Maintenance Technician

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As a Maintenance Technician I at Takeda, you’ll help maintain the safe, reliable, and compliant operation of manufacturing, utility, and facility systems that support pharmaceutical production at our Social Circle, Georgia site. You’ll perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance, troubleshoot equipment issues, and support equipment reliability in a highly regulated manufacturing environment. You’ll work closely with Maintenance, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, and other site teams to restore equipment, support production, and ensure maintenance activities are completed safely and in accordance with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and applicable regulatory requirements.

This is a hands‑on maintenance opportunity for someone with industrial or mechanical maintenance experience who enjoys troubleshooting equipment, solving problems, and taking ownership of reliable equipment operation.

NIGHTS — 6:00 PM–6:30 AM on a 2‑2‑3 Rotating Schedule. The role may require occasional flexibility to support other shifts based on business and staffing needs.

Perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on manufacturing, utility, and facility equipment. Troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair mechanical systems and equipment, including HVAC systems, boilers, compressors, pumps, piping, plumbing, distillation equipment, and other facility systems. Support the reliable operation of manufacturing and utility systems, identifying equipment conditions that could affect safety, quality, or production. Apply troubleshooting techniques and available equipment data to help identify root causes and determine appropriate corrective actions.

Read and interpret equipment schematics, blueprints, utility drawings, and P&IDs to support troubleshooting and maintenance activities. Maintain and repair equipment such as vessels, mixers, valves, pumps, chillers, cooling towers, water systems and related manufacturing and utility equipment. Support maintenance activities involving systems such as WFI, clean steam, purified water, water distribution, emergency power, UPS, and wastewater treatment systems. Complete maintenance activities in accordance with cGMPs, SOPs, approved job plans, safety procedures, and company policies.

Accurately document maintenance activities, work orders, equipment conditions, and operational information within applicable systems. Maintain awareness of spare parts requirements and assist with maintaining an accurate inventory of parts needed to support assigned equipment. Support equipment start‑up activities and help verify that equipment meets applicable mechanical and operational specifications. Develop working knowledge of maintenance technologies such as alignment, balancing, thermography, oil analysis, ultrasound, and vibration monitoring to support equipment reliability.

Use applicable CMMS and maintenance systems to document work and support maintenance activities. Experience with SAP, JDE, or Maximo is a plus. Use basic Microsoft Excel and Outlook skills to support shift reporting, communication, and maintenance activities. Follow established safety requirements, including applicable Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) practices and environmental, health, and safety requirements. Participate in required training, meetings, shutdown…