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Junior Industrial Automation Engineer

Lessines, Wallonia
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On the Global Manufacturing and Supply (GMS) team at Takeda, you’ll be part of a rapidly transforming industry that’s applying technology and data in new ways. Within our agile, innovative, people-centric organization, your work will matter every day as you use your skills to help us manufacture therapies for patients on our four platforms:

  • Small Molecules
  • Biologics
  • Plasma

As part of the GMS team, you'll have the opportunity to pursue unique experiences and build new skills, and you'll know that the work you do every day makes an impact — on our patients, our people, our planet, and on yourself.

Job ID R0175381 Date posted 03/09/2026 Location Lessines, Wallonia

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Job Description

As a Junior Industrial Automation Engineer, you will support the performance, reliability, and continuous improvement of industrial automation systems used in manufacturing and utilities at the Takeda Lessines site.

Your main technical environment will be Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 (DCS), including associated operator/SCADA functions, others PLC ( Siemens TIA portal or Rocwkell) and   interfaces to field instrumentation and other site systems.

You will work closely with Production, Maintenance, Quality, and Engineering to troubleshoot issues, implement changes safely, and contribute to automation/OT projects in a GMP-regulated environment.

This role is ideal for an early-career engineer who wants to build strong foundations in DCS/PLC control, alarm management, industrial networking, validation, and lifecycle management within pharmaceutical manufacturing.

The manufacturing site of Lessines is composed of purification, filling and packaging lines. Its activities is supported by utilities systems such as a power plant area.

The installation, programmation, configuration and support of those equipment are managed by the automation team.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

The incumbent must be able to support production activities, manage automation modifications or be integrated in larger projects teams.

In particular, the position implies : 

Support:

  • Technical system support for automation

  • Reduce automation issues on existing systems (improvement)

  • Support investigation by providing automation expertise

  • Develop and implement change on automation,

  • Provide support for the deployment of use case for data, innovation and for AIMP

Projects:

  • Prepare future manufacturing project (pre-capex) including:

    - technical study (internalized or externalized)

    - Provide automation standard / tender

    - Project plan preparation (including offer from automation/ engineering partner)

  • Follow manufacturing project (capex) including:

    - provide automation expertise

    - Partner follow up (technical and documentation)

    - participation in the project execution and implementation

Strategic activities

  • participate in the creation of automation standard

  • Work with global automation and local IT to deploy Global automation program and ensure standard approach on all project

  • Participation of  automation obsolescence program

Common activities:

  • Provide 24/24 7/7 off-site support

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCES:

  • Master degree in Automation, Electrics: (Or Bachelor degree + Exp)..

First exposure (internship/graduate project/first job) to industrial automation, ideally including one or more of:

  • Siemens PCS 7 and/or Siemens SIMATIC environment

  • PLC system (Rockwell, Siemens or others)

  • Instrumentation and control fundamentals (sensors/actuators, calibration concepts, PID basics)

  • Industrial communications/network fundamentals (e.g., Industrial Ethernet, PROFIBUS, PROFINET, OPC concepts)

Core Competencies / Skills / Leadership Behaviors:

  • Good communication skills and the ability to perform effectively in multi-disciplinary teams

  • Must have the ability to effectively participate to Engineering projects.

  • Has the ability to prioritize multiple tasks and work on multiple projects simultaneously.

  • Ability to work in a structured, regulated environment with strong attention to documentation, change control, and detail.

  • Problem-solving mindset, hands-on approach, and willingness to learn on the shop floor

  • Must be comfortable with MS OFFICE Pack (Especially WORD, POWERPOINT, EXCEL).

  • Languages: Professional working proficiency in English; French is highly valued for day-to-day collaboration in Lessines.

  • Comfortable working primarily on-site in Lessines.

Locations

BEL - Lessines

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time
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