Job Description

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.

Associate Manufacturing - Cell Culture
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What you will do

Let’s do this! Let’s change the world! The position is within the Cell Culture Manufacturing group and will perform operations for cell culture production.

Responsibilities include:

Hands-on operation, set-up, cleaning, and sanitization of bioreactors and various cell culture support vessels

Prepare buffers/media per defined manufacturing procedures (MPs) and standard operating procedures (SOPs)

Follow GMP documents (SOPs, MPs) with strict adherence to safety and compliance

Perform and monitor critical processes

Perform in process sampling of cell culture equipment and operate analytical equipment

Perform washroom activities; clean equipment, small to large scale, used in production activities

Maintain an organized and clean workspace

Work in a clean room environment wearing steel toe shoes, full clean room gowning, hairnet and latex gloves when performing all work

Initiate quality nonconformance reports

Draft and revise documents (SOPs, MPs)

Identify, recommend, and implement improvements related to routine functions

Assist in the review of documentation for assigned functions (equipment logs, batch records)

Available to work various shifts (day, swing, graves, weekends, holidays, 5x8hrs, 4x10hrs) as dictated by the production schedule

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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 employee with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree OR

Associate’s degree & 6 months of Manufacturing & Operations experience OR

High school diploma / GED & 2 years of Manufacturing & Operations experience

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in Biology and/or Life Sciences

Able to work in teams to complete operational tasks

Ability to take direction well, follow documents and policies at all times

Ability to take initiative

Create a positive work environment through interactions with team members

Mechanically inclined

Able to lift up to 50lbs and work on your feet for long durations

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.

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