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Be part of Amgen's newest and most advanced drug substance manufacturing plant. When completed, the Amgen FleXBatch facility will combine the latest in disposable technologies with traditional stainless-steel equipment to allow for maximum flexibility in operations. The FleXBatch 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. In this role you will be a part of the Process Development Drug Substance Technology group at Amgen’s FleXBatch Biologics Manufacturing Facility. This role will be immersed in all aspects of operations in a commercial bulk drug substance facility, which includes collaborating with other drug substance teams across our network.
Job Responsibility:
Apply a fundamental understanding of Downstream bioprocessing to support biologics technology transfer, process validation, and plant start-up
Support continuous process verification, process monitoring, optimization, complex investigation, and product life cycle management
Ensure safety and compliance of process development activities
Provide process on floor process support as required
Provide support for regulatory filing, inspection, and other CMC activities
Apply fundamental scientific principles to Biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes (downstream purification)in the development of process improvements, facility adaptations, and new process operations
Provide technical and on-the-floor support to assist in the troubleshooting of clinical and commercial drug substance manufacturing
Support the GMP manufacturing process evaluations and investigations
Develop novel mammalian next generation technologies to increase yield, process robustness, and enable new unit operations
Requirements:
High school diploma / GED and 8 years of process science or technology transfer experience
Associate’s degree and 6 years of process science or technology transfer experience
Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of process science or technology transfer experience
Master’s degree
Nice to have:
2 years of experience in a Biotech/Pharma Process Development and/or Manufacturing Support role for drug substance manufacturing
Chromatography, ultrafiltration and normal flow filtration operations experience
Chemical engineering principles for the scale up of unit operations from bench scale to commercial scale
Able to apply engineering principles and statistical analysis, including design of experiments, in-order to solve processing issues and evaluate opportunities for process improvements
Excellent written and verbal communication
Experience developing and managing team training workflows and strategy
Demonstrated ability to work under moderate direction
Able to analyze and interpret data
Be a self-starter with the ability to take on several projects at one time