Specialist Manufacturing – Contamination Control Process Owner

1001 Amgen Inc.; Holly Springs (NC); On-site; USD 108,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Amgen Inc. in North Carolina seeks a Specialist Manufacturing – Contamination Control Process Owner to lead contamination control programs, implement CCS requirements, and coordinate readiness for regulatory inspections.

The role focuses on gowning, cleaning, material flow, and process optimization with a strong emphasis on training and continuous improvement within a GMP environment.

Qualifications

• Doctorate with 2 years biotechnology operations experience.
• Master's with 4 years biotechnology operations experience.
• Bachelor's with 6 years biotechnology operations experience.
• Associate's with 10 years biotechnology operations experience.
• High school diploma with 12 years biotechnology operations experience.

Responsibilities

• Own contamination control processes and SOPs for gowning, cleaning, and material flow.
• Implement CCS requirements and assess procedure gaps with Site Lead input.
• Support audits, inspections, and readiness activities for regulatory compliance.
• Lead RCAs, CAPAs, and change controls within scope of responsibilities.
• Coordinate training needs and document rationale for process-impacting changes.
• Track trends, effectiveness checks, and communicate risks to Site Lead.

Skills

Technical writing

Communication

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Education

Doctorate degree in biotechnology operations

Master's degree in Engineering/Biology/Chemistry/Biochemistry or related

Bachelor's degree in biotechnology operations or related field

Associate's degree with 10 years of experience

High school diploma / GED with 12 years of biotechnology operations experience

Job description

Career Category Manufacturing 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.

Specialist Manufacturing – Contamination Control Process Owner Live

What You Will Do

In this vital role, you will serve as a Contamination Control Process Owner (PO) within the Manufacturing Support organization at Amgen North Carolina (ANC). The Contamination Control PO owns assigned operational processes and procedures that support the contamination controls which encompasses facility control, environmental control, aseptic behavior program, in-process bioburden & endotoxin controls and equipment cleaning & sanitization. The PO implements the Contamination Control Strategy (CCS) requirements within the assigned processes, maintains audit inspection readiness, and coordinates process-level assessments and improvement actions.

The PO works with the Contamination Control Site Lead and/or Amgen Contamination Control Network when issues or proposed updates have broader CCS implications.

The contamination control PO serves as the contamination control and aseptic/cleanroom behavior Subject-Matter-Expert (SME), coordinates with the contamination control site lead and contamination control network to implement and support continuous improvement as follows:

Contamination Control Strategy: Implement CCS requirements in assigned processes. Identify procedure or execution gaps and provide process information and proposed updates to the Site Lead and/or contamination control network.

Quality Risk Assessments: Supply process details, identify hazards and existing controls, and implement assigned actions. Lead or contribute to local process assessments for changes within the PO’s scope, with Site Lead input when risks have broader CCS implications.

Process and Procedure Ownership: Own the operational processes and assigned SOPs for gowning, cleaning, and material flow, including procedure content, process sequence, supplies and equipment need, training impacts, implementation, and routine improvement.

Microbial Awareness Training: Identify affected roles and process-specific training needs; provide realistic examples from gowning, cleaning, and material flow; support delivery and reinforcement in assigned areas; and share questions or recurring behavior gaps. Own procedure-linked training impacts for assigned processes.

Inspection Readiness: Maintain current, usable procedures; aligned training; implementation evidence; records; and clear explanations of how assigned processes are performed and controlled. Prepare process evidence and participate in mock interviews.

Regulatory Inspections and Audit Responses: Answer questions about assigned processes using approved procedures and records, provide requested evidence, and support assigned response actions. Escalate questions outside the PO’s scope or that indicate broader risk. Participate in inspection readiness activities and support audits as required.

Deviation Investigations, CAPAs, and Change Controls: Support root cause analyses (RCAs) with process expertise and own or coordinate process-level corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs) and change controls assigned to the PO’s scope.

Trends and Effectiveness Checks: Track assigned process issues and actions, check that local changes are implemented, and report repeat issues or weak controls to the Site Lead.

Win What We Expect of You

Basic Qualifications

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of biotechnology operations experience
• Master's degree in Engineering, Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, or related field and 4 years of biotechnology operations experience
• Bachelor's degree and 6 years of biotechnology operations experience
• Associate's degree and 10 years of biotechnology operations experience
• High school diploma / GED and 12 years of biotechnology operations experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical expertise in Upstream Manufacturing, Downstream Manufacturing, or Manufacturing Services (Raw Material Dispensing and Solution Preparation).
• Strong technical knowledge of aseptic operations (hood operations) and cleanroom behaviors in manufacturing areas.
• Experience supporting GMP manufacturing operations in a biotechnology or pharmaceutical environment.
• Experience authoring and maintaining GMP documentation including SOPs and manufacturing procedures.
• Experience supporting manufacturing change controls and implementation activities.
• Experience participating in risk assessments, root cause analyses, investigations, and CAPA implementation activities.
• Experience supporting CAPA applicability assessments and effectiveness checks.
• Strong technical writing, communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills.

Thrive 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 through comprehensive benefits, career development opportunities, and a collaborative culture.

Salary Range 107,545.40USD -145,502.60 USD

Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology. Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its biologics manufacturing expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential. For more information, visit www.amgen.com and follow us on www.twitter.com/amgen