Senior Associate Production Scheduler

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.

Senior Associate Scheduler

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What you will do

Let’s do this! Let’s change the world! In this vital role, you will join the Work Order Administration Team responsible for coordinating and managing the maintenance schedule in Amgen North Carolina. This is a highly critical role with the core responsibility of supporting the Facilities & Engineering team by delivering a detailed schedule that is coordinated between manufacturing and maintenance in a cGMP biotechnology facility. This role is also responsible for optimizing the schedule based on labor, equipment, and facility constraints. This role will also offer the opportunity to propose, participate, and lead team improvement initiatives to drive improved productivity and scheduling accuracy.

• Building and maintaining the Amgen North Carolina’s production maintenance schedule.
• Lead scheduling meetings utilizing KPI’s to drive compliance, and incorporate Production Schedulers, maintenance technical leaders and system owners to review and agree upon the maintenance schedule.
• Leading daily morning meetings with work center team to maintain and communicate the Finite schedule.
• Responsible for the prioritization of maintenance work orders focusing on Safety, Quality and Production within a cGMP environment.
• Maintain a comprehensive backlog of all maintenance activity by work type Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) Maximo/SAP S4 Hana. Recognize the priority of the work order backlog and re-schedule when appropriate seeking direction from system owners and management.
• Help to construct and maintain KPI’s while focusing on training maintenance personnel in proper maintenance reporting procedures, and in the use of CMMS software as a maintenance management tool.
• Generates reports to keep the maintenance management team informed of work progress and future work schedules.
• Develop, generate, and communicate the weekly maintenance work schedule as well.
• Using Maximo/SAP S4 Hana CMMS system, forecasts work force needs for equipment maintenance.
• Coordinate with vendors and suppliers as required for maintenance activities.
• Ensures all Preventative Maintenance Work is completed on time.

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What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The well organized professional we seek is an exceptional communicator with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• High school diploma / GED and 6 years of scheduling and/or maintenance experience OR
• Associate’s degree and 4 years of scheduling and/or maintenance experience OR
• Bachelor’s degree

Preferred Qualifications:

• BS or above in engineering, math, or science and demonstration of strong analytical competency.
• Demonstrated ability to work well with teams, open to change and new ideas.
• Strong communication skills - ability to lead meetings, communicate schedule recommendations effectively, and communicate well within team.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking capability – able to respond to scheduling changes, gather required data, evaluate options, and communicate analysis recommendations to facilitate decision making.
• Attention to detail, strong organizational skills, error-proof reading habits, continuous improvement minded, and great customer relations. .
• Knowledge of facility and manufacturing process in relation to GMP production.
• Knowledge of scheduling tools and systems (MS Project, Excel, Vertex/Symphony Scheduling Software).
• Knowledge of computerized maintenance management system preferably Maximo and SAP .
• Ability to create business processes and standardize work.
• Understanding of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM).
• Understanding of World Class Maintenance (WCM) and how WCM plays into effective scheduling.

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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.

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, and flexible spending accounts.
• 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 bi-annual company-wide shutdowns
• Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible

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