Senior Facilities Coordinator – Maintenance Scheduler

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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.

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 single use 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.

Senior Facilities Coordinator – Maintenance Scheduler

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will join the Work Order Administration Team responsible for coordinating and managing the maintenance schedule in Amgen North Carolina. This is a highly critical role with the core responsibility of supporting the Facilities & Engineering team by delivering a detailed schedule that is coordinated between manufacturing and maintenance in a cGMP biotechnology facility. This role is also responsible for optimizing the schedule based on labor, equipment, and facility constraints. This role will also offer the opportunity to propose, participate, and lead team improvement initiatives to drive improved productivity and scheduling accuracy.

• Building and maintaining the Amgen North Carolina’s maintenance schedule
• Lead scheduling meetings that incorporate Production schedulers, maintenance technical leaders and system owners to review and agree upon the maintenance schedule
• Leading daily morning meetings with work center team to maintain and communicate the schedule
• Responsible for the prioritization of maintenance work orders focusing on Safety, Quality and Production within a cGMP environment
• Maintain a comprehensive backlog of all maintenance activity by work type Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS). Recognize the priority of the work order backlog and re-schedule when appropriate seeking direction from system owners and management
• Trains maintenance personnel in proper maintenance reporting procedures, and in the use of CMMS software as a maintenance management tool
• Generates reports to keep the maintenance management team informed of work progress and future work schedules
• Develop, generate, and communicate the weekly maintenance work schedule as well
• Using the CMMS system, forecasts work force needs for equipment maintenance
• Coordinate with vendors and suppliers as required for maintenance activities
• Ensures all Preventative Maintenance Work is completed on time

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 a collaborative partner with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• High school/GED + 2 years of scheduling and/or maintenance experience or military experience or work experience OR
• Associate’s + 6 months of scheduling and/or maintenance experience or military experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Background in engineering, math, or science and demonstration of strong analytical competency
• Demonstrated ability to work well with teams, open to change and new ideas
• Strong communication skills - ability to lead meetings, communicate schedule recommendations effectively, and communicate well within team
• Strong analytical and critical thinking capability – able to respond to scheduling changes, gather required data, evaluate options, and communicate analysis recommendations to facilitate decision making
• Attention to detail, strong organizational skills and error-proofing habits
• Knowle