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Job Description

Job Title: Senior Maintenance Planner & Scheduler II
Location: Lexington BIO-OPS

About the role:

As a Senior Maintenance Planner & Scheduler II within Site Engineering, you will develop, coordinate, and optimize maintenance plans and schedules for complex equipment and systems across multiple disciplines, including utilities, process equipment, HVAC, and electrical systems. You will ensure maintenance activities are properly prioritized, resourced, and executed safely, efficiently, and in alignment with site operations, compliance requirements, and business objectives. Working closely with Maintenance, Engineering, Operations, Capital Projects, Integrated Facilities Management (IFM), and external service providers, you will improve equipment reliability, minimize downtime, optimize resource utilization, and drive continuous improvement across maintenance planning and scheduling processes.

How you will contribute:

• Develop, coordinate, and schedule preventive, corrective, architectural, and validation maintenance activities to support equipment reliability, regulatory compliance, and operational continuity.
• Drive achievement of key maintenance performance indicators (KPIs), including the percentage of work planned and scheduled, while identifying opportunities to improve planning effectiveness and maintenance execution.
• Develop comprehensive job packages, including job hazard analyses (JHAs), fire alarm impairment documentation, maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) kitting requirements, GMP cleaning forms, and other materials needed for safe and effective work execution.
• Review, screen, prioritize, and assign incoming work requests to appropriate maintenance personnel and teams, aligning assignments with shift schedules, availability, qualifications, and skill sets to optimize workload distribution and timely completion.
• Lead the development and execution of Master Service Agreements (MSAs) and Statements of Work (SOWs), maintain ownership of purchase orders (POs), and coordinate with vendors to ensure preventive and corrective maintenance activities are planned, scheduled, and completed according to agreed timelines and service expectations.
• Plan, coordinate, and schedule maintenance-related capital expenditure (CAPEX) project work, ensuring alignment with project timelines, resource availability, operational priorities, and site requirements.
• Partner with Capital Projects teams to develop integrated schedules for plant shutdowns, new investments, plant upgrades, and maintenance activities. Represent Maintenance and Reliability (M&R) in assessing site impacts, managing interdependencies, and supporting effective shutdown planning and execution.
• Coordinate maintenance planning and scheduling with Integrated Facilities Management (IFM), serving as the liaison between IFM workstreams and site plans to improve visibility, coordination, and execution.
• Support procurement and timely ordering of internal and externally sourced materials, including function test bags and other supplies required for maintenance activities, equipment reliability, and operational continuity.
• Lead small maintenance-related project teams, such as floor resurfacing initiatives, while promoting safe execution, schedule adherence, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous improvement.

What you bring to Takeda:

• High school diploma or equivalent with 10 years of relevant experience, or technical certification, an associate degree, military technical training, or equivalent technical education in a related field with 5 or more years of relevant experience.
• General technical knowledge of HVAC, electrical, utility, and process systems sufficient to develop accurate maintenance plans, job packages, and integrated schedules.
• Advanced proficiency with computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) or enterprise asset management (EAM) platforms, such as SAP PM, Maximo, Infor, or equivalent systems.
• Proficiency with planning and scheduling tools, including Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, or equivalent software, with the ability to develop, maintain, and communicate integrated schedules.
• Working knowledge of reliability engineering and maintenance excellence principles, including work prioritization, job plan development, execution readiness, maintenance performance metrics, and continuous improvement practices that improve asset reliability and equipment availability.
• Strong understanding of current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) requirements, maintenance documentation, safety, quality, compliance, and audit readiness. Demonstrated ability to use electronic business systems supporting procurement, maintenance, safety, and quality management.
• Strong communication, organization, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to lead through influence, manage competing priorities, coordinate cross-functional teams, escalate issues effectively, and drive accountability. Demonstrated continuous improvement mindset, data-driven problem-solving, financial acumen, and ability to balance reliability, risk, cost, and resource utilization. Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and meet physical requirements, including wearing required PPE, gowning for biotechnology and pharmaceutical manufacturing areas, lifting, pushing, or pulling up to 50 pounds, standing for extended periods, climbing ladders, bending or stooping to inspect equipment, and working across Massachusetts Bio Operations facilities as 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.

This is an on-site role supporting maintenance planning, scheduling, GMP compliance, and operational readiness across Massachusetts Bio Operations facilities.

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. Base Salary Range:

$116,000.00 - $182,270.00

The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary 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 base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location. 

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Locations

USA - MA - Lexington - BIO OPS

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes

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