Maintenance lead

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
• Subsidised 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 programmes. 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.

Locations

Bray, Ireland

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time