Senior Facility Engineer

About the role

Serves as the primary engineering lead for site-wide facility shutdowns, ensuring effective cross-functional coordination, risk mitigation, project planning, and successful execution. Manages relationships with external service providers and landlord-managed resources while developing and monitoring KPIs to ensure service excellence and operational reliability.

Responsibilities

• Lead facility engineering projects that improve reliability, performance, compliance, and operational efficiency of critical facility and utility systems.
• Serve as the lead coordinator for annual facility shutdowns, including planning, scheduling, resource coordination, issue escalation, and execution oversight.
• Manage and support critical utility systems including HVAC, clean steam, WFI, RO water, compressed air, and related facility infrastructure.
• Develop and implement KPIs to monitor utility system performance, landlord-managed services, and facility reliability metrics.
• Lead facility-related change controls, risk assessments, deviations, investigations, and CAPA activities while ensuring compliance with GMP requirements.
• Manage external vendors, contractors, and service providers to ensure adherence to Takeda's safety, quality, and technical standards.
• Partner with Validation, Quality, Manufacturing, Maintenance, and Engineering teams to deliver compliant and sustainable engineering solutions.
• Support deployment and continuous improvement of engineering standards, procedures, documentation, and best practices.
• Provide technical expertise during regulatory inspections, internal audits, and quality assessments related to facility systems and infrastructure.
• Lead sustainability and energy reduction projects that support site performance goals and Takeda's environmental commitments.
• Develop project schedules, cost estimates, budgets, and implementation plans while ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, and within budget.
• Support facility security and infrastructure improvement projects, including access control and facility monitoring systems as needed.
• Mentor junior engineers and serve as a technical resource for cross-functional teams.
• Identify risks proactively and implement mitigation strategies to support business continuity and operational excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of engineering experience supporting facilities, utilities, infrastructure, or manufacturing operations within a regulated environment.
• Experience managing facility and utility-related engineering projects from planning through execution.
• Hands-on experience supporting HVAC systems and critical facility infrastructure.
• Experience working with clean utility systems, including WFI, RO water, clean steam, compressed air, or similar systems.
• Experience within GMP-regulated industries such as pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, food, chemical, or other highly regulated manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated experience supporting change controls, deviations, investigations, CAPAs, and engineering documentation.
• Proven project management experience, including scope development, scheduling, budgeting, and stakeholder management.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across multiple functions and organizational levels.
• Ability to lead complex initiatives and drive results without direct supervisory authority.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of engineering experience supporting facilities, utilities, infrastructure, or manufacturing operations within a regulated environment.
• Experience managing facility and utility-related engineering projects from planning through execution.
• Hands-on experience supporting HVAC systems and critical facility infrastructure.
• Experience working with clean utility systems, including WFI, RO water, clean steam, compressed air, or similar systems.
• Experience within GMP-regulated industries such as pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, food, chemical, or other highly regulated manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated experience supporting change controls, deviations, investigations, CAPAs, and engineering documentation.
• Proven project management experience, including scope development, scheduling, budgeting, and stakeholder management.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across multiple functions and organizational levels.
• Ability to lead complex initiatives and drive results without direct supervisory authority.