Senior Electrical Engineer

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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.

Senior Electrical Engineer

What you will do

Let’s do this! Let’s change the world!

In this vital role you will lead the design effort for critical projects as well as provide technical expertise and direction across Amgen’s global operations network. This position is part of the Engineering Technical Authority (ETA) organization that includes Process Systems, Facilities and Utilities, Site Project Engineering, Maintenance, and Metrology functions. Lead part of the implementation of capital projects design and delivery teams, among other responsibilities, and will collaborate with the Site Engineering Services Team.

The majority of work will be based in the new Amgen North Carolina Campus.

This role manages and/or applies extensive technical expertise in the coordination of multiple, complex, non-routine projects involving the planning, design, reconfiguration, construction, maintenance, and alteration of systems facilities, or processes.

This position interacts with multiple levels and functions across the organization with the following opportunities:

• Join a highly technical team of engineers respected through the company that is responsible for designing Amgen’s innovative facilities.

• Work with cross-functional teams implementing new technologies and continuous improvement at existing sites, resulting in a strong network of subject matter experts across the world.

• Deliver major capital projects and support Amgen’s mission by transforming the promise of science and biotechnology into therapies that have the power to restore health or save lives.

• Contribute heavily to Amgen’s sustainability goals including achieving carbon neutrality by 2027, along with a 40% reduction in water used and a 75% reduction in waste disposed.

• Join a diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act.

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up across our global organization.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Interpret, implement, and recommend modifications to company-wide policies.

• Apply technical principles, theories, and concepts in the development of electrical scope of works for complex to medium capital projects.

• Perform work that involves an in-depth investigation of subject area, definition of scope, selection of areas of investigation, and development of novel concept.

• Conceive plans and conduct engineering research/investigation in areas of considerable scope and complexity.

• Work with EHSS in support of electrically related safety initiatives, plans, and investigations.

• Delivery of large capital projects with responsibilities for electrical design.

• Represent Amgen with outside firms, technical societies and regulatory bodies.

• Deploys engineering expertise from within the company (global and site-based authorities) as well as expertise from our industry to optimize Amgen’s assets throughout their life cycle.

• Planning: Translate business needs into engineering technology and design solutions. Lead analysis of alternatives and recommendations for technical solutions in major projects. Lead the development and implementation of corporate initiatives, goals & projects.

• Design: Lead design and electrical requirements during the equipment selection of process, utilities, laboratory and building systems to optimize quality and cost across the total life cycle of assets. Ensure appropriate use of technology, and alignment to standards/practices. Approve appropriate exceptions to Amgen standards and speci