About this role
About the Role Amgen is developing its FleX Batch facility and seeks a Senior Maintenance Technician – Utilities (Waste Water Treatment) to provide technical leadership for starting up plant utilities and daily operations. You will operate and maintain wastewater treatment systems, lead laboratory testing, process control, preventive maintenance, equipment repairs, and operator training. This role is on a rotating day shift (2-2-3 schedule, 7 AM to 7 PM) at the Holly Springs, North Carolina site. What You'll Do
- Provide technical expertise and guidance supporting the start-up of plant utilities and daily operations.
- Operate, monitor, maintain, troubleshoot, and optimize industrial wastewater treatment systems to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal discharge permit requirements.
- Serve as technical lead for wastewater treatment operations, laboratory testing, process control, preventive maintenance, equipment repairs, and operator training.
- Perform mechanical and electrical maintenance on wastewater treatment equipment including pumps, mixers, chemical feed systems, Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) systems, instrumentation, controls, and associated utilities.
- Operate and monitor industrial wastewater treatment processes including equalization, pH adjustment, chemical treatment, DAF, sludge handling, and discharge systems.
- Monitor wastewater flow, pH, Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Total Nitrogen (TN), Ammonia Nitrogen (NH3-N), Total Phosphorus (TP), and Chloride. What We're Looking For
- Technical expertise in wastewater treatment operations, laboratory testing, process control, and preventive maintenance.
- Experience leading wastewater treatment operations, laboratory testing, process control, and operator training.
- Ability to work independently to maintain treatment system performance and monitor permit compliance.
- Strong mechanical and electrical maintenance skills for wastewater equipment (pumps, mixers, chemical feed systems, DAF, instrumentation, controls).
- Familiarity with local, state, and federal discharge permit requirements.
- Ability to work in a rotating day shift schedule (2-2-3, 7 AM–7 PM) and collaborate with cross-functional teams.