Associate Mfg Systems Engineer (DeltaV)
About The Position
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. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. 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. Associate Manufacturing Systems Engineer (Delta-V) What you will do Let’s do this! Let’s change the world! Amgen is seeking an Associate Automation Engineer, internally known as an Associate Manufacturing Systems Engineer, in our state-of-the-art Rhode Island facility to join the Automation Engineering team and who will report to the Mfg Systems Engineering Manager. In this vital role you will support complex and challenging process automation initiatives that require understanding of analytical problem-solving techniques, project management, lifecycle management and Operational Excellence. Additionally, the person is responsible for providing project leadership and daily operational support to the Automation Engineering team at the Amgen Rhode Island site.
Requirements
- High school diploma / GED and 6 years of automation and/or engineering experience OR
- Associate’s degree and 4 years of automation and/or engineering experience OR
- Bachelor’s degree
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s Degree related technical field
- 1+ years’ experience in Process Automation Engineering in a manufacturing support environment in the Pharmaceutical or Biotechnology industries
- 1+ years’ combined experience with the following product platforms: Emerson DeltaV DCS systems
- Familiarity with industry standards for batch control systems, software development life cycle methodologies, S88, 21 CFR Part 11, Validation, and GAMP
- Experience with Mammalian Cell Culture, Protein Purification, Clean Utilities, CIP, SIP, Production Services and non-GMP Utilities preferred
- Experience with Tech Transfer, Process Design, and Commissioning
- Experience with validation and change control methodology
Responsibilities
- Provides technical support to commercial manufacturing, specific to process control, automation infrastructure, and process systems
- Works closely with multiple teams, including manufacturing, process engineering, utility operations, maintenance, quality assurance, and validation to support a diverse portfolio of projects
- Supports technical root cause analysis, incident investigations, and troubleshooting on process control issues related to electrical, instrumentation and control systems mainly rooted in DeltaV
- Supports new product introductions or new technology introductions by performing engineering assessments, implementing automation system configuration changes and supporting engineering runs
- Develop, organize, analyze, and present results for operational issues and engineering projects of small scope and complexity
- Communicates with multiple levels within the organization, highlighting issues and proposing solutions
- Supports capital project commissioning, and qualification
- Applies automation engineering principles in the design, specification, construction, startup, and validation of process and GMP utilities equipment and systems for an array of projects of significant scope and complexity
- Provides technical support and issue resolution 24x7 on-call support of Automation systems on a rotational based frequency
- Applies experience and knowledge of industry best practices and tools to attain an innovative organization
Benefits
- A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
- A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
- Stock-based long-term incentives
- Award-winning time-off plans
- Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
