Senior Associate Facilities

Amgen SA; Thousand Oaks (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgen Thousand Oaks is seeking a Sr. Associate Facilities to provide maintenance leadership and technical expertise across drug substance facilities, ensuring systems operate within GMP guidelines and Amgen procedures.

The role leads maintenance planning, coordinates with QA and manufacturing, and drives reliability in utility spaces while adhering to CFRs and SOPs. On-call rotations are required; candidates should bring strong problem-solving, communication, and team coordination skills in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or higher in a relevant field with maintenance experience.
• Experience in FDA/GMP environments preferred.
• Strong planning and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Advise, plan, and delegate tasks to personnel in daily operations, corrective actions, and preventive maintenance for multiple drug substance facilities.
• Perform planned maintenance and emergency repairs of production-related facilities components.
• Prioritize daily activities with QA and management to avoid production impact.
• Maintain an environment with flexible maintenance practices and efficient operations.
• Develop and maintain inventory control for spare parts.
• Create and revise SOPs and job plans for maintenance operations.
• Interact with support departments and vendors to meet facility equipment needs.
• Act as owner/SME for water-based utilities and support internal/regulatory audits.
• Evaluate maintenance procedures and ensure change control and QA notification.
• Work in accordance with CFRs, cGMPs, SOPs and Amgen policies.
• Participate in On-Call rotations and may work outside hours.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

GMP compliance

Problem solving

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Team coordination

Education

Master’s degree in Engineering or related field

Bachelor’s degree with 6 months maintenance experience

Associate’s degree with 2 years maintenance experience

High school diploma or GED with 4 years maintenance experience

Tools

Power and hand tools

Facility automation basics

Job description

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. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline and portfolio of medicines to treat heart disease, obesity and obesity-related conditions, rare diseases, inflammatory conditions and cancer. 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 Associate Facilities

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. Amgen Thousand Oaks is looking for a Sr. Associate Facilities to provide maintenance leadership and technical expertise in support of Drug Substance facilities and their equipment/systems, utility systems, and/or production suites, ensures systems operate within crafted parameters. Area of responsibility may consist of multiple facilities, fields or clients. All work to be completed to assure minimal impact on production while following all cGMP guidelines and Amgen procedures.

Responsibilities include:

• Advising/planning/delegating of tasks to personnel in daily operations, corrective action, and preventative maintenance activities in a reliable and compliant manner to support multiple drug substance facilities.
• This includes the planned Maintenance and emergency repair of all production related facilities components including doors, working surfaces, permanently mounted equipment, facility lighting, equipment power supplies, and storage spaces.
• Works with a group of maintenance technicians, system owners, QA, and manufacturing management to prioritize daily activities. Responsible for ensuring repairs that are made within clean room spaces follow GMP regulations to ensure no impact to production quality and schedule.
• Maintains an environment that promotes maintenance flexibility, consistent maintenance practices, and efficient operations.
• Assist with development and maintenance of a working inventory control system for all spare parts requirements for the above-mentioned equipment.
• Be responsible for the development and revision of related Standard Operating Procedures, Job plans for area of responsibility to assure all maintenance operations have SOPs developed for them.
• Interact with various support departments and/or outside vendors and provide full maintenance support to meet the needs of the manufacturing groups for all related facility equipment for plant needs.
• Serve as an additional owner and SME for all water based critical utilities and support internal audits, regulatory audits and plant tours of utility spaces.
• Evaluate current maintenance procedures and make appropriate changes to optimize the maintenance program. Assure all corporate change control procedures are followed and Regulatory and QA are notified prior to the changes.
• Work to be completed in accordance with CFRs, cGMPs, SOPs and Amgen policies
• Will participate in On-Call rotations for after-hours facility and Manufacturing support and may work outside of established shift hours upon short notice

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is an individual with the following qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• Master’s degree OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 6 months of maintenance experience OR
• Associate’s degree and 2 years of maintenance experience OR
• High school diploma / GED and 4 years of maintenance experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2 year technical/AA/AS degree in building maintenance, Mechanical maintenance, Plant engineering or related technical field
• 6+ years combined education and experience with 4+ years in an FDA (GMP) or comparable regulated environment
• Experience with RCA facilitation and participation
• Experience with RCM, TPM, or other reliability centered concepts
• Experience working in dynamic environments and facilities which follow FDA/GMP regulations.
• Knowledge of pneumatic, mechanical, and hydraulic fundamentals as well as skills in the use of power and hand tools in the building trades such as carpentry, plumbing, and electrical
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Possess a high mathematical understanding, excellent reading skills along with intermediate to sophisticated computer and typing skills

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of 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 that may include:

• 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. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.

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Application deadline

Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

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