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.
Sustainability Engineer
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What you will do
Let’s do this! Let’s change the world! Amgen is searching for an Engineer responsible for planning, design, construction, and operational support to world-wide Amgen clients with emphasis on environmental sustainability related projects and initiatives. This Engineer will preferably work out of our main corporate campus in Thousand Oaks, CA; however, other Amgen locations (West Greenwich, Rhode Island; San Francisco, CA; and Cambridge, MA) may be considered.
The Engineer will be part of the Engineering Technical Authority (ETA) department with a focus on technical assessment, planning, oversight, and design for projects and initiatives that reduce carbon footprint, water consumption, and waste generation. This role collaborates with Corporate and Site Engineers and is a member of Sustainability Engineering team.
Key responsibilities include:
- Support the Corporate Environmental Sustainability program by developing and providing updates to strategic energy/carbon, water, and waste reduction targets across global sites
Engineering Project and Proposal Development:
Identify energy and water consumption improvement initiatives and innovative alternative technologies to optimize utility usage
Develop the assessment, cost analysis, technical feasibility, and lifecycle impact of potential energy, water, and waste reduction related projects. This would include generating HVAC, heat-load, energy related, and mass/energy balance calculations
Develop presentations and reports to facilitate the business case development of project proposals
Work with system subject matter experts (SMEs) and clients to develop and specify opportunities for integration of projects within capital planning and equipment lifecycle-based replacement projects
Analyze the system and facilities energy and water usage as well as utility costs to find opportunities for performing energy and water audits on sites
Identify system retro-commissioning opportunities to support advancement of monitoring based commissioning process / digitalization of equipment performance monitoring
Work with project design teams and external consultants to design, develop, and support engineering project development, plans, standards, and equipment selection
Ensure commissioning and qualification standards are developed and used. Provide support & lead aspects of C&Q
Investigate technology and issues as a technical SME for initiative and project design teams. Designs include new and renovated systems as well as new technology deployment. Ensure designs optimize the total equipment life cycle
Develop and approve procedures for the safe, efficient, and effective operation of systems
Ensure the delivery of system maintenance plans including Computerized Maintenance Management System database build-out, spare parts identification and stocking strategies, and maintenance plans.
Sustainability Program Reporting and Communications:
Connect with state and local utility companies to identify and understand available incentives for implementing energy and water reduction projects or pilot project opportunities;
Collaborate with site engineering teams as well as site and corporate EHSS teams to develop annual corporate sustainability reports (which include reporting and verification of global energy, water, and waste reduction projects);
Perform and support the measurement and verification of site sustainability projects to verify the actual energy, water, and waste reduction goals are achieved.
Provide engineering support and complex issue resolution during build and installation processes.
Assist sites in operational troubleshooting.
Travel up to 30%.
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What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dynamic professional we seek is an individual with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:
Master’s degree or OR
Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of engineering/ scientific experience OR
Associates Degree and 6 years of engineering / scientific experience OR
High School Diploma / GED and 8 years of engineering / scientific experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Master’s degree in Engineering, Physical, or Life Sciences
Bachelor’s degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering
Demonstrated behaviors consistent with Amgen’s Values
Passion and interest in environmental sustainability
Experience in sustainability assessments (including carbon footprint elimination, water consumption reduction, and waste minimization)
Experience and / or knowledge of industrial, laboratory, and relevant manufacturing environments and systems including but not limited to: boilers, chilled water plants, refrigeration, compressed air, process heating / cooling, motors, pumps, HVAC, and lighting
Knowledge of engineering principles to determine attainable usage reductions / savings (energy and utility costs) for various energy and water conservation measures
Ability to develop and support detailed engineering analysis spreadsheets to support project justification, design, development, and capital planning
Experience or exposure to measurement and verification (M&V) and international measurement and verification protocols such as IPMVP
Experience working on LEED projects or LEED certification
Successful completion of EIT with intention to pursue a PE license
Experience in implementing engineering projects
Ability to lead and deliver results in an interactive matrixed environment
Strong written and oral communication skills, relationship building, and leadership skills
Experience with general office software applications (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
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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.
The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.
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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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.
