Sr Mechanical Engineer

Career Category

Engineering

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. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions.

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.

Sr. Mechanical Engineer

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this role the Utilities Senior Engineer is responsible for handling the maintenance and implement projects related to the utilities at the New Albany, OH Advanced Assembly and Packing Facility. The Senior Engineer is responsible to ensure a safe, effective, efficient, and cost appropriate operations & maintenance programs.

• Provide leadership for 24/7 field support to identify, and resolve utilities and facilities issues.
• Own the equipment’s and/or systems related to the site utilities.
• Have deep technical understand of (Boilers, Chillers, Compressed Air, and HVAC).
• Stay in sync with Current Good Manufacturing Practices to ensure utility systems are compliant.
• Own and maintain related drawing and P&IDs.
• Provide coaching and technical expertise to the technicians to support the infrastructure operations.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve equipment & process reliability and minimize impact of maintenance activities to ongoing operations.
• Provide leadership to continuously improve strategies throughout the site and across all shifts.
• Collaborate with key customers and support groups regarding operations & maintenance activities and strategies.
• Collaborate with Facilities & Engineering peers within the Amgen manufacturing network.
• Ensure activities are accomplished in a safe manner in accordance with cGMP requirements and expectations.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Engineering professional we seek will possess these qualifications.

Doctorate degree

Master’s degree and 2 years of Maintenance or Engineering experience

Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of Maintenance or Engineering experience

Associate’s degree and 8 years of Maintenance or Engineering experience

High school diploma / GED and 10 years of Maintenance or Engineering experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 6+ years’ experience in engineering or maintenance or related function within the biotechnology and/or pharmaceutical and/or medical device industry
• 5+ years’ experience and track record of ensuring compliance in a highly regulated environment
• 5+ years’ experience in engineering project management
• 5+ years’ experience in process and/or machine validation
• 3+ years’ experience in CAPA process management
• Technical experience with critical and non-critical utilities systems (Example: HVAC, Compress Air, Boilers, etc.)
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and optimally set priorities
• Technical writing skills

• Established Leadership capabilities
• Passion for Operational Excellence
• Financial savvy
• Communications skills, both oral and written, including executive presentation skills
• Interpersonal and facilitation skills to forge consensus among competing client interests while ensuring objectives are met
• Ability to tactfully negotiate and positively influence peers and executive leadership
• A…