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New · posted Oct 16

Takeda · Pharmaceuticals

Quality Control Technician II

  • Round Lake, IL
  • On-site
  • Full-time
  • Associate & Specialist
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EmploymentFull-time
Deadline

Open until filled

The role

Quality Control Technician II is focused on ensuring the quality of processes and product outputs. This includes defining and specifying activities, processes, and standards to meet quality requirements, auditing and monitoring processes, and ensuring product integrity. This role contributes to Takeda's mission by maintaining high standards of quality and compliance.

Join Takeda as a Quality Control Technician II, you will be responsible for ensuring compliance with procedures and regulatory requirements in the manufacturing facility. The incumbent is responsible for quality support and oversight of manufacturing operations, which includes presence on the floor and for performing Acceptable Quality Limit (AQL) sampling of finished product.  Additional responsibilities include triage for potential issues on the floor, raw material investigations, Quality on the Shop Floor (QOTSF), online batch documentation review, sample management, kitting of batches, and raw materials release.

How you will contribute

  • Performs Acceptable Quality Limit (AQL) sampling of finished product. Identifies and assesses quality risk in production operations daily.
  • Executes Quality on the Shop Floor (QOTSF) and reviews checklists. Programs are part of manufacturing support and compliance enforcement.
  • Initiation of JDE (inventory management system and preventive maintenance system) work orders if required to address issues in a timely manner.
  • Performs sample management (Sterility, stability, etc.) to appropriate facilities and is responsible for the appropriate storage and disposal of retention samples. Performs triage with manufacturing, engineering, and maintenance to resolve potential issues on the floor and escalate if needed.
  • Facilitates kitting operations for packaging – issue and return of preprinted materials physically and electronically.
  • Handles movement of materials/products physically and electronically for quarantine and reject areas.
  • Review Lead Manufacturing support activities, including batch record documentation review. Perform review and approval of batch documentation and consult with manufacturing to address any required corrections.
  •  Subject Matter Expert (SME) and provides training to other employees as required.
  • Maintain data integrity and ensure compliance with company SOPs and specifications, FDA, and cGMP regulations.
  • Monitor product quality through the performance of required visual testing follow-ups.
  •  Actively contributes to a team setting within quality operations and potentially with other work teams to increase efficiency, solve problems, generate cost savings, improve quality, and provide new product support.
  • Support regulatory audits as required.

Important Considerations

At Takeda, our patients rely on us to deliver quality products. As a result, we must follow strict rules in our manufacturing facilities to ensure we are not endangering the quality of the product. In this role, you may:

•             In general, the position requires a combination of sedentary work and walking around, observing the conditions of the facility.

•             Must be able to lift, push, pull, and carry up to 50 lbs. without material handling equipment, and push or pull pallets of material with material handling equipment. Must be able to stand and/or walk for an extended period over an 8–12-hour shift between rooms and across the site.

•             May require bending, twisting, reaching overhead, and/or squatting motions to perform certain tasks

•             Repetitive motions with hands, wrists, turning head, bending at knees, and waist.

•             20/20 near and distance vision (Applies to roles performing visual inspection only) with or without glasses and/or contacts.

•             May not be colorblind (Applies to roles performing visual inspection only).

•             Indoor working conditions.

•             Will work around moving equipment and machinery.

•             Work in a controlled environment requiring special gowning and wear protective clothing over the head, face, hands, feet and body. This may include additional hearing protection for loud areas.

•             Need to remove all make-up, jewelry, contact lenses, nail polish and/or artificial fingernails while in the manufacturing environment.

•             Work in a cold, wet environment. Some Clean Room and/or cool/hot storage conditions.

•             Work multiple shifts, including weekends, or be asked to work supplemental hours, as necessary. The shift is 6:00pm-6:30am, 2-2-3.

•             Work around chemicals such as alcohol, acids, buffers and Celite that may require respiratory protection.

•             May be exposed to and must not be allergic to cephalosporin.

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.

What you need

What you bring to Takeda

  • HS Diploma or GED with 2+ years, Associate’s degree or higher with 1+ years of relevant industry experience
  • Team player with good problem-solving and good verbal and written communication skills.
  • Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Good Documentation Practices (GDP)
  • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and SharePoint.
  • Able to learn and work with JDE, EBM, TW workflows, Systech, and other Learning Management and Document Management systems.
  • Ability to work independently while contributing effectively in a multidisciplinary team environment.

Pay

$41,205 – $64,688 a year

Employer provided

$19.81 – $31.10 an hour · yearly at 2,080 hours (40 a week)

How this compares

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.

U.S. Hourly Wage Range

$19.81 - $31.10


The estimated hourly wage range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual hourly wage offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. The actual hourly wage offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.

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Where you'll work

Round Lake, ILOn-siteOpen in Maps (opens in a new tab)

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Working conditions

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

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About Takeda

For Location

USA - IL - Round Lake - Drug Delivery

Job Exempt

No

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Job intelligence

The context around this role

Live data · October 20, 2026

Salary intelligence

How the pay compares

This role's midpoint is 10% below the US median for Quality Control roles at this level.

This roleEmployer provided

$41,205 to $64,688 a year

Associate & Specialist roles in Illinois7 roles publishing pay

Middle half $52,500 to $63,500, median $56,000

Associate & Specialist roles in the US111 roles publishing pay

Middle half $48,000 to $76,000, median $59,000
Annual base pay
Annual base payLowMedianHigh
This role$41,205—$64,688
Illinois$52,500$56,000$63,500
All US$48,000$59,000$76,000

This role: Takeda's own published range, converted to a year at 2,080 hours. Comparisons: the base pay employers published on open Quality Control roles at the same level on Regulatory Jobs, October 20, 2026. Nothing is estimated.

Career trajectory

Where this role sits in Quality Control

The general path across 306 open Quality Control roles on Regulatory Jobs, with the titles they carry most. Not Takeda's own promotion track.

  1. This role

    Associate & Specialist

    Often: Quality Inspector · Quality Control Inspector

    $59K median170 open
  2. Next step

    Senior & Principal

    Often: Scientist, Quality Control · Quality Control Inspector

    $96K median77 open
  3. Later

    Manager

    Often: Manager, Quality Control · QC Lab Supervisor

    $119K median34 open
  4. Later

    Director

    Often: Associate Director, Quality Control · Senior Director, Quality Control

    $199K median25 open

Skills DNA

What this role leans on

How many of the posting's 37 duty, requirement and summary lines touch each area. The posting's emphasis, not a proficiency score.

GMP and compliance: 8 linesLab testing and methods: 3 linesDocumentation and SOPs: 5 linesInvestigations and CAPA: 1 lineData and digital systems: 2 linesCollaboration and leadership: 6 linesGMPLab testingDocumentationInvestigationsData systemsTeamwork
  • GMP and compliance8
  • Collaboration and leadership6
  • Documentation and SOPs5
  • Lab testing and methods3
  • Data and digital systems2
  • Investigations and CAPA1

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By discipline

  • Regulatory19 44%
  • Quality17 40%
  • Compliance & Safety6 14%

By level

  • Director23 53%
  • Senior & Principal11 26%
  • Manager5 12%
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