Senior Instrumentation & Metrology Technician - Day Shift

## Senior Instrumentation & Metrology Technician
- Day Shift Apply:
USA - MA
- Lexington - BIO OPS:
Full time:
Posted Today:
R0191594

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** Job Description
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* Job Title:

** Senior Instrumentation & Metrology Technician  
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* Location:

** Lexington, Massachusetts (On-Site)  #

About the role:

As a Senior Instrumentation & Metrology Technician, you will support the safe, compliant, and reliable performance of critical instrumentation, measurement, and control systems supporting good manufacturing practice (GMP) manufacturing operations at Takeda’s Lexington site. You will perform advanced calibration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and diagnostic activities to maintain the accuracy, integrity, and functionality of process equipment and utility systems. Working within the Site Engineering organization, you will help maintain continuous plant readiness, minimize production risks, ensure regulatory compliance, and improve equipment reliability through precise measurement and control.

This on-site role is essential to supporting GMP manufacturing operations, product quality, and reliable plant performance.  # How you will contribute:
* Execute calibration, maintenance, repair, troubleshooting, and diagnostic activities for instrumentation, measurement, and control systems to ensure safe, compliant, and reliable equipment performance.
* Execute and maintain site metrology programs in accordance with approved procedures, quality systems, and regulatory requirements, ensuring measurement and test equipment remains accurate, traceable, within tolerance, and fit for intended use.
* Respond to alarms, abnormal conditions, and non-routine equipment or utility events by assessing priorities, communicating potential impacts, coordinating resources, escalating issues, and documenting actions to minimize operational disruptions.
* Monitor, maintain, and support instrumentation, control systems, process equipment, and critical utilities to ensure reliable performance, continuous plant readiness, and timely resolution of equipment deviations.
* Perform all work in accordance with site safety requirements, current GMP (cGMP) standards, and regulatory expectations, including completing hazard assessments, using appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), and following approved procedures.
* Maintain accurate, complete, and timely documentation, including calibration records, work orders, logbooks, maintenance activities, alarm and event reports, investigations, and other GMP records required to support data integrity, product quality, and audit readiness.
* Collaborate with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Validation, contractors, vendors, and equipment manufacturers to troubleshoot issues, improve reliability, and support commissioning and qualification activities, ensuring work is completed safely, compliantly, and right-first-time.
* Oversee contractor activities within assigned areas, ensuring compliance with site procedures, safety requirements, and quality expectations.
* Serve as a senior technical resource for instrumentation and metrology, providing technical guidance, mentoring, training, and knowledge transfer to technicians, contractors, and cross-functional teams while promoting accountability and high standards of workmanship.
* Identify and support reliability and continuous improvement initiatives using equipment history, calibration data, and operational…