Senior Manager of Engineering - Process Equipment Lead

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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. 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. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of.

Senior Manager of Engineering - Process Equipment Lead

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What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this role as the Engineering Process Equipment Lead, you will lead and coordinate the engineering design development activities for pharmaceutical combination product assembly, labeling, and final packaging equipment. In this role you will work with many multi-functional groups including process development, manufacturing, quality, external supply to develop equipment design specs for new device assembly, labeling, and packaging applications. Multi-functional engagement with device platform leads as well as packaging design leads will be key to drive the most efficient solutions forward. Ability to lead design decisions in an evolving environment while keeping delivery timelines and cost under control with multi-functional teams will be at the core of this role. In addition, in this lead role, you will work other design departments such as facility, utility, and warehouse automation to develop critical interfaces for all design aspects.

The Engineering Process Equipment Lead will work with the Engineering Technical Lead or Engineering Director for the project. You will provide coordination and oversite to a team of internal Amgen or external engineers and process leads from the Architecture and Engineering as well as the suppliers of the process equipment. You will lead review of all equipment design provided by the suppliers to deliver the design specs and detailed design reports as part of Amgen integrated project delivery approach. As part of this project, Amgen will have a strong focus on delivering a digitally enabled and sustainable facility aligned with our digital manufacturing strategy and our aggressive corporate sustainability goals.

The successful Engineering Process Equipment Lead will have extensive experience in Device Design and Assembly Equipment design, development, and implementation. Experience in implementation of advanced digital solutions such as autonomous guided vehicles (AGVs) and automated storage and retrieval systems for inventory management and material movement is also preferred.

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What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 2 years of direct experience in Engineering or a related technical field

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Master’s degree and 6 years of direct experience in Engineering or a related technical field

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Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of direct experience in Engineering or a related technical field

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Associate’s degree and 10 years of direct experience in Engineering or a related technical field

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High school diploma / GED and 12 direct experience in Engineering or a related technical field

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Minimum 6 years of managing people in a multi-tiered organization and directing the allocation of resources

Preferred Qualifications:

• Extensive experience with Packaging and Final Device Assembly and Testing equipment design and delivery.
• Extensive experience in the delivery of capital projects as part of the design team
• Ability to provide direction and guidance to equipment vendors to deliver for the capital projects
• Experience in providing technical support to manufacturing facilities
• Experience and track record of compliance in a highly regulated environment
• Ability to effectively lead and partner in matrixed organizations
• Successful deployment of continuous improvement methodologies (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma, Total Quality Management, Reliability Centered Maintenance, Root Cause Analysis tools, etc.)
• Direct experience in the design, development and deployment of automated inventory management systems such as ASRS and AVG systems.
• Demonstrated experience in selection of and implementation of design elements for improved sustainability.

Competencies:

• Leadership and planning capabilities to deliver critical projects and capabilities
• Capabilities to hire, develop and lead a diverse workforce
• Financial competen