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Amgen Maintenance Technician in Holly Springs, North Carolina

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

You’ve worked hard to become the professional you are today and are now ready to take the next step in your career. How will you put your skills, experience and passion to work toward your goals? At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role.

Be part of Amgen's newest and most advanced drug substance manufacturing plant. When completed, the Amgen FleX Batch facility will combine the latest in disposable technologies with traditional stainless-steel equipment to allow for maximum flexibility in operations. The FleX Batch facility will not only feature the best in-class drug substance manufacturing technologies with embedded industry 4.0 capabilities, but it will also integrate sustainability innovations to reduce carbon and waste, as part of Amgen's plan to be a carbon-neutral company by 2027.

Maintenance Technician

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this! Let’s change the world! In this valuable role you will provide technical expertise and guidance supporting the start-up of the plant and daily operations.

During Construction Phase:

  • Partner with the Capital Project Delivery and Site Operations team providing technical support associated with the start-up, commissioning, and qualification of the wide variety of equipment and systems used in Manufacturing, Laboratories, Utilities, and other areas at the site.

  • Support development, writing and implementation of the Maintenance program documentation including Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Work Orders (WO), Job Plans (JP), Hazard Risk Assessments (HRA), Job Hazard Assessments (JHA), etc.

  • Ensure safety of all staff during plant construction and start-up operations and maintenance activities.

Post-Construction completion and continued operations:

  • Perform intermediate installation, troubleshooting, maintenance, repair, testing and documentation/logs of process and utility equipment.

  • Complete quality and safety documentation and complete the work in a safe, compliant, and timely manner according to planning and predefined schedules with minimal impact to production while aligning with GMP standards, SOP adherence and Amgen policies and regulations.

  • Ensure work is appropriately communicated to system operators and key stakeholders.

  • Ensure work order documentation is completed accurately.

  • Identify opportunities to learn new skills and actively participate in the development that will improve overall team performance.

  • Review and technically approve maintenance reports, forms, plans and records.

  • Identify waste, work-flow interrupters, recommend solutions, and assist with implementation.

  • Identify opportunities to learn new skills and actively participate in development that will improve overall team performance.

  • Represent Maintenance team as a leader or as a delegate to the management team in discussions and meetings with peers and other site functions.

  • Provide facility and manufacturing support as needed with on-call rotation - this may be outside of normal working hours including nights, weekends, and holidays.

These positions will start on an admin schedule (M-F, 8 hours each day), and will eventually change to be on a rotating schedule, which you will be expected to work a 12-hour shift (either 7AM/7PM - 7PM/7AM) on a 2-week rotation.

Win

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dedicated and agile professional we seek is an effective problem solver with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

  • High School Diploma / GED and 4 years of Operations or Maintenance experience

Or

  • 2 years in a Technical School setting with hands-on experience in Operations or Maintenance experience

Or

  • Associate’s Degree and 2 years of Operations or Maintenance experience

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Knowledge and experience within a cGMP or other highly regulated environment.

  • Experience executing and documenting maintenance work orders in a computerized maintenance management system.

  • Ability to interpret P&ID's.

  • Ability to work with minimum direction.

  • Ability to effectively communicate issues and status of tasks in a timely manner.

  • Ability to interact constructively with peers/teams.

Thrive

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities including:

  • 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 and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns

  • Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible

Apply now

for a career that defies imagination

Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.

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Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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