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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.

Senior Associate Facilities

Amgen Thousand Oaks is looking for a Sr. Associate Facilities to provide maintenance leadership and technical expertise in support of facility equipment/systems, utility systems, and/or production suites, ensures systems operate within crafted parameters. Area of responsibility may consist of multiple facilities, fields or clients. All work to be completed to assure minimal impact to production while following all cGMP guidelines and Amgen procedures.

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What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world.

Responsibilities include:

• Advising/planning/delegating of tasks to personnel in daily operations, corrective action, and preventative maintenance activities in a reliable and compliant manner.

• This includes Maintenance and emergency repair of all production related process equipment and facility equipment, HVAC, and utilities systems.

• Typical equipment would include autoclaves, fermenters, centrifuges, chromatography units, ultra-filtration equipment, aseptic processing equipment, HEPA filters, high purity water systems, sanitary distribution systems, steam, chilled water, chilled glycol, process gases, electrical distribution systems, EMS/BMS/USC control systems and process control systems

• Leads a group of Maintenance Technicians, determines workloads, and prioritizes daily activities. Responsible for the training, quality of work, objectives and performance evaluation of the assigned staff members.

• Responsible for the efficiency and quality of work of assigned Staff Members. Maintains an environment that promotes maintenance flexibility, consistent maintenance practices, and efficient operations.

• Assist with development and maintenance of a working inventory control system for all spare parts requirements for the above listed equipment

• Be responsible for the development and revision of related Standard Operating Procedures, Job plans for area of responsibility to assure all maintenance operations have SOPs developed for them

• Interact with various support departments and/or outside vendors and provide full maintenance support to meet the needs of the manufacturing groups for all related equipment for the plant

• Evaluate current maintenance procedures and make appropriate changes to optimize the maintenance program. Assure all corporate change control procedures are followed and Regulatory and QA are notified prior to the changes.

• Work to be completed in accordance with CFRs, cGMPs, SOPs and Amgen policies

• Will participate in On-Call rotations for after-hours facility and Manufacturing support and may work outside of established shift hours upon short notice

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What we expect of you

Basic Qualifications:

• Master’s degree OR

• Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of maintenance experience OR

• Associate’s degree and 6 years of maintenance experience OR

• High school diploma / GED and 8 years of maintenance experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 2 year technical/AA/AS degree in building maintenance, Mechanical maintenance, Plant engineering or related technical field

• 6+ years combined education and experience with 4+ years in an FDA (GMP) or comparable regulated environment

• Experience with RCA facilitation and participation

• Experience with RCM, TPM, or other reliability centered concepts

• Experience with installation, troubleshooting, maintenance, repair and testing of HVAC, laboratory and utilities equipment

• Knowledge of pneumatic, mechanical, and hydraulic fundamentals as well as skills in the use of power and hand tools in the building trades such as carpentry, plumbing, and electrical

• Effective oral and written communication skills

• Possess a high mathematical understanding, excellent reading skills along with intermediate to sophisticated computer and typing skills IND15 GD15

Thrive

Some of the vast rewards of working here

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

• Full support and career-development resources to expand your skills, improve your expertise, and improve 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

Apply now for a career that defies imagination

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

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