Senior Associate Manufacturing - Electronic Batch Record Support (Multiple Positions)

Amgen; Holly Springs (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement & Savings

Medical, Dental & Vision

Life & Disability Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Annual Bonus

Stock-based Incentives

Time-off & Shutdowns

Flexible Work Options

Job summary

Amgen North Carolina (ANC) is hiring for a Senior Associate Manufacturing to support Electronic Batch Records (EBR) during start-up. You will generate and validate EBRs, assist with PAS-X implementations, and help integrate MES functionalities across manufacturing areas, ensuring regulatory readiness.

The role emphasizes collaboration with operations and quality groups, with exposure to Lean tools, SOP creation, and training activities in a fast-paced biopharmaceutical start-up environment.

Qualifications

• High School/GED with 4+ years in manufacturing/ops or equivalent.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with related experience considered

Responsibilities

• Generate Electronic Batch Records (EBR) using PAS-X; edit, troubleshoot, validate.
• Support implementation of MES integrations and functionalities.
• Troubleshoot and execute EBRs; maintain electronic batch records.
• Create and maintain EBRs; optimize for process requirements.
• Support Lean Transformation through EBR metrics and CI tools.

Skills

PAS-X

EBR generation

MES integrations

SOP creation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

High School/GED + 4 years manufacturing/ops experience

Associate’s Degree + 2 years experience

Bachelor’s Degree + 6 months experience

Master’s Degree

Tools

SAP

EBR/MES

DeltaV

Electronic Quality Systems

Job description

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.

Senior Associate Manufacturing - Electronic Batch Record Support (Multiple Positions)

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What You Will Do

Let’s do this! Let’s change the world! In this vital role, you will have the outstanding opportunity to support the start-up of the Amgen North Carolina (ANC) manufacturing facility. This is a manufacturing support role responsible for the generation of electronic documentation, for tracking of EBR metrics and for communication between the operations teams and the various functional groups working through start-up activities. During start up, Manufacturing Senior Associates will have oversight of electronic batch records operational readiness activities in multiple manufacturing areas such as: Dispensing, Buffer/Media Preparation, Upstream Cell Culture, Harvest, Downstream Purification, Analytical Testing, and Column Packing. Manufacturing Senior Associates can also support Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) creation, review, and approval; design of job aids and work instructions, advancement of digital tools to support manufacturing operations, and training of staff.

Job scope and responsibilities:

• Manufacturing support focused on Electronic Batch Record (EBR) generation using PAS-X (Korber), editing, real-time troubleshooting and managing the EBR validation for new or modified processes.
• Assist in the implementation of new MES integrations and functionalities.
• Support manufacturing in the troubleshooting and execution of EBRs
• Create and maintain Electronic Batch Records
• Support optimization of EBRs to improve functionality and align with process requirements
• Contribute to Lean Transformation through recording EBR metrics and application of continuous improvement tools.
• Participate and contribute to projects to introduce new products and/or advancement of new manufacturing technologies into the plant.

Win

What We Expect Of You

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dedicated professional we seek is a collaborative team player with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• High School/GED and 4 years of manufacturing or operations work experienceOR
• Associate’s Degree and 2 years of manufacturing or operations work experienceOR
• Bachelor’s Degree and 6 months of manufacturing or operations work experienceORMaster’s Degree

Preferred Qualifications:

• Completion of NC BioWorks Certification Program.
• Experience in biotechnology or pharmaceutical plant start up.
• Knowledge and process experience within a cGMP manufacturing facility or other highly regulated environment.
• Technical understanding of upstream and/or downstream manufacturing within a biotechnology production operation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication (technical) skills.
• Proficient Microsoft Office skills, and knowledge of other electronic systems such as SAP, EBR/MES, Delta V, and Electronic Quality Systems.
• Experience with PAS X (Korber) or comparable software for electronic batch records with some understanding of editing and validation.

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.

In addition to the base salary, 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