Senior Instrumentation Technician (Various Shifts: Days, Swing, Grave)

Amgen•Thousand Oaks, CA

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. Senior Instrumentation Technician What you will do Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be responsible for maintaining and calibrating instrumentation systems and performing advanced troubleshooting and maintenance activities at the Amgen Thousand Oaks site. This role supports a 24/7 GMP biopharmaceutical manufacturing operation, ensuring the reliability and compliance of critical manufacturing and utility systems. This position may support day, swing, or night shifts, including weekends and holidays, to ensure continuous site coverage. Shift differential compensation may apply for eligible off-shift assignments.

Requirements

High school/GED + 2 years operations, maintenance, manufacturing work experience or military experience OR Associate’s + 6 months operations, maintenance, manufacturing work experience or military experience

Nice To Haves

Extensive experience with instrument calibration, troubleshooting, and maintenance of process instrumentation
Experience supporting GMP-regulated pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical manufacturing environments
2 years in a technical school setting with 4 years of hands-on experience in operations or manufacturing
Strong understanding of process control systems and instrumentation such as temperature, pressure, flow, level, pH, and analytical instruments
Experience supporting GMP utilities systems such as WFI, clean steam, compressed gases, and HVAC
Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills for complex instrumentation issues
Ability to mentor and provide technical guidance to other technicians
Effective written and verbal communication skills
Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams including engineering, operations, and maintenance
Computer skills including CMMS and electronic documentation systems
Demonstrated commitment to safety, compliance, and continuous improvement

Responsibilities

Perform scheduled calibration, preventive maintenance, and corrective maintenance on instrumentation and control systems used across the site
Troubleshoot and repair complex instrumentation systems, and related equipment supporting manufacturing and utilities operations
Serve as a subject matter expert for instrumentation systems and provide advanced technical troubleshooting support
Ensure activities are performed safely and in compliance with cGMP requirements, regulatory standards, and site procedures
Strict adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), data integrity practices, and maintenance documentation requirements
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other technicians and peers
Coordinate and communicate maintenance activities with system owners, operators, engineers, and key stakeholders
Ensure work order documentation and calibration records are completed accurately and thoroughly in the CMMS system
Identify equipment reliability risks, workflow interruptions, and opportunities for process improvement; recommend and assist with implementation of solutions
Identify opportunities to expand technical capabilities and contribute to overall team development and performance
Provide operational support when required, including outside normal working hours, to maintain uninterrupted 24/7 manufacturing operations

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

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