Senior Engineer - Facilities & Engineering

Amgen Job Description Reporting to the Senior Manager Facilities & Engineering, the Senior Engineer is responsible for providing engineering support at the Woburn, MA biotechnology manufacturing facility. Specific duties include: • Troubleshoot and resol

Description

Amgen Job Description Reporting to the Senior Manager Facilities & Engineering, the Senior Engineer is responsible for providing engineering support at the Woburn, MA biotechnology manufacturing facility.

Specific duties include: 
• Troubleshoot and resolve equipment, automation or process issues in the field (Support may be required outside of normal working hours including nights, weekends and holidays) 
• Provide technical support to commercial & clinical manufacturing, as needed
• Ensure optimal and cost-effective performance and reliability for manufacturing systems
• Develop, organize, analyze, and present results for operational issues and engineering projects of moderate scope and complexity 
• Own equipment and instrumentation related deviations, corrective actions, and change controls 
• Be routinely present in the field to observe equipment operation and maintenance activities.
• Identify and implement opportunities for improvement. 
• Perform impact assessments and remediation plans as a result of adverse events such as instrumentation out of tolerance and late maintenance activities 
• Develop and implement equipment reliability and maintenance strategies that are compliant, effective and cost appropriate. 
• Identify opportunities to improve the reliability of assigned systems, recommend solutions, and manage implementation. 
• Communicate with key customers and support groups regarding equipment reliability and improvement action plans 
Basic Qualifications • Doctorate Degree 
OR 
• Master's Degree & 3 years of Facilities & Engineering experience 
OR 
• Bachelor's Degree & 5 years of Facilities & Engineering experience 
OR 
• Associate's degree & 10 years of Facilities & Engineering experience 
OR 
• High school diploma/GED & 12 years of Facilities & Engineering experience 
Preferred Qualifications • Technical skills and experience with fill-finish equipment in biotech/pharma manufacturing 
• Organization skills and attention to detail
• Technical troubleshooting and problem solving skills
• Effective verbal communication, presentation, and technical writing skills
• Knowledge of upstream and downstream unit operations (cell culture, recovery equipment, column chromatography, filtration, etc.). 
• Knowledge of clean and plant utilities 
• Experience in performing root cause analysis and practices
• Knowledge of facility systems capacity analysis and modeling

Nr of positions available : 1

Research Fields

Physics 
Engineering

Career Stage

Early stage researcher or 0-4 yrs (Post graduate) 
Experienced researcher or 4-10 yrs (Post-Doc) 
More Experienced researcher or >10 yrs (Senior) 

Research Profiles

Not defined

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US - MA - Woburn