Senior Maintenance Technician – Utilities; Waste Water Treatment – Day Shift

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Youve 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 worlds leading biotechnology companies, reaching over
10 million patients worldwide. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role.

Be part of Amgen's newest and most advanced drug substance manufacturing plant. When completed, the Amgen FleXBatch facility will combine the latest in disposable technologies with traditional stainless‑steel equipment to allow for maximum flexibility in operations. The FleXBatch 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.

Lets do this! Lets change the world! In this valuable role you will provide technical expertise and guidance supporting the start‑up of the plant utilities and daily operations. This position is on a rotating day shift (2‑2‑3 schedule, 7AM to 7PM).

The Senior Wastewater Treatment Operator/Mechanic is responsible for the operation, monitoring, maintenance, troubleshooting, and optimization of industrial wastewater treatment systems to ensure compliance with all local, state, and federal discharge permit requirements. This position serves as a technical lead for wastewater treatment operations, laboratory testing, process control, preventive maintenance, equipment repairs, and operator training.

The Senior Operator/Mechanic works independently to maintain treatment system performance, monitor permit compliance parameters, and perform mechanical and electrical maintenance on wastewater treatment equipment including pumps, mixers, chemical feed systems, Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) systems, instrumentation, controls, and associated utilities.

• Operate and monitor industrial wastewater treatment processes including equalization, pH adjustment, chemical treatment, dissolved air flotation (DAF), sludge handling, and discharge systems.
• Monitor wastewater flow, pH, Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Total Nitrogen (TN), Ammonia Nitrogen (NH3‑N), Total Phosphorus (TP), Chlorides, and other permit‑regulated parameters.
• Conduct routine inspections of treatment systems, tanks, pumps, valves, piping, instrumentation, and process equipment.
• Evaluate treatment performance and make operational adjustments to maintain compliance with discharge permits.
• Monitor SCADA, PLC, HMI, and automated control systems to ensure proper operation.
• Respond to process alarms and emergency situations to prevent permit violations and operational disruptions.
• Maintain accurate operational logs, inspection reports, and compliance documentation.

• Follow all environmental, health, and safety regulations and company policies.
• Utilize appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Participate in confined space entry, lockout/tagout, chemical handling, and emergency response activities.
• Maintain compliance with wastewater discharge permits and environmental regulations.

• Perform operation, troubleshooting, maintenance, repair, testing and documentation/logs of site wastewater treatment system.
• Support operations, maintenance and repair activities on utility equipment and systems providing utilities serving Manufacturing, Lab, and various operations across the ANC site.
• Specific plant systems include: steam, chilled water, compressed air, cooling tower water, and heating hot water.
• Specific Manufacturing and Lab utility systems include: clean steam, water for injection (WFI), process cooling water, process air, process gases, process waste, HVAC systems, walk‑in cold rooms and freezers, and other…