Synthetics Supply Manufacturing Engineer

## Synthetics Supply Manufacturing Engineer Apply remote type:
On Site locations:
US - California - Thousand Oakstime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R-247341##
** Career Category
** Engineering## ##
** Job Description**## 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.##
** Synthetics Supply Manufacturing Engineer**## ##
** What you will do
** Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will join our Drug Substance and Drug product facilities in Thousand Oaks as part of its GMP and non-GMP manufacturing capabilities within the Synthetic Supply function.

We are seeking a candidate experienced in chemical engineering to join our operations team which is responsible for execution of small molecule active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) production and development of clinical formulations for solid oral drug product dosage forms.  The candidate will be responsible for all aspects of small molecule manufacturing to advance Amgen’s early phase synthetic pipeline.
* Leading reaction step scale up in up to 100 L reactor trains under the supervision of the Lab Manager.
* Equipment maintenance and cleaning
* Qualification of equipment
* Creation of batch records for us in GLP / GMP campaigns
* Project management of manufacturing timelines
* Supporting the other operational needs of the facility
* The candidate will also collaborate in multi-disciplinary teams with process development chemists, formulation scientists, engineers, analysts, EH&S, Quality, F&E, maintenance, and other supporting functions.## ##
** What we expect of you
** We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Engineer professional we seek is an individual with these qualifications.
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* Basic Qualifications:

** Master’s degree  OR  Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of Engineering experience  OR  Associate’s degree and 6 years of Engineering experience  OR   High school diploma / GED and 8 years of Engineering experience
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* Preferred Qualifications:

*** BS or MS in Chemical Engineering
* Alternatively, life science or related field with 5 years relevant experience
* Previous industrial hands-on experience in a GMP chemical manufacturing environment
* Strong familiarity with safe chemical handling techniques including weighing, dispensing, and packaging of chemicals, drug substance intermediates, and APIs
* In depth understanding of typical unit operations for the manufacture of synthetics drug product (i.e. granulation, roller compaction, drying, milling, blending, compression, encapsulation and film coating)
* Ability to perform preventive maintenance and troubleshooting on manufacturing equipment.
* PPE familiarity and ability to use a chemical respirator
* Experience with laboratory automation including temperature control and data logging platforms such as Delta V
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point
* Advanced scientific/technical reading/writing skills, advanced scientific analysis skills, ability to collaborate and work in team environment
* Strong familiarity with…