- Pay
- $115k
- Where
- US - Ohio - New Albany
- Level
- Senior
Career Category
Engineering
Job Description
Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients
At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.
Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.
Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.
Sr. Packaging Engineer
What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. This position reports into the Packaging Engineering group under Combination Product Operations (CPO) in Amgen Ohio (AOH). The position will support global supply, new product introductions, partnerships/acquisitions and combination products. This position applies physics, engineering and chemistry principles coupled with advanced and diverse materials science understanding and principles to assist in the evaluation, design, qualification and implementation of packaging components and the associated systems such as documentation, equipment and processes. A knowledge of common materials used in pharmaceutical packaging is key to this role. This role will support Amgen’s manufacturing network by applying broad knowledge of pharmaceutical packaging operations, equipment, devices, and materials to develop the industry’s best combination product assembly and packaging processes. Understanding of packaging manufacturing equipment and processes and how materials interact with these are essential to the position. The job will require both planning and technical support of complex projects supporting a new site start-up. This role will be responsible for planning and coordinating projects to ensure on-time completion, establish priorities, report project status updates, and manage project dashboards for the Secondary Packaging Engineering team. This role will have some entry level management potential and the successful candidate will also apply excellent organizational, project management, technical problem solving and communication (written and verbal) skills, with the ability to work in teams and adapt to a rapidly changing environment. Project Management experience supporting implementation of commercial packaging configurations is preferred. Candidate must possess extensive knowledge and expertise in the use of project management methodologies and tools.
Responsibilities:
This position is responsible and accountable for the following:
Provide technical support for secondary packaging materials and processes, and share expertise with cross-functional teams.
Evaluate, recommend, and select secondary packaging materials for pharmaceutical products.
Assess complex material and process problems, identify root causes, and recommend and implement solutions.
Write test protocols and technical specifications; perform technical evaluations and prepare assessment reports to support the use of selected materials.
Plan and support packaging trials and characterization, including defining objectives, test materials and quantities, acceptance criteria, and documentation needs.
Support technology transfer of packaging components and processes from clinical to commercial use or from site to site.
Manage assigned projects and help coordinate the work of entry-level engineers and contingent workers. Set clear expectations, track responsibilities and due dates, and provide technical guidance.
Set priorities and…