Maintenance lead

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Job Description

Maintenance Lead

About the Role

The Maintenance Lead is responsible for leading and managing maintenance engineering operations while developing technician capability in structured troubleshooting fault diagnosis and reliability-driven maintenance.

This role combines strategic maintenance management with hands-on technical leadership to ensure high standards in safety quality cost reliability and performance. Acting as both a technical authority and people leader the Maintenance Lead oversees maintenance execution supports problem-solving during equipment failures and drives continuous improvement across the maintenance function.

How you will contribute:

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead supervise and develop the maintenance technician team
• Conduct performance reviews and provide coaching feedback and training plans
• Assign tasks and monitor team performance against KPIs
• Mentor technicians in diagnostic thinking and structured problem-solving
• Promote use of troubleshooting tools and best practices
• Foster a culture of safety accountability quality and continuous improvement
• Lead by example to maintain high standards of workmanship and professionalism

Technical Leadership & Troubleshooting

• Provide technical guidance and hands-on support for equipment issues
• Lead structured fault diagnosis and root cause identification
• Ensure focus on eliminating root causes rather than symptoms
• Act as escalation point for complex or recurring failures
• Support equipment installations upgrades and engineering projects
• Coordinate shutdowns turnarounds and maintenance outages

Work Order Management & Planning

• Manage planning and execution of maintenance work orders
• Coordinate with planners and schedulers to optimise workflows
• Ensure work is completed on time within budget and to quality standards
• Review and approve maintenance documentation for accuracy
• Align maintenance activities with production to minimise downtime
• Track corrective actions through to completion

Reactive & Corrective Maintenance Governance

• Ensure breakdown and reactive maintenance is executed safely and efficiently
• Maintain high-quality documentation of failures and corrective actions
• Prevent repeat failures through proper root cause analysis and follow-up

Reliability & Performance

• Support root cause analysis and reliability improvement initiatives
• Monitor KPIs such as uptime PM compliance and maintenance backlog
• Identify and implement process improvements
• Collaborate with reliability engineering to optimise maintenance strategies
• Improve preventive maintenance plans and technical documentation

Quality & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with GMP EHS and regulatory requirements
• Maintain accurate records in CMMS (e.g. SAP)
• Support audits inspections and quality systems (Deviations CAPAs)

Cost & Resource Management

• Monitor and control maintenance costs
• Optimise labour utilisation and eliminate inefficiencies
• Manage spare parts and coordinate with stores
• Oversee contractors and external service providers

Continuous Improvement

• Drive consistent standards in troubleshooting and maintenance practices
• Encourage technician involvement in improvement initiatives (e.g. FMEA)
• Promote a strong learning and continuous improvement culture

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with Operations Planning Reliability Engineering and vendors
• Communicate clearly on breakdowns risks and corrective actions
• Support cross-functional problem-solving

Health Safety & Compliance

• Ensure all maintenance activities comply with safety standards and procedures
• Promote safe systems of work including lockout/tagout
• Identify and escalate safety risks promptly

What you bring to Takeda:

Essential:

• Technical diploma apprenticeship or trade certification (Mechanical Electrical or Instrumentation)
• Minimum 5 years of maintenance experience including 2 years in a leadership role
• Experience with CMMS systems (preferably SAP PM)
• Knowledge of GMP in regulated environments
• Ability to read technical drawings (P&IDs electrical schematics)
• Strong troubleshooting experience in industrial/manufacturing environments

Desirable:

• Engineering degree or equivalent
• Experience with PLCs automation and control systems
• Knowledge of Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM)
• Project management experience
• Experience in regulated industries (pharma medical food)

Skills & Competencies

Technical:

• Strong hands-on maintenance expertise
• Understanding of asset reliability and failure modes
• Ability to translate technical issues into practical solutions

Leadership:

• Proven ability to lead coach and develop teams
• Strong decision-making skills under pressure
• Clear and confident communicator

Problem Solving:

• Analytical and structured approach to troubleshooting
• Ability to identify systemic causes of failure
• Evidence-based decision making

Professional Skills:

• Strong written and verbal communication
• Ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks
• Commitment to safety quality and compliance
• Continuous improvement mindset

What you can look forward to with us:

• Employer funded private medical insurance with dependants cover

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonus

• Employer retirement plan contributions

• Flexible working arrangements e.g. hybrid or shiftwork with shift allowance

• 26 vacation days plus additional days for service milestones

• Family friendly policies

• Employee Assistance Program

• Wellbeing and engagement teams

• Employer life insurance contributions

• Development opportunities

• Educational programs and formal training

• Coaching and mentoring

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Revenue approved profit share scheme

• Humanitarian volunteering leave options

• Employer funded income protection

• Subsidized canteen

• Flexible employee funded options like Dental Insurance Partner Life Insurance Serious Illness Protection Fuel Card Bike to Work Commuter Ticket and Insurance Deals

• Electric charging points available at parking locations

• Takeda Resource Groups

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.

Empowering our people to shine:
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 or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you are interested in this opportunity we look forward to receiving your application via our online tool!

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