Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions.
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.
Sr Engineer, Facilities & Utilities, ARI Engineering Projects
In this vital role, the Sr Engineer II will provide technical leadership and project execution support for site infrastructure, utilities, civil engineering, and fire/life safety initiatives within a regulated biotechnology manufacturing environment. This role is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing complex facilities and infrastructure projects while ensuring compliance with local building codes, fire protection standards, environmental requirements, and corporate engineering standards.
The engineer will serve as a key liaison between site engineering, operations, EHSS, municipal agencies, and insurance carriers. The successful candidate will support capital projects and infrastructure modifications with a strong emphasis on safety, compliance, operational reliability, and cross-functional collaboration.
Lead and support capital and infrastructure projects related to:
- Coordinate cross-functional project activities from concept through commissioning, qualification, startup, and turnover.
- Architectural, MEP, civil and structural Civil engineering design
- Support permitting strategy, inspections, and regulatory approvals for site projects and infrastructure modifications.
- Partner with Facilities & Engineering, Manufacturing, EHSS, Automation, and Capital Project teams to minimize operational impact during project execution.
- Support outage planning, construction sequencing, operational readiness, and startup activities.
- Participate in engineering risk assessments, constructability reviews, and project governance activities.
- Drive technical problem solving, issue resolution, and continuous improvement initiatives across site infrastructure systems.
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers and project teams.
- Manage engineering design processes, support project during funding cycles, support project bid and buy-out processes, manage engineering resources during construction execution and administration, provide engineering support and resources to the project management team, manage equipment start-up and commissioning.
- Provide general site engineering support for existing systems and infrastructure, provide code and technical guidance for repair/maintenance work, provide engineering and troubleshooting support.
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dedicated professional we seek is a self-starter with these qualifications.
- High school diploma / GED and 10 years of Engineering experience OR
- Associate’s degree and 8 years of Engineering experience OR
- Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of Engineering experience OR
- Degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering or related engineering discipline
- Experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, GMP, or highly regulated manufacturing environments
- Ability to influence cross-functional teams and external agencies
- Demonstrated experience balancing compliance, operational needs, and project schedules
- Experience supporting operational readiness and outage execution activities
- Experience with walk-in freezers/cold rooms, HVAC systems, fume hoods, bio-safety cabinets, laminar flow benches, chillers & cooling tower systems, fire protection, fire alarm, close loop pumping systems, electrical systems/motor controls, building automation systems, building occupancy types including H-Room occupancies, chemical storage & handling, laboratory equipment/laboratory gasses, vacuum systems, boilers and steam/condensate handling, compressed air/gasses, cryo-gasses, cryo-freezers, fuel handling systems, chemical and fuel tank farms, data centers, architectural/roofing systems, elevators and elevator renovations, material handling equipment, warehouses systems and racking, loading dock equipment, parking structures, underground piping/utilities
- 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
- Flexible work models where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.