Senior Manufacturing Systems Engineer - DeltaV​/PLC

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-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.

** Senior Manufacturing Systems Engineer*
* ** What you will do*
* Let's do this. Let's change the world. In this vital role, as a member of the Amgen Manufacturing & Clinical Supplies (MCS) Facilities & Engineering (F&E) Automation team, you will lead technical projects supporting Clinical & Commercial Plant Automation programs and Capital projects, including complex and challenging automation initiatives that require proven understanding of various automation platforms, integration between different platforms, analytical problem-solving techniques, critical thinking, project management, product lifecycle management and Operational Excellence.

You will require extensive understanding and background in process control & automation systems, capital construction projects, engineering projects lifecycle phases, and lifecycle management of process automation systems and technologies for Amgen.

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* Responsibilities include:

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* + Lead technical projects as automation technical lead on complex capital construction projects including lifecycle asset management projects.

+ Collaborate with the site process engineering team to understand key process requirements, develop and maintain process control/automation solutions using DeltaV Distributed Control System (DCS), Rockwell Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems (SCADA) on Virtual Server infrastructure.

+ Support functional area projects focused on improving process equipment/utilities/facilities
-to- sophisticated unit operation skids to integrate new drug substance & drug product manufacturing technologies into clinical/commercial facility.

+ Lead/support technical root cause analysis, incident investigations, and troubleshooting on process control issues related to plant operations.

+ Partner closely with the Capital project team to design, build, commission, and qualify new equipment and systems needed for MCS operations.

+ Support Commissioning & Qualification efforts including Automation Installation Verification/Automation Checkout/Functional Testing.

+ Partner with various organizational units to support tasks including operational readiness, document reviews, deviation investigation and change controls

+ Develop and maintain detailed specifications, Standard Operating Procedures, and Operating standards that impact multiple organizational units

+ Develop domain expertise to support operations upon startup, focusing on manufacturing process automation

+ Provide leadership and guidance to the Automation Engineering team supporting 24 x 7 and troubleshooting to Manufacturing & facility Operations

+ Provide Continuous Improvement initiatives including Safety, Reliability, Efficiency and Environmental sustainability improvements to meet Amgen's ambitious goals

+ Maintain Data Integrity Assessments with the current Amgen and Industry standards

+ Collaborate with Amgen Pilot Plants, Drug Substance & Drug Product Plant network to improve the automation design for Manufacturing & Pilot Plant Operations.

+ Provide support to the capital project team with a strong focus on safety and on-time facility startup

+ Provide mentoring to develop and accelerate site technical automation team capabilities.

** What we expect of you*
* We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The automation professional we seek is an engineer with these qualifications.

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* Basic Qualifications:

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* + Doctorate degree OR

+ Master's degree and 2 years of Manufacturing Automation Systems Engineering experience OR

+ Bachelor's degree and 4 years of Manufacturing Automation Systems Engineering experience OR

+ Associate's degree and 8 years of Manufacturing Automation Systems Engineering experience OR

+ High school diploma / GED and 10 years of Manufacturing Automation Systems Engineering experience

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* Preferred Qualifications:

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