Senior Associate Facilities - Electrical & Instrumentation

Amgen • Thousand Oaks, CA

1d • $90,126 - $121,936 • Onsite

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-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. In this role, the Sr. Associate Facilities – Electrical & Instrumentation at the Amgen Thousand Oaks (ATO) campus will be part of the Facilities & Engineering team responsible for providing maintenance leadership and technical expertise in support of safe and reliable electrical infrastructure, instrumentation, and critical control systems supporting multiple manufacturing and utility operations across the site.

Requirements

• High school/GED + 4 years Engineering and/or Facilities Maintenance work experience
• Associate’s + 2 years Engineering and/or Facilities Maintenance work experience
• Bachelor’s + 6 months Engineering and/or Facilities Maintenance work experience

Nice To Haves

• Master's
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, or related technical discipline
• Experience in an FDA (GMP) or comparable regulated environment, preferably Pharmaceutical and/or Biotechnology industry
• Strong knowledge of industrial electrical systems (distribution, generators, UPS, switchgear, ATS)
• Strong knowledge of process and utility instrumentation, including calibration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of sensors (pressure, temperature, flow, level) and analytical instruments
• Experience supporting building management systems (BMS), SCADA, PLC-based control systems, and field instrumentation integration
• Experience with installation, troubleshooting, maintenance, repair, and testing of electrical infrastructure and instrumentation systems
• Familiarity with electrical and instrumentation standards (NEC, NFPA 70E, ISA standards, IEEE) and calibration practices
• Experience with reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), total productive maintenance (TPM), or similar methodologies
• Experience supporting capital projects, including design reviews, commissioning, qualification, and startup
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally with operations, engineering, automation, and maintenance teams
• Experience managing electrical and instrumentation drawings and documentation systems (single-line diagrams, loop diagrams, P&IDs)
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and data-driven decision-making skills
• Independent, self-motivated, organized, and able to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
• Strong communication and technical writing skills

Responsibilities

• Support a safe working environment by complying with all pertinent environmental health/safety practices, rules, and regulations, including electrical safety and LOTO.
• Support the reliable operation of ATO site electrical and instrumentation infrastructure, including distribution systems, emergency generators, UPS systems, switchgear, ATS, field instrumentation, and control systems.
• Monitor system performance (electrical and instrumentation) and analyze trends to proactively identify risks to reliability, compliance, and process performance.
• Develop and execute maintenance strategies (preventative, predictive, corrective) for critical electrical systems and process/utility instrumentation (e.g., pressure, temperature, flow, level, and analytical instruments).
• Partner with operations, utilities, automation, and manufacturing teams to ensure uninterrupted support of GMP and non-GMP facilities.
• Work in a regulated cGxP environment to identify engineering and reliability improvements for site electrical and instrumentation systems.
• Define and support capital and expense projects related to electrical upgrades, instrumentation improvements, system modernization, and reliability enhancements.
• Serve as site Subject Matter Expert (SME) for electrical systems, backup power, and instrumentation supporting process, utilities and facility infrastructure.
• Lead and support system improvements, including development of technical documents and SOPs.
• Lead troubleshooting efforts, root cause analysis, and incident investigations related to electrical systems, instrumentation failures, and control system issues.
• Support lifecycle management of electrical and instrumentation assets, including calibration programs, obsolescence planning, and asset replacement strategies.
• Maintain and manage electrical and instrumentation documentation including single-line diagrams, loop diagrams, P&IDs, and equipment specifications.
• Ensure compliance with applicable codes and standards (NEC, NFPA, ISA, OSHA) and support site electrical safety and instrumentation calibration programs.
• Support commissioning, qualification, and validation activities for electrical and instrumentation systems.
• Support emergency response and recovery activities for electrical and instrumentation system disruptions.

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: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees