experience supporting oral solid dosage manufacturing equipment, including milling, blending, granulation, drying, compression, coating, and packaging (strongly preferred).
• Strong technical problem-solving capability, with the ability to lead cross-functional troubleshooting efforts and drive successful project execution.
• Hands-on experience working in cGMP pharmaceutical or other regulated manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated ownership of equipment performance, with a track record of driving continuous improvement and serving as a trusted technical subject matter expert.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively engage engineering, manufacturing, quality, and cross-functional stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

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.
• Able to work more than 8 hours a day or 40 hours a workweek as required.
• May participate in process engineering on-call program
• 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:
Lexington, MA

U.S. Base Salary Range:
$111,800.00 - $175,670.00

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
Lexington, MA

Worker Type
Employee

Worker Sub-Type
Regular

Time Type
Full time

Job Exempt
Yes

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