Senior Manufacturing Systems Engineer – PLC Systems

Job title: Senior Manufacturing Systems Engineer – PLC Systems

About the Role

As a Senior Manufacturing Systems Engineer – PLC Systems in Amgen's Facilities & Engineering group, you will lead technical projects and drive automation enhancements for PLC-based processes and skid equipment in drug substance manufacturing. You will partner with the capital project team to design, build, commission, and qualify new equipment and systems, and provide mentorship to the automation team to support 24/7 operations.

What You'll Do

• Site design, construction, start-up, and operational readiness: Provide support to the capital project team with a strong focus on safety and on-time facility start-up. Collaborate with the site process engineering team to understand key process requirements and develop process control automation solutions for PLC based systems. Work with platform leads to ensure standalone PLC based systems are designed with the proper network connectivity and system-to-system communication to enable centralized monitoring and alarming. Support commissioning and qualification efforts including Automation Installation Verification/Automation Check Out (IV/ACO). Partner with various organizational units to support tasks including operational readiness, document reviews, deviation investigation and change controls. Develop and maintain detailed specifications, SOPs and operating standards that impact multiple organizational units. Provide mentoring to develop and accelerate site technical automation capabilities.
• Site Operations: Act as system owner for standalone PLC based systems. Manage Day-to-day Operational Support including: 24 x 7 Onsite/On Call Operational Support, Troubleshooting Support to Plant and Mfg. Operations, preventive and corrective maintenance, system administration, and Automation System spare parts management. Lead and support functional area projects focused on improving equipment/utilities/facilities as well as capital projects to integrate new drug substance manufacturing technologies into the facility. Lead and support technical root cause analysis, incident investigations, and troubleshooting on process control issues related to plant operations. Lead and support new product introductions (NPI) or new technology introductions by performing automation engineering assessments, implementing automation system configuration changes and supporting engineering and process qualification runs as applicable. Prepare and review Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and cGMP documents. On-site and up to 10% domestic/international travel.

What We're Looking For

• Basic 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 Master’s Degree and 2 years of Engineering experience OR Doctorate Degree.
• Preferred Qualifications: Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, Chemical Engineering or Biotech Engineering. Extensive experience with process and utility skid equipment, and direct knowledge of integrating various OEM automation software and field instrumentation technologies such as Rockwell platforms. Direct knowledge of Automation System design, experience in Process control engineering and troubleshooting with GMP biopharmaceutical production facility equipment/systems automation. Experience in programming, design, installation and lifecycle management of PLC and field device/instrumentation technologies.

Nice to Have

• Optional/preferred qualifications include: additional exposure to Rockwell Automation platforms and demonstrated ability to integrate automation solutions across manufacturing IT/OT networks.

Compensation & Benefits

• Not disclosed in the posting.