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I further attest that all information I submit in my employment application is true to the best of my knowledge.\nJob Description\nWork Location Requirement: This position requires working on-site five (5) days per week.\nOBJECTIVES/PURPOSE\nOwn site Process Equipment and ensure it is “fit for purpose” for the manufacture of drug substance and drug products, meeting Regulatory, Quality, Capacity and EHS requirements.\nMain objectives (key services)\nTechnology selection\n\nCapacity Modeling and Site Master Planning\n\nEngineering and Equipment Design\n\nSafety engineering design and management\n\n“Factory Floor” Continuous Improvement / Troubleshooting / System ownership\n\nOwn strategic preparation of sites for the future by introducing new process technologies such as robotics and delivering agile process engineering solutions\nProvides leadership to all engineering disciplines during the development of the project requirements, scope, design (concept, basic, and detail), timeline, and budget#\nThe incumbent is responsible for improving existing equipment to minimize production downtime. Provide leadership to all process equipment related investigations\nDevelop and implement strategies to ensure cost and time effective designs while ensuring innovation and adhering to user requirements while managing daily operational support\nACCOUNTABILITIES\nTechnology selection\nDrive Cross functional stakeholder management with our Partners in Manufacturing Sciences and/or Pharmaceutical Sciences. Lead the evaluation and selection of new, state-of-the-art technologies and process equipment and applicable process equipment vendors (e.g. Robotics, Single Use Technology)\n\nIdentify future industry trends and decide on strategies for process equipment/technologies.\n\nOwn business case development for CAPEX investments in process equipment incl. Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculations\n\nManage Process Equipment Vendors and Architectural/Engineering firms in the delivery of CAPEX and OPEX projects in areas of responsibility.\n\nCapacity Modeling and Site Master Planning\nDevelop Process Unit Operation Capacity models and identify capacity bottlenecks / constraints in GMP manufacturing processes / production process and in the utilities delivery systems\n\nApply knowledge of heat transfer, mass transfer, fluid dynamics, reaction kinetics to solve common process engineering problems\n\nEngineering and Equipment Design\nLead Front End Engineering and Design activities in feasibility study and conceptual design phases\n\nDeliver Project Turnover Packages for Process Equipment delivered to site and ensure that critical engineering knowledge such as, as-built drawings, operating and maintenance manuals, equipment and instrument data sheets, spare parts lists are maintained, remain accurate and up to date\n\nGather requirements from Stakeholders - such as from Quality, Manufacturing, Reliability, Maintainability, Automation, and EHS - to determine Process Basis of Designs, specifications and designs for Process Equipment, Process Control Systems, Process Instrumentation and Process Safety Systems and Devices\n\nDevelop Scope of Work and RFx Packages for Process Equipment Vendors, Process Engineering Consultants, Architectural / Engineering services, Commissioning services and (Sub-) Contractors\n\nLead commissioning activities such as Factory Acceptance and/or Site Acceptance Testing of process equipment\n\nWith Partners in Engineering Validation deliver the Qualification and Validation activities for Process Equipment\n\nOwn Design Reviews of Process Equipment with Stakeholders, including Quality, Manufacturing, Utilities Operations, Maintenance, Calibration, Reliability, Automation\n\nSafety engineering design and management\nConduct Process Hazard Analysis (e.g. PHA-Hazop) of hazardous manufacturing / production processes and incorporate improvements into the design of process equipment, process control, and process safety systems\n\nPerform Design Reviews of all process equipment with relation to EHS\n\nOwn Investigations for process equipment and implement Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)\n\n“Factory Floor” Continuous Improvement/ Trouble-shooting / System ownership\nProvide leadership of the Manufacturing and Maintenance departments with troubleshooting activities of Process Equipment on the factory floor\n\nOwn continuous improvement activities for Process Equipment applying continuous improvement tools such as DMAIC, FMEA, RCA, identify improvements, design and implement improvements and own level 3 troubleshooting in collaboration with “Manufacturing” & Manufacturing sciences\n\nResponsible for Management of Change for Process Equipment in area of responsibility\n\nResponsible for internal and regulatory Audits and Inspections\n\nEngage in the Process Engineering Community of Practice (CoP) through sharing of best practices and lessons learned\n\nDIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS\nTechnical/Functional (Line) Expertise\nTechnology selection\nThe position will be responsible for leading the development of system/equipment specifications\nCapacity modeling and Site Master Planning\nDetermined basic causes and develop recommendations for corrective action, and follow-up to ensure completion of corrective action.\nEngineering and Equipment Design\nEnable capabilities to perform troubleshooting on process equipment and systems\n“Factory Floor” Continuous Improvement/ Trouble-shooting / System ownership\nProvide leadership to analyze customer service problems and design improvement suggestions / decisions. Recommend design improvements through adaptations and modifications of standard technical principles.\nLeadership\nDisplays and drives Takeda culture of Takeda-ism, PTRB, safety, and quality into the organization.\nBe on the floor to study and train and recommend techniques to enable the team to improve existing equipment to minimize production downtime.\nGood interpersonal skills and be able to work effectively and efficiently in a team environment as leader, mentor, trusted advisor.\nDemonstrates strong communication skills to effectively communicate with all levels of professionals, both internal (local & global) and external\nCoach, motivate, develop, recognize and mentor the engineering staff, including senior level engineers and managers. Being a mentor developing future leaders.\nDecision-making and Autonomy\nDecision making on organizational changes to build the required capacity/capabilities.\nAutonomy in decision making with sensitivity to the level of required alignment.\nDecision making of short/mid & long term impacts\nInteraction\nCAPEX Project Teams, Manufacturing Sciences, Quality, Manufacturing / Production, Utilities/Facilities Operations, Plant/Facilities/Utilities Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Maintenance, Calibration, Automation, EHS, Procurement / Purchasing, Equipment Vendors, Architectural / Engineering Services Companies, (Sub-) Contractors, Consultants\nInnovation\nGenerate innovative solutions to highly complex problems\nDemonstrated problem solving skills to support resolution of Engineering, Manufacturing and/or Quality-related issues.\nComplexity\nAssess, analyze, advise, propose and direct improvements that will deliver greater productivity, capacity, reliability and compliance for the Process Engineering Department\nEnsure compliance with all regulatory GMP, Safety and Environmental requirements\nShall interface with regulatory agency representative (e.g. FDA/EMA) as the site Process Engineering SME during internal and external audits and shall be able to defend current practices with such agencies.\nStrong skills to work in matrix organization with excellent interpersonal, communication, influencing, and negotiation skills required\nEDUCATION, BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS: \nEngineering degree or equivalent required; for example, Chemical, Biochemical, Mechanical or Industrial engineering is preferred\nMinimum 8 years of relevant experience\nExpert of Process Unit Operations in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing\nExperience in supporting CAPEX project delivery and equipment acquisition processes.\nExperience in applying process improvement methodologies such as DMAIC and Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and tools such as Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) \nUnderstanding of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)\nExperience with leading experts for e.g. statistical data analysts and data visualization tools\nExperience owning all machines/lines/systems and all of its components.\nSME of Process Unit Operations in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing\nExpert of CAPEX project delivery and equipment acquisition processes\nTakeda Compensation and Benefits Summary\nWe understand compensation is an important factoras you consider the next step in your career. 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