Manufacturing Associate Pilot Plant - Downstream

Amgen • Thousand Oaks, CA

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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. 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. Pilot Plant Manufacturing Associate What you will do Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will execute a variety of production and technology related operations in the Downstream (Purification) area of their large-scale pilot plant. The pilot plant delivers data and material to support process development of early and late stage clinical biologic molecules. The plant also prototypes and develops new technologies to support advancement of Amgen’s equipment and operations for current and future biologic facilities. This Associate will perform hands on operations of purification equipment. The purification equipment typically includes large scale chromatography, various types of filtration, ultrafiltration /diafiltration and equipment cleaning. In addition, the applicant may participate in new product introductions, technology transfer, experiment design, equipment commissioning, and equipment design. The applicant will communicate results through authoring standard operating procedures, detailing results in electronic lab notebooks, manufacturing procedures, presentations, or meeting notes. This role will analyze data, process results, summarize findings, and identify challenges to future commercial processes Must be able to work both Day (7:30am - 4:30pm) and Swing Shift (2:30pm - 11:30pm). Shifts rotate roughly every 3 months based on business needs. Ability to lift and move up to 25 lbs.

Requirements

• High school diploma / GED and 2years of Manufacturing, Scientific or Operations experience
• Associate’s degree and 6 months of Manufacturing, Scientific or Operations experience
• Bachelor’s degree

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree and previous bio-processing/biotech experience
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Analytical, project management, and continuous improvement skills.
• Ability to work off hours or non-standard shifts.

Responsibilities

• Completing a variety of production-related operations in a large-scale facility, including but not limited to chromatography, UF/DF, and viral filtration.
• Performing supporting activities such as equipment set-up/cleaning and running analytical instruments
• Performing ‘hands-on’ work in the plant.
• Ensuring documentation accurately reflects operations performed, implementing area improvements (efficiency and safety) applying lean principles, and participating in operations meetings.

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 where possible.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees