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Senior Maintenance Technician

BioSpace
Lexington, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 10/28/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/26/2025
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Job Description

About the role:

As a Sr. Maintenance Technician, you will be responsible for efficient and reliable operations of the process and utility systems and equipment within your responsibilities. You will cover assigned shift and be available for rotational assignment. You will report to Maintenance Manager.

This role will have working hours from 4:30 AM to 3:00 PM, Wednesday to Saturday.

How You Will Contribute

  • Perform scheduled and corrective maintenance of complex equipment and systems.
  • Evaluate equipment performance and recommend improvements to Maintenance Program and system design
  • Perform Trouble Shooting of the most complicated systems and equipment. Ensure Quality of Work, provide in-house expertise
  • Perform scheduled and corrective maintenance of utility systems and process equipment.
  • Coordinate maintenance activities with manufacturing supervisors. Solicit quotations and review contractors' proposals within your area or responsibilities.
  • Evaluate equipment performance and recommend improvements to Maintenance Program and System Design


What You Bring To Takeda

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Demonstrated abilities and evidence of training in repair, operations, and troubleshooting of electromechanical process equipment and utility systems
  • Experience with control systems, SCADA and BMS systems would be ideal.
  • Relevant experience in Bio-Pharmaceutical, petrochemical and packaging industries.
  • Provide training as guidance to contractors
  • Knowledge of plant facilities and process equipment/systems
  • Competency in maintaining and reviewing facilities related cGMP documentation
  • Perform troubleshooting of critical facility and process equipment.
  • Provide training as guidance to contractors
  • Knowledge of plant facilities and process equipment/systems
  • Decide on operations and maintenance of critical Plant equipment and systems.
  • Handle emergencies on process equipment.
  • Make recommendations to maintenance management on equipment performance and design improvements.


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 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.
  • Must be able to climb ladders, reach, bend and lift loads up to 50 lbs.
  • Required to carry cell phone or other mobile device and to be on call to support Manufacturing processes


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 - MA - Lexington - BIO OPS

U.S. Hourly Wage Range

$32.64 - $51.30

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.

LocationsUSA - MA - Lexington - BIO OPS

Worker TypeEmployee

Worker Sub-TypeRegular

Time TypeFull time

Job Exempt

No

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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