Senior Process Engineer - Solution Prep, Upstream, and Downstream

What you will do

In this vital role you will be joining the Facilities & Engineering (F&E) group to partner closely with the corporate engineering team to design, build, commission, and qualify new equipment and systems needed for drug substance production. This role will develop domain expertise and system ownership to support process operations, focusing on Solution Prep, Upstream, and Downstream Process engineering and plant equipment.

• Support the design and build of manufacturing equipment systems by aligning design review processes and documents with site requirements, including equipment design and sizing, architecture and electrical distribution, and piping and instrumentation diagrams.
• Support factory acceptance testing working in partnership with global engineering during site installation, including reviewing protocols and resolving punch‑list items.
• Work with the capital project team to ensure systems are installed and operating safely and comply with pertinent environmental health/safety practice, rules and regulations as well as Amgen global engineering requirements.
• Ensure that systems are installed per the design requirements.
• Execute and guide the commissioning and validation of systems to ensure their operational capability is aligned with manufacturing requirements and GMP regulation and on‑time project delivery.
• Support execution of engineering and performance qualification runs while providing hyper‑care support as needed.
• Perform engineering assessments for plant equipment operations, implementing equipment modifications, and supporting engineering runs in support of new product/technology introductions as required.

• Responsible system owner for Solution Prep, Upstream, and Downstream drug‑substance process equipment, areas, and systems providing end‑to‑end support for operations.
• Effectively collaborate with key customers and support groups (e.g., Manufacturing, Quality, Process Development, Maintenance, network partners) to ensure reliable plant operations.
• Work with original equipment manufacturers for breakdown and planned maintenance of process equipment as applicable.
• Lead identifying and implementing engineering‑based improvements or upgrades to process equipment systems, including developing business cases, identifying design requirements, and translating these requirements into process equipment/system design, specifications, and supporting the construction, startup, and validation of equipment.
• Develop master maintenance programs for equipment, ensure the availability of spare parts, and coordinate maintenance activities to ensure systems are in proper working order.
• Ensure plant readiness and quality and regulatory compliance for internal audits, external agency audits, and partner audits for the process equipment.
• Provide technical mastery and problem‑solving leadership to proactively reduce production downtime, including leading technical root‑cause analysis and implementation of corrective/preventive actions for families of systems.
• Lead new product/technology introductions by performing engineering assessments, equipment performance risk assessments, identifying gaps and owning their remediation, implementing equipment modifications, and supporting engineering runs.
• Provide rotational on‑call support and/or shift support based on business needs to ensure 24x7 day‑to‑day reliability of Solution Prep, Upstream and Downstream systems for plant operations.

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The engineering professional we seek enjoys challenges and is motivated to help serve patients with these qualifications.

• Doctorate degree OR Master’s degree and 2 years of Engineering experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of Engineering experience OR Associate’s degree and 8 years of Engineering experience OR High school diploma / GED and 10 years of Engineering experience

• Degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering or similar engineering discipline.
• 6+ years' of relevant work experience with 5+…