Amgen
Holly Springs, NC
Shift: Full time
Career Category Engineering Job Description Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do. Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives. Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career. Be part of Amgen s newest and most advanced drug substance manufacturing plant. When completed, the Amgen FleX batch facility will combine the latest in disposable technologies with traditional stainless steel equipment to allow for maximum flexibility in operations The FleX Batch facility will not only feature the best in-class drug substance manufacturing technologies with embedded industry 4.0 capabilities, but it will also integrate sustainability innovations to reduce carbon and waste, as part of Amgen s plan to be a carbon-neutral company by 2027. Senior Manufacturing Systems Engineer – PLC What you will do In this vital role as a member of the Facilities Engineering (F E) group, you will lead technical projects, and drive innovation and support of PLC based process es and utility skid equipment automation needs. You will solve complex engineering problems and ensure the company s engineering efforts align with strategic objectives . You will also provide leadership and guidance to the Automation Engineering team supporting 24/7 manufacturing and facility operations. You will partner closely with the capital project team to design, build, commission, and qualify new equipment and systems needed for drug substance production. This role will develop domain expertise to support operations upon start-up, focusing on manufacturing automation. Job responsibilities include: Site design, construction, start-up, and operational readiness: Provide support to the capital project team with a strong focus on safety and on-time facility start- up . Collaborate with the site process engineering team to understand key process requirements and develop process control automation solutions for PLC based systems . Work with platform leads to ensure standalone PLC based systems are designed with the proper network connectivity and system- to- system communication to enable centralized monitoring and alarming. Support commissioning and qualification efforts including Automation Installation Verification/Automation Check Out (IV/ACO). Partner with various organizational units to support tasks including operational readiness, document reviews, deviation investigation and change controls. Develop and maintain detailed specifications, SOPs and operating standards that impact multiple organizational units. Provide mentoring to develop and accelerate site technical automation capabilities. Site Operations: Act as system owner for standalone PLC based systems. Manage Day-to-day Operational Support including: 24 x 7 Onsite/On Call Operational Support, Troubleshooting Support to Plant and Mfg. Operations, p reventive and corrective maintenance, system administration, and Automation System spare parts management Lead and support functional area projects focused on improving equipment/utilities/facilities as well as capital projects to integrate new drug substance manufacturing technologies into the facility. Lead and support technical root cause analysis, incident investigations, and troubleshooting on process control issues related to plant operations. Lead and support new product introductions (NPI) or new technology introductions by performing automation engineering assessments, implementing automation system configuration changes and supporting engineering and process qualification runs as applicable. Prepare and review Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and cGMP documents. On-site and u p to 10% domestic /international travel What we expect of you We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The automation professional we seek is an engineer with these qualifications. Basic Qualifications: High School Diploma / GED and 10 years of Engineering experience OR Associate’s Degree and 8 years of Engineering experience OR Bachelor’s Degree and 4 years of Engineering experience OR Master’s Degree and 2 years of Engineering experience OR Doctorate Degree Preferred Qualifications: Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, Che