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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

You’ve earned your degree. How will you use that achievement to reach your goals? Do more with the knowledge you’ve worked hard to acquire and the passion you already have. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Become the professional you are meant to be in this meaningful role.

Does the thought of building an entirely new site from the ground up excite you?  Do you love building and developing high-performing teams?  If you have a passion for talent development and want to be a part of Amgen’s mission to serve patients – every patient every time – then check out this exciting new opportunity.

Be part of the Amgen Advanced Assembly and Final Product Operation, a new facility focused on medical device assembly and packaging of injectable medicines. When completed, the Advanced Assembly and Final Product Operation facility will not only feature the best-in-class assembly and packaging technologies with embedded industry 4.0 capabilities, but it will also integrate sustainability innovations to reduce carbon and waste, as part of Amgen’s plan to be a carbon-neutral company by 2027.

Automation Engineer: New Albany

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What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. At Amgen we are committed to being science-based and follow a continuous learning approach to advancing science, driving discovery, and igniting innovation that works to help reduce disease. It is in this context that we endorse an inclusive and diverse workforce that helps fuel scientific innovation and problem solving, leading to better scientific solutions that benefit both patients and society.

Based in New Albany, Ohio, the site of Amgen’s new advanced product assembly and packaging plant this vital role will apply advanced and diverse engineering principles to the design and implementation of major system modifications, experiments, processes, and/or capital projects.

The original work schedule for this role will be an administrative schedule (Monday through Friday, approximately 8 am to 5 pm). As the facility moves into operation, the successful incumbent will be expected to join a shift team structure working to support coverage across Amgen’s 24-hour operations.  These shift structures can be a great opportunity to better support individual work/life priorities.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, organize, analyze and present interpretation of results for operational issues or engineering projects of significant scope and complexity
• Complete sophisticated or novel assignments requiring the development of new and/or improved engineering techniques and procedures.
• Develop detailed specification and engineering policies and procedures that affect multiple organizational units.
• Apply knowledge of engineering principles and practices outside of area of discipline expertise to a broad variety of assignments in related fields.
• Work with research, manufacturing, process development, utilities, facilities, quality assurance, and validation departments in developing requirements and recommendations for large and/or highly complex system/facility modifications.
• Work with project managers to complete design and engineering projects within schedule, budget, and quality constraints.
• Coordinate the work of consultants, architects, and engineering firms on the development of standard design documents.

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What we expect of you

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

Master’s degree Automation experience in Pharmaceutical, Medical Devices, or Biotechnology industries

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Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of Automation experience in Pharmaceutical, Medical Devices, or Biotechnology industries

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Associate’s degree and 6 years of Automation experience in Pharmaceutical, Medical Devices, or Biotechnology industries

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High school diploma/GED and 8 years of Automation experience in Pharmaceutical, Medical Devices, or Biotechnology industries

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The automation professional we seek is a dynamic, technically savvy individual with these qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Computer, Electrical, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering
• Knowledge and/or experience of pharmaceutical/biotech processes, especially in the area of final drug product operations
• Knowledge in Data Integrity and Security
• Extensive understanding and background in programming, design, installation, validation, and lifecycle management of manufacturing process controls, automation, field instrumentation technologies.
• Exposure to Machine Vision, Serialization, Robotics, and Rockwell software platform
• Ability to interpret and apply GAMPs and GMPs and familiarity with documentation in a highly regulated environment
• Comprehensive understanding of validation protocol execution requirements as well as knowledge of validation processes and requirements as applied to new equipment installations
• Organizational, project management, problem-solving, as well as validation protocol and technical writing capability
• Excellent communication (verbal/written) and presentation skills
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills including; collaboration, influencing, and facilitation
• Strong digital literacy, particularly in Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Understanding of Operational Excellence and Lean Transformation in the Automation and Engineering Context

Thrive

Some of the vast rewards of working here

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Full support and career-development resources to expand your skills, enhance your expertise, and maximize your potential along your career journey
• A diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
• Generous Total Rewards Plan—comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits—with compensation and benefits rated above 4 stars (out of 5) on Glassdoor

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for a career that defies imagination

Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.

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