Senior Manager Estimating & Project Controls (Quantity Surveying)

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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.

Senior Manager Estimating & Project Controls (Quantity Surveying)

What you will do

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

The Front End / Conceptual Estimating Snr Manager will be expected to develop all Estimates classes with a focus on "Rough order of Magnitude" Estimates (Class 5 Estimate) based on parametric models & benchmarks with minimum engineering information available.

This position also partners with all internal multi-functional groups that support capital projects, including Engineering Technical Authority, Project Management, Facilities Management, Global Site Engineering, Capital Finance, and various Amgen internal business partners.

The candidate should have the experience and ability to develop, train, and manage a team of cost managers and schedulers through partnership with our outside service providers.

The Project Controls organization provides leadership globally in supporting all aspects of project controls to optimize the total cost of ownership of Amgen physical assets and ensures compliance to processes.

The Engineering organization is responsible for providing strategic support for project planning, funding, estimating, cost control management, scheduling, forecasting, bench marking, project risk, contract strategy, and compliance of engineering processes for capital projects globally.

Responsibilities:

• Participates in the planning of projects from conception to close-out.

• Prepares Estimates and Benchmarks for projects.

• Develops and Maintains Estimating, and Benchmarking Means Methods and Data Bases.

• Leverages analytics to provide insights and strategy on metrics and KPIs.

• Leverages Digital Technologies to drive project planning.

• Exhibits proactive safety leadership and behavior.

• Supports innovation across the Engineering organization.

• Supports and maintains estimate system requirements with digital strategy.

Domestic / International travel up to 30% (including overnight stays).

What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications:

• High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Engineering or Operations experience OR

• Associate’s degree and 10 years of Engineering or Operations experience OR

• Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of Engineering or Operations experience OR

• Master’s degree and 4 years of Engineering or Operations experience OR

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of Engineering or Operations experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years of engineering experience in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology/Engineering industry in project controls (Funding, Estimating, Cost Management, Scheduling, Audit).

• 5+ years of experience in preparing construction project estimates.

• Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, or Similar cognate qualification preferred, RICS accredited or working towards is beneficial.

• Expertise in preparing all types, with focus on MEP of construction estimates from conceptual through detailed estimates.

• Expertise in preparing all types of construction estimates from conceptual through detailed estimates.

• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships across the network.

• Demonstrated proficiency in project controls systems with expertise in Mechanical, Electrical and Process engineering.

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