Associate Manufacturing-Nights

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. 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.

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be in one of the two manufacturing facilities on site at Amgen Rhode Island. Successful candidates will join either AR5 team, focused on ongoing, high-volume production, or the AR5 team, focused on operational readiness and start‑up. Qualifications for this role are the same in both facilities.

The on‑boarding phase for this role will last 2‑6 weeks, during which time successful incumbents will be on an administrative schedule (Monday through Friday, approximately 8am to 5pm). Following the on‑boarding phase, the successful incumbent will be expected to join a shift team working a 12‑hour shift. The shift pattern will be 7pm‑7am with a two‑week rotation covering 7 days per week.

The rotating shift offers several benefits such as receiving an added 15% shift differential, and also getting premium pay for any Sundays worked with an average of 14 days on shift per month with every other weekend off.

• Under general supervision, Associate will perform operations in the manufacturing area.
• Operations will be performed according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's)
• Associate will perform and monitor critical processes, execute routine validation protocols and regularly draft and revise documents such as Manufacturing Procedures, SOP's and technical reports.
• Associate will also perform basic troubleshooting and assist in the review of documentation for assigned functions.
• May participate on cross‑functional teams and represent the manufacturing teams.
• Associate may also have the responsibility of owning deviations/CAPA’s.
• In addition, Associate may identify, recommend and implement improvements related to routine functions.

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dedicated professional we seek is a great teammate with these qualifications:

• High school/GED + 2 years of manufacturing or operations work experience OR
• Associate’s + 6 months of manufacturing or operations work experience OR
• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field

• Bachelor's degree in Science or Engineering
• Knowledge of large‑scale biotechnology operations such as purification, cell culture, aseptic processing, etc.
• Knowledge of Single‑use Systems
• CFR and Regulatory knowledge
• Mechanical ability/expertise
• Basic statistical mathematical skills
• Ability to interpret and apply GMP knowledge
  
  Understanding of analytical methods for manufacturing area
• Demonstrated technical writing capability
• Able to demonstrate project management skills and presentation skills
• Ability to understand, apply and evaluate basic chemistry, biology and physical principles
• Basic troubleshooting skills on production equipment
• Experience with Delta V
• Experience with lab equipment/testing

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