Maintenance Manager- 3rd Shift

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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. 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.

Maintenance Manager

What you will do

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

This role is part of the Facilities & Engineering (F&E) group within the Manufacturing Clinical Supply (MCS) organization at Amgen. The Maintenance Manager - will be responsible for leading maintenance teams, ensuring reliable equipment performance, and driving operational excellence for Drug Product equipment. This position will report to the Sr. Manager of Engineering, Drug Product, and Warehouse Operations at the Amgen Thousand Oaks site.

The Maintenance Manager will provide technical leadership, personnel management, and strategic oversight for maintenance activities within Drug Product Manufacturing areas on shift operations. The position requires hands-on leadership to support corrective and preventive maintenance, equipment troubleshooting, compliance, and continuous improvement efforts within a highly regulated cGMP environment.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Team Management

• Provide tactical and strategic leadership to shift maintenance teams supporting Inspection and Packaging processes.

• Assign, manage, and coordinate maintenance activities across shifts, ensuring efficient use of resources.

• Lead and develop the shift maintenance team through mentoring, training, and performance management.

• Provide Graveyard shift coverage including one weekend night.

Maintenance Operations & Technical Oversight

• Oversee the execution of preventive and corrective maintenance across Inspection and Packaging lines.

• Troubleshoot and resolve equipment issues in collaboration with cross-functional teams (Manufacturing, Automation, Quality, etc.).

• Ensure system access, training, and qualification compliance for maintenance personnel.

• Manage work orders in CCMS (Maximo), ensuring timely documentation and compliance with GxP requirements.

• Maintain high safety standards by conducting safety walks, supporting incident investigations, and driving improvements.

Compliance & Continuous Improvement

• Ensure that all maintenance activities comply with cGMP, GDP, OSHA, and other regulatory requirements.

• Support investigations into non-conformances, deviations, and CAPA execution.

• Participate in internal and external audits, ensuring site readiness and adherence to regulatory expectations.

• Utilize Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Six Sigma, and Predictive Maintenance techniques to drive equipment reliability and efficiency.

• Work with diverse stakeholders to remove bottlenecks and streamline maintenance processes.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The [vital attribute] professional we seek is a [type of person] with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Maintenance experience OR

• Associate’s degree and 10 years of Maintenance experience OR

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of Maintenance experience OR

• Master’s degree and 3 years of Maintenance experience OR

• Doctorate degree

• In addition to meeting at least one of the above requirements, you must have experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation or resources. Your managerial experience may run concurrently with the required technical experience referenced above

Preferred Qualifications: