Principal Engineer: Facilities / Utilities 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.

Be part of Amgen's newest and most advanced drug substance manufacturing plant. When completed, the Amgen FleX Batch facility will combine the latest in disposable technologies with traditional stainless-steel equipment to allow for maximum flexibility in operations. The FleX Batch facility will not only feature the best in-class drug substance manufacturing technologies with embedded industry 4.0 capabilities, but it will also integrate sustainability innovations to reduce carbon and waste, as part of Amgen's plan to be a carbon-neutral company by 2027.

Principal Engineer: Facilities / Utilities Lead

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What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be responsible for delivering the design and leading technical aspects for facility and utilities elements of a major strategic capital project for a new greenfield site Amgen is constructing for Biologics Drug Substance Manufacturing site in North Carolina.

The Engineering Technical Authority (ETA) within Amgen Corporate Engineering owns the design effort for critical projects as well as providing technical expertise and direction across Amgen’s global operations network. The Principal Engineer is part of the ETA organization that includes Process Systems, Facilities and Utilities, Site Project Engineering, Maintenance and Metrology functions. They which will be part of this major capital projects design and delivery leadership team collaborating with the Engineering Technical Lead for the project.

The initial project scope includes the design and construction of the new greenfield drug substance (DS) site which integrates aspects of Amgen’s Next Generation Manufacturing platform with traditional manufacturing systems to provide a flexible and efficient facility. It also includes a warehouse, central utilities, laboratory, and administration facilities along with other site infrastructure. 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 bold corporate sustainability goals.

• Provide leadership and review of all utility systems and facility design provided by the A&E firm that is contracted to deliver the detailed design as part of Amgen coordinated project delivery approach.
• Provide engineering coordination of internal Amgen domain specialists and field engineering leads as well as oversight of external consultant subject area SMEs (A&E firm) and contractors.
• Provides coordination and oversite to a team of internal Amgen engineers and MEP subject area leads who are part of the project team.
• Experience leading teams, projects, and programs in a multi-tiered organization and advising the allocation of resources
• Travel as needed to deliver the project.

Upon startup, it is anticipated that they would either transition to a technical/engineering role within the new site or would move into a corporate engineering role with network wide responsibilities for either a specific technical area or providing technical leadership to a portfolio of projects.

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What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The engineering professional we seek is a collaborative with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• High School Diploma/GED and 12 years of Engineering / Engineering Technology experience OR
• Associates degree and 10 years of Engineering / Engineering Technology experience OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of Engineering / Engineering Technology experience OR
• Master’s degree and 4 years of Engineering / Engineering Technology experience OR
• Doctorate degree and 2 years of Engineering / Engineering Technology experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Background in sustainability and experience in implementation of automated solutions such as AGVs for inventory management and material movement.
• Large capital projects delivery with responsibility for the utility and facility design as part of the design team.
• Propensity to provide direction and guidance to external design fi