Associate Director - Maintenance and Reliability

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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.

• 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

• 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…