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Job Description
OBJECTIVES/PURPOSE
- Lead the implementation of both global and local automation strategies, overseeing the design, deployment, commissioning, and maintenance of automation systems.
- Serve as the SME under the Head of Engineering for the Hikari Plant, managing the automation group and driving the automation of production and utility facilities, while providing specialized expertise and governance in digital and automation activities.
- Collaborate closely with the manufacturing teams to ensure all digital and automation initiatives support reliable, compliant, and robust ongoing manufacturing operations.
- Build and maintain a team structure within the automation group composed of personnel with appropriate skills and capabilities to achieve company-wide engineering department objectives.
- Provide continuous and sufficient technical support to the automation group to drive engineering improvement initiatives and maximize results
- グローバルおよびローカル双方のオートメーション戦略の実践を主導し、オートメーションシステムの設計、導入、立ち上げ、保守を監督する
- 光工場エンジニアリングヘッドのもとSMEとしてオートメーショングループを統括し、工場内生産・用役設備の自動化推進およびデジタル/オートメーションに関する専門的知見・管理を提供する
- 生産部門と密接に連携し、全てのデジタル・オートメーション活動が信頼性・合法性・堅牢性を持ち、継続的な生産活動を支えるものであることを保証する
- オートメーショングループが全社エンジニアリング部門目標を達成できるよう、適切なスキルと能力を持つ人員でチーム体制を構築・維持する
- 継続的かつ十分な技術支援をオートメーショングループに提供し、エンジニアリング改善活動の推進と成果の最大化を図る
ACCOUNTABILITIES
DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS
Technical/Functional (Line) Expertise
- Wide range of knowledge and experiences of engineering project management, digital, automation and IT technology.
- Have basic engineering knowledge of electrical, digital, automation, IT and so on.
- Have basic knowledge of pharmaceutical production processes like API, solid dosage, sterile manufacturing/ filling, biologics, vaccine, inspection and packaging.
- Understand GMP requirements (local and global) especially computerized system validation and ALCOA concept.
- プロジェクト管理、デジタル、オートメーションとIT技術に関する幅広い知識と経験
- 電気、デジタル、自動化、ITなどの基礎知識
- 原薬、固型剤、無菌製剤、無菌充填、バイオ医薬、ワクチン、検査、包装に関する基礎知識
- GMP、特にCSVとALCOAに関する見識。
Leadership
- Transform the traditional approach to the best.
- Provide the technical resolution to plant manufacturing problems on a timely basis and with appropriate urgency.
- Work with global engineering and global DD\&T to drive a digital innovation.
- Demonstrate leadership mindset and behavior to Automation engineer.
- Develop and maintain automation engineers to maintain/improve automated systems.
- 旧来の方法を最善のものに改変する
- 生産トラブルに際し適時最速で技術的対策を講じる
- グローバルエンジニアリング・グローバルDD\&Tと共同でデジタル化を推進する
- オートメーションエンジニアの意識改革と取組姿勢に対しリーダーシップを発揮する
- 自動化システムを改善維持するためのエンジニアを育成管理する
Decision-making and Autonomy
- Identify opportunities for departmental performance improvement, develop alternative solutions to potential problem areas and establish necessary contingency plans.
- Present ideas with clarity, conviction and confidence.
- Develop plans (cost, timing, benefit, resources) for capital expenditures to introduce and rollout innovative technology. Analyze costs related to capital expenditures to determine break-even points, payback and associated hard and soft savings.
- 組織効率の改善、潜在化している問題の解決方法の発見、必要とされる危機管理を見極める
- アイデアを明確に説得力と自信を持って発信する
- 新技術導入・展開のための設備計画(費用・時期・有効性・人員)を立案する。損益分岐点、回収期間、関連するハード・ソフトの削減額を分析する
Interaction
- Provide interface on key issues and problems with related organization.
- Coordinate activities with other organizations at department levels.
- 関連部署との主要な事象・問題に対応する窓口
- 他部門との部門レベルの調整
Innovation
- Drive big data utilization with leverige historical data.
- Maintain secured infrastracture by IT/OT segregation.
- Drive paperless procedures.
- Develop plans to establish robust data integrity of manufacturing area.
- Strengthen OT network security by mitigating vulnerabilities and safeguarding critical assets against cyber threats.
- ヒストリアンを利用したビッグデータ活用
- IT/OT分離による安全なインフラの維持
- ペーパーレスの推進
- 生産エリアの堅牢なデータ完全性の実現計画
- OTネットワークの脆弱性を軽減しサイバーセキュリティの脅威から資産を守る
Complexity
- Collaborates with cross functional leaders to identify and prioritize automated systems.
- Collaborates with global engineering and global DD\&T team to align technical/GMP wise.
- Provide local information to global and feedback global information to local.
- 他部門と共同で自動化システムの優先決めを実施
- グローバルエンジニアリング部・グローバルDD\&Tと共同で技術要件やGMP要件を調整
- ローカルの情報をグローバルに提供し、グローバルの情報をローカルに周知する
EDUCATION, BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS
- Bachelor’s degree or Master's degree of Engineering
- At least +10 years’ experience of engineering in pharmaceutical industry, including at least 7 years in Automation engineering.
- Must have business level of English/Japanese verbal communication ability and reading/ writing skills in English/Japanese
- People and organization management experience
- 工学系の学士もしくは修士
- ビジネスレベルの英語・日本によるコミュニケーション、リーディング・ライティングのスキル必須
- 組織人材管理の経験
PREFERRED
- Experience of working in overseas countries
- Experience of IT/OT, MES and UPI development
- 海外勤務経験
- IT/OT、MES、UPIの開発経験
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- This position offers an experienced individual a significant opportunity to establish best practices for Engineering of GMP manufacturing operations and Automations.
- Some travels will be required
- This job description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required of the position.
- 本ポジションは経験豊富な候補者に GMP 製造とオートメーションのエンジニアリングベストプラクティスを確立する重要な機会を提供するものである。
- 出張あり。
- この職務記述書は、職位に必要なすべての義務と責任を完全に網羅できるような構成にはなっておりません。
Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary:
- Allowances: Commutation, Housing, Overtime Work etc.
- Salary Increase: Annually, Bonus Payment: Twice a year
- Working Hours: Headquarters (Osaka/ Tokyo) 9:00-17:30, Production Sites (Osaka/ Yamaguchi) 8:00-16:45, (Narita) 8:30-17:15, Research Site (Kanagawa) 9:00-17:45
- Holidays: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, May Day, Year-End Holidays etc. (approx. 123 days in a year)
- Paid Leaves: Annual Paid Leave, Special Paid Leave, Sick Leave, Family Support Leave, Maternity Leave, Childcare Leave, Family Nursing Leave.
- Flexible Work Styles: Flextime, Telework
- Benefits: Social Insurance, Retirement and Corporate Pension, Employee Stock Ownership Program, etc.
Important Notice concerning working conditions:
- It is possible the job scope may change at the company’s discretion.
- It is possible the department and workplace may change at the company’s discretion.
Locations
Hikari, JapanWorker Type
EmployeeWorker Sub-Type
RegularTime Type
Full time