Career Category
Engineering
Job Description
HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?
You’ve worked hard to become the professional you are today and are now ready to take the next step in your career. How will you put your skills, experience and passion to work toward your goals? At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role.
Senior Engineer - System Owner
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What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world! In this vital role you will provide and/or direct process optimization strategies and/or troubleshooting of operational issues in the site utilities operation, including equipment and automation areas. Applies advanced and diverse engineering principles to the design and implementation of major system modifications, experiments, process and/or capital projects. Develops, organizes, analyzes and presents interpretation of results for operational issues or engineering projects of significant scope and complexity. This role is crucial for Amgen’s success and it will be a key individual contributor leader in the Facilities and Engineering organization.
Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Develop engineering policies and procedures that impact multiple organizational units.
- Supervise, coordinate, and review work contractors/suppliers on an ongoing basis as well as on a project basis.
- Apply knowledge of engineering principles and practices outside of the area of discipline expertise to the broad variety of assignments in related fields.
- Serves as a peer-recognized engineering technology specialist in the area of central utilities' generation, distribution, and automated control systems, with overall responsibility for determining methodologies in that area.
- Application of mature engineering knowledge in planning and conducting projects.
- Operate under a culture of problem-solving and continuous improvement.
- Work with global engineering, manufacturing, process development, utilities, facilities, quality assurance, and validation departments in developing requirements and recommendations for large and/or highly complex system/facility modifications.
- Work with project managers to complete design and engineering projects within schedule, budget and quality constraints.
- Coordinate the work of consultants, architects and engineering firms on development of standard design documents.
- Develop technical solutions to complex problems using ingenuity, innovation, and creativity.
- Complete complex or novel assignments with the development of new and/or improved engineering techniques and procedures.
Win
What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients! The Sr. Engineer professional we seek is a collaborative individual contributor leader with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:
Doctorate degree in Engineering
Or
Master’s degree in Engineering and 3 years of Engineering support experience
Or
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 5 years of Engineering support experience
Beyond that, additional preferred qualifications are:
- Knowledge in Automation control systems configuration and troubleshooting.
- Experience with utility generation equipment.
- Experience managing projects and interacting with external suppliers and/or vendors.
- Familiarity with validation and documentation processes in a highly regulated environment.
- Working knowledge of pharmaceutical/biotech processes.
- Problem-solving skills with the ability to develop solutions to routine technical problems and apply engineering science for process improvements and troubleshooting.
- Knowledge of commissioning/validation processes as applied to new equipment installations.
- Continuous improvement and operational excellence mentality.
- Working knowledge of budgeting and financial analysis tools.
- Flexibility to work extended shifts and/or weekends as per business needs.
- Fluent communication skills in writing and speaking in English and Spanish (Bilingual)
- Skills in the following areas: Negotiation, Persuasion, Collaboration, Project cost development, Conflict Resolution, Leadership, Team building & Schedule, and Resource loading development.
Thrive
What you can expect of us
As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.
In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities including:
- Comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance
- A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
- Stock-based long-term incentives
- Award-winning time-off plans and an annual site shutdown
- Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible
Apply now
for a career that defies imagination
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Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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