Eng Projects Sr Mgr

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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.

Engineering Projects Sr Mgr

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this role the Capital Projects Execution and Controls (CPEC) is accountable for Program and Project Management, Project Portfolio Management and Project Execution functions globally at Amgen.

The Engineering Projects Sr Mgr. at Amgen manages the planning, implementation, and completion of engineering projects. They coordinate with various teams, lead all aspects of project budgets, timelines, and ensure all projects align with company objectives.

The Engineering Projects Sr Mgr. Position presents an opportunity for a qualified candidate to further enhance their leadership abilities, apply proficiency in project and program management to effectively manage large, highly complex programs, demonstrate versatility, and cultivate financial savvy and overall understanding of Amgen’s business.

This highly visible position interacts with all levels of the organization. The candidate must have a demonstrated track record in project management, strong leadership and communication, and the ability to approach issues from a strategic perspective. This includes the ability to translate strategy into ambitious, actionable objectives to effectively drive multi-functional teams, advocate client positions throughout the project life cycle, and make value-based decisions. Hands on experience of working in Packaging and/or biologics fill-finish area is highly preferred.

Primary responsibilities include leadership of multi-faceted, multi-functional, projects and programs.

The Engineering Projects Sr Mgr. Plays a meaningful role in eliciting client requirements and specifications for projects and ensures that business drivers are clearly defined and communicated. The Engineering Projects Sr Mgr. Develops project funding requirements and strategy and guides the project through the gated funding process. The Engineering Projects Sr Mgr. must bring to bear knowledge of site Operations to ensure that projects are driven with minimal disruption to scheduled plant / site activities and must provide construction management guidance to ensure that projects are performed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with all applicable codes and Amgen specifications.

The Engineering Projects Sr Mgr. verifies that projects are planned, performed, and documented in accordance with Amgen’s Engineering Project Delivery methodology for delivering best-in-class services on capital construction projects. In addition, the Engineering Projects Sr Mgr. will partner with the project Engineering Technical Lead to ensure that the engineering design process follows Amgen’s Equipment Acquisition Process and Commissioning and Qualification Program.

The Engineering Projects Sr Mgr. will ensure effective communication flow between groups including Global Capital Projects Management, functional leadership, project partners, Engineering and Automation, Facilities and Operations, Quality, Global Strategic Sourcing, Project Controls Services, Environmental Health and Safety, Global Asset Planning, Finance and Strategy, Law, and relevant corporate / global networks.

Functions:

Defines project scope, forms project team, develops project strategy, master schedule and spending schedule, for projects supporting the engineering, construction, start up, commissioning, and qualification of various facilities, ranging from cGMP manufacturing (i.e., Packaging, Drug Product), laboratories, Utility plants, Warehousing, and Distribution centers. Including:

• Establishment of project objectives, and interprets company policies
• Prepares project funding documents with scope, cash flow, schedule, and deliverables
• Motivates project teams to a successful outcome
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