AddressHOW 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.
Associate Manufacturing Upstream Cell Culture
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What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you seek a variety of challenges and responsibilities around our state-of-the-art Mammalian Cell Culture facility.
Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Maintain/operate specialized equipment including but not limited to; bioreactors, buffer/media preparation, autoclave and part washer systems.
May participate in document revision process for assigned functions.
Be involved in monitoring, sampling and testing, operation of pumps, sterile tube welders and aseptic connectors.
Complete routine protocols, perform basic troubleshooting and regularly draft and revise documents such as Manufacturing Procedures, deviation documents and SOPs.
Follow safety guidelines, cGMPs and ensure compliance with other regulatory requirements.
Recognize and accurately report problems.
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What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Associate Manufacturing professional we seek is an individual contributor with these qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree
OR
Associate’s and 6 months of manufacturing experience
OR
High school/GED and 2 years of manufacturing experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Educational background in Science, Mathematics, Statistics and/or Engineering
Manufacturing GMP regulated environment work experience
Biotechnology, drug substance understanding and experience working with Cell Culture, Media Preparation and/or Formulation/Filling processes
Knowledge in Cleaning in place. Steam in place, Cell Culture process, Equipment Preparation.
Experience with lab equipment and computers
Understand analytical methods for manufacturing area
Basic knowledge in analytical methods e.g. (protein concentration, pH, conductivity, LAL, Osmolality).
Experience working with assembling, disassembling, operating and understanding equipment per procedures.
Basic Knowledge and experience with computer operations, such as MS Office, and Computer Based Training (CBT) application among other computer systems.
Availability to work non-standard shifts that may include, nights, weekends and holidays.
Good documentation and organization skills and high degree of attention to details.
Written and oral communication skills in English and Spanish
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
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 an annual site shutdown
Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible
Apply now
for a career that defies imagination
Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.
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Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
