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Job Description

Job Title: Manufacturing Training Apprentice

Location: Thousand Oaks, CA

About the role:

The Manufacturing Training Apprentice supports the delivery, coordination, documentation, and continuous improvement of training programs for manufacturing personnel in a GMP-regulated environment. This role provides hands-on experience in training administration, curriculum development, qualification tracking, and manufacturing operations while developing proficiency in cGMP, GDP, safety, and Lean principles. The apprentice will collaborate with manufacturing and cross-functional teams to support effective training, maintain accurate training documentation, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

How you will contribute:

• Support onboarding and training activities for manufacturing associates and trainers.
• Coordinate training schedules with supervisors, trainers, and manufacturing teams.
• Maintain accurate training records, curricula, qualification status, and completion tracking.
• Assist with identifying training gaps and escalating overdue or incomplete training requirements.
• Prepare, update, and organize training materials, presentations, job aids, and SOP-based content.
• Support the facilitation of classroom, practical, and on-the-floor training.
• Ensure training documentation complies with cGMP and Good Documentation Practices.
• Support training-related activities associated with CAPAs, Change Controls, investigations, and other quality initiatives.
• Participate in trainer meetings, manufacturing training forums, and continuous improvement activities.
• Assist with evaluating training effectiveness and gathering feedback from learners and stakeholders.
• Support Lean, DMAIC, and other process-improvement initiatives related to training and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with Quality, Business Excellence, Manufacturing, and other support functions.
• Promote safe work practices and compliance with site procedures.
• Maintain confidentiality and professionalism when working with employee training information.

What you bring to Takeda:

• Strong interest in manufacturing training, employee development, life sciences, or instructional design.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational and follow-through skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build positive relationships across teams.
• Basic proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and the ability to learn training systems and electronic documentation platforms.
• Demonstrated willingness to learn cGMP, GDP, SOPs, safety requirements, and manufacturing processes.
• Proactive, adaptable, collaborative, and enthusiastic approach with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment.
• Prior experience in manufacturing, laboratory, education, training coordination, or a regulated environment is preferred but not required.

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.

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.

#GMSGQ #ZR1 #LI-MA

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

For Location:

USA - CA - Thousand Oaks - Rancho Conejo

U.S. Hourly Wage Range:

$17.12 - $26.92

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. 

For information about our benefits, please click here.

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

USA - CA - Thousand Oaks - Rancho Conejo

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Apprentice / Trainee (Fixed Term) (Trainee)

Time Type

Part time

Job Exempt

No