Manufacturing Associate - A Shift Days

Career Category

Manufacturing

Job Description

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

You’ve worked hard to become the professional you are today and are now ready to take the next step in your career. How will you put your skills, experience and passion to work toward your goals? 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. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role.

 

Associate Manufacturing - Days (A Shift)

 

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this! Let’s change the world! In this vital role, you will perform operations within the Manufacturing area, specifically purification, at Amgen's innovative Rhode Island facility. You will be required to know, comprehend, and apply Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), as well as understand, follow, and document in batch records.

 

Additional Responsibilities:

• Perform vessel CIPs, SIPs, Chromatography operations, UFDF operations, Viral Inactivation and Viral Filtration operations.
• Perform aseptic Final Fill operations in the Laminar Flow Hood.
• Follow and monitor critical processes, execute routine validation protocols, and regularly draft and revise documents such as Manufacturing Procedures, SOPs, and technical reports.
• Conduct basic troubleshooting and assist in the review of documentation for assigned functions.
• May also have the responsibility of initiating and owning area Deviations, revising SOP's and performing LEAN functions.
• Identify, recommend, and implement improvements related to routine functions.

 

This role is expected to work a 12-hour shift on a rotating schedule. The shift pattern will be 7AM-7PM, with a two-week rotation covering 7 days per rotation (A Shift). The rotating shift offers several benefits, with an average of 14 days on shift per month with every other weekend off. In addition any Sundays worked receive Premium pay. The schedule during the initial on-boarding phase for this role (2-6 weeks) will be administrative (Monday through Friday, approximately 8am to 5pm).

 

Win

What we expect of you

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

 

Basic Qualifications:

• High school/GED + 2 years of manufacturing or operations work experience OR
• Associate’s + 6 months of manufacturing or operations work experience OR
• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Science or Engineering
• Knowledge of large-scale biotechnology operations such as purification, cell culture, aseptic processing, etc.
• Knowledge of Single-use-Systems
• CFR and Regulatory knowledge
• Mechanical ability/expertise
• Basic statistical mathematical skills
• Ability to interpret and apply GMP knowledge
• Understanding of analytical methods for manufacturing area
• Demonstrated technical writing capability
• Able to demonstrate project management skills and presentation skills
• Ability to understand, apply and evaluate basic chemistry, biology and physical principles
• Basic troubleshooting skills on production equipment
• Experience with Delta V
• Experience with lab equipment/testing

 

Thrive

What you can expect of us