Senior Engineer – Wastewater Treatment

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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 lie within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

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.

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In this vital role, the Senior Engineer / System Owner – Utilities will join the Facilities & Engineering (F&E) organization to provide technical ownership and lifecycle management of site utility systems supporting manufacturing operations at Amgen North Carolina (ANC).

This role will serve as the primary system owner for the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), including equalization, neutralization, Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF), sludge handling, high strength waste systems, and associated automation systems. The role will also provide engineering support for plant and clean utility systems as required to ensure safe, compliant, and reliable site operations.

• Provide lifecycle ownership of the Wastewater Treatment systems, including Equalization and Neutralization systems, DAF, Effluent handling, Sludge systems, HSPW storage, and chemical feed systems.
• Ensure wastewater discharge compliance with pH, temperature, chloride, flow, total phosphorus, and environmental permit requirements.
• Lead investigations related to wastewater deviations including pH excursions, DAF failures, pump/VFD faults, analyzer drift, and alarm events.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Optimize chemical dosing, recirculation strategies, discharge flow control, and system performance.

• Provide engineering support for plant utilities (chilled water, cooling towers, boilers, compressed air, HVAC, general utility distribution).
• Support clean utilities (pharmaceutical water systems, clean steam, clean air).
• Assist with system design, commissioning, qualification, and startup activities.
• Troubleshoot performance issues impacting manufacturing operations.
• Support regulatory inspections and ensure audit readiness.

• Serve as system owner for BAS‑integrated wastewater and utility systems.
• Maintain alarm rationalization and priority strategies.
• Advance predictive and condition‑based maintenance programs.
• Ensure compliance with cGMP, OSHA, EPA, and environmental regulations.
• Lead capital projects and continuous improvement initiatives related to wastewater and utilities.

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The collaborative engineer we seek has a wastewater background with strong cross‑functional project management and communication skills as well as the following qualifications.

• High School Diploma / GED and 10 years of…