Utilities Manager – HVAC​/Electrical

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Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will provide technical and administrative leadership to a large and diverse group of craft-oriented personnel, with areas of focus including HVAC, refrigeration, environmental controls, electrical systems, and utility systems.

The schedule for this role will be on a Monday through Friday schedule from 7 AM to 4 PM.

• Responsible for leading the Amgen NC F&E utility staff supporting utility operations including HVAC and electrical systems at the site.
• Provide support as required to maintain continuous and compliant safety, quality, and other utility operations at the site.
• Management and monitoring of a robust utility system maintenance program consisting of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities to maximize personnel safety, equipment reliability, overall equipment effectiveness, and product quality.
• Lead maintenance strategies for Utility systems, including startup, commissioning, qualification support, daily operations, preventive/predictive/corrective maintenance, troubleshooting, and vendor/service-provider oversight.
• Provide leadership for HVAC and environmental control systems including air handling and exhaust fan units, biosafety cabinets, air directional flow hoods, HEPA filtration/certification, walk‑in cold rooms and freezers, refrigeration/DX systems, environmental chambers, steam, chilled water, compressed air, cooling tower water, and heating hot water systems.
• Provide leadership for electrical systems including switch gear, MCCs, panel boards, lighting systems, UPSs, solar array inverters, emergency generators, motor starters, VFDs, low‑voltage control circuits, and related inspection, testing, troubleshooting, repair, and documentation activities.
• Ensure HVAC and electrical maintenance program documentation is developed, implemented, and maintained, including SOPs, CCMS, NCs, WOs, JPs, HRAs, and JHAs.
• Partner with Capital Project Delivery, Site Operations, Engineering, Quality, EHS, Manufacturing, equipment vendors, and maintenance service providers to support construction, startup, commissioning, qualification, safe operations, and ongoing reliability of HVAC and electrical assets.
• Ensure that all staff are trained and comply with all safety and GMP standards and procedures.
• Maximize staff productivity and efficient use of available resources across facilities.
• Analysis and accurate review of engineering / construction / maintenance cost forecasts against scope.
• Oversight and execution of complex facilities/utilities/maintenance related initiatives and small projects. Provide expertise and resources for capital project execution.
• Work cross-functionally with individuals, partners, clients and others in Engineering, Environmental Health & Safety, Quality, Supply Chain and Manufacturing networks.
• Maintain and improve plant capability and equipment reliability in partnership with engineering leadership and technical staff.
• Identify areas of potential improvement, conduct analyses, recommend solutions, sponsor improvement projects and lead or support implementation.
• Maintain and develop key performance indicators of maintenance performance, lead, assess, develop staff and ensure all targets and milestones are completed on time and on budget.
• Support network-wide improvement in plant maintenance and operation.
• Provide leadership and guidance to organizational resources to accomplish activities and objectives.
• Build a culture that cultivates and rewards creativity and innovation.

• Doctorate degree
• Master’s degree and 2 years of Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance experience
• Bachelor’s degree and…