Maintenance & Reliability (M&R) Engineer

Amgen; Ireland; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgen Dun Laoghaire (ADL) is expanding its aseptic drug product operations and seeking an M&R Engineer to improve reliability, availability and maintainability of plant equipment. You will develop a robust reliability framework, minimise unplanned downtime, and optimise asset lifecycle in a safe, compliant operating environment.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Operations and Quality to analyse performance, identify failure modes, and implement preventive and predictive maintenance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related scientific discipline and/or relevant experience.
• Minimum of 2-3 years' experience in a GxP manufacturing environment in a maintenance, reliability, or an engineering type role.
• Demonstrated ability to work across functional boundaries and influence outcomes without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Support Drug Product manufacturing within the Vial and Syringe filling plants.
• Develop, optimise and modernise the maintenance PMO programme to ensure equipment maintenance is maintained at the right level, frequency while also utilising digital tools to enhance predictability and targeted maintenance strategies.
• Employ business analytics to assess performance and identify improvement opportunities for Equipment Reliability, Maintenance Reliable Execution, Condition Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance.
• Develop & Design Multi-Year Reliability roadmap and ensure flawless execution with close collaboration/partnership with key cross-functional stakeholders.
• Analyse equipment performance data (e.g. downtime, failure trends, MTBF, MTTR) to identify chronic issues and implement sustainable reliability improvements.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven maintenance

Problem solving

Regulatory awareness

GxP manufacturing knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

CMMS/EAM systems

Data analytics

Job description

Career Category

Engineering

Job Description

Maintenance & Reliability (M&R) Engineer

Amgen discovers, develops and delivers innovative human therapeutics. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen was one of the first companies to realise the new science's promise by bringing safe, effective medicines from lab, to manufacturing plant, to patient. Amgen therapeutics have changed the practice of medicine, helping millions of people around the world in the fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and other serious illnesses. With a deep and broad pipeline of potential new medicines, Amgen remains committed to advancing science to dramatically improve people's lives.

Amgen Dun Laoghaire (ADL) is a 37,000 square metre aseptic drug product operations facility, currently undergoing expansion, specialising in secondary manufacturing activities - Formulation, Vial/Syringe Filling, Lyophilisation and Packaging. The ADL site also includes laboratories and cold chain warehouse capabilities. There is a strong culture of continuous improvement and innovation within ADL to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. Amgen is developing the capability to produce all of its medicines in Dun Laoghaire, helping to ensure continuity of supply of our medicines as we expand internationally.

The Maintenance & Reliability (M&R) Engineer is responsible for improving the reliability, availability, and maintainability of plant equipment within the ADL manufacturing facility. The role focuses on developing and sustaining a robust reliability framework that ensures right-first-time maintenance execution, minimises unplanned downtime, and optimises asset lifecycle performance in support of safe, compliant, and efficient operations.

The role partners closely with Engineering, Operations, and Quality to analyse equipment performance, identify failure modes, and implement preventive and predictive maintenance strategies. The Maintenance Reliability Engineer also leads continuous improvement initiatives to reduce non-commercial time, improve equipment uptime, and increase overall plant availability.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Support Drug Product manufacturing within the Vial and Syringe filling plants.
• Develop, optimise and modernise the maintenance PMO programme to ensure equipment maintenance is maintained at the right level, frequency while also utilising digital tools to enhance predictability and targeted maintenance strategies.
• Employ business analytics to assess performance and identify improvement opportunities for Equipment Reliability, Maintenance Reliable Execution, Condition Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance.
• Develop & Design Multi-Year Reliability roadmap and ensure flawless execution with close collaboration/partnership with key cross-functional stakeholders.
• Analyse equipment performance data (e.g. downtime, failure trends, MTBF, MTTR) to identify chronic issues and implement sustainable reliability improvements.
• Collaborate with system owners, planners, and technicians to define maintenance scopes, refine job plans, and ensure maintenance tasks are technically sound, risk-based, and executable.
• Support shutdown and non-commercial time activities by ensuring reliability-critical work is correctly prioritised, scoped, and executed to deliver right-first-time outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement through the cycle, capturing lessons learned and embedding standard work, best practices, and technical documentation into future maintenance execution.
• Lead and support system improvements, development of detailed specifications, engineering documents and standard operating procedures.
• Solving complex problems, project management, equipment lifecycle management and operational excellence.
• Support a safe working environment by complying with all pertinent environmental health/safety practice, rules and regulations.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic, Chemical, Software) or related scientific discipline and/or relevant experience.
• Minimum of 2-3 years' experience in a GxP manufacturing environment in a maintenance, reliability, or an engineering type role.
• Demonstrated ability to work across functional boundaries and influence outcomes without direct authority.

Preferred Experience

• 2-3 years' engineering or scientific experience in a pharmaceutical or biotech manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience implementing reliability improvement initiatives in complex, multi-system facilities.

Knowledge and Relevant Experience

• Strong working knowledge of pharmaceutical/biotech manufacturing and aseptic processing.
• Fundamental understanding of GxP, EHS, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Asset reliability methodologies (RCA, FMEA, criticality analysis, PM optimisation).
• Experience with CMMS/EAM systems and data-driven maintenance decision-making.
• Application of