Principal Engineer - Global Reliability Network Lead (Remote)
Amgen
4 months ago
Remote friendly (United States)
United States
IT
Principal Engineer - Global Reliability Network Lead
What You Will Do
Lead Amgen’s Global Reliability Network within Engineering Operations Services (EOS), using reliability data, maintenance history, failure trends, and equipment performance insights to improve asset reliability, equipment availability, maintenance effectiveness, and operational capacity. Serve as business lead for the CMMS Asset Performance Monitoring module and reliability-focused equipment insight tools across the manufacturing network. Occasional on-site presence may be requested.
Specific responsibilities (include but are not limited to)
- Lead a network of site reliability engineers, maintenance leaders, system owners, and technical SMEs.
- Develop and execute Reliability Network strategy, goals, milestones, and maturity plans.
- Share reliability KPIs, bad actor trends, equipment improvements, lessons learned, and reusable solutions; represent priorities in senior engineering governance forums.
- Use CMMS data, Asset Performance Monitoring, Plant Pulse, PdM findings, and site input to identify recurring failures, high-risk assets, downtime drivers, and bad actors.
- Convert insights into corrective actions, equipment improvements, PM/PdM optimization, spare parts strategies, and capital recommendations; track and scale improvements.
- Define and maintain risk-based asset criticality; standardize maintenance strategies and support RCM, FMEA/FMECA, PM optimization, predictive maintenance, and condition-based maintenance.
- Lead Asset Performance Monitoring and PlantPulse adoption: define requirements, partner for deployment/training/data quality, and act as PlantPulse business owner.
- Connect reliability to business value by partnering with OPEX teams and integrating reliability into capital projects.
What We Expect Of You
Basic qualifications:
- Doctorate degree + 2 years engineering industry experience
OR Master’s + 4 years
OR Bachelor’s + 6 years
OR Associate’s + 10 years
OR High school/GED + 12 years
Preferred qualifications:
- Bachelor’s in Engineering; experience in maintenance/reliability/asset management/manufacturing ops and/or engineering digital transformation.
- Cross-functional leadership in site/multi-site/global environments.
- Strong CMMS/EAM and asset monitoring knowledge (SAP, Maximo, or equivalent).
- Knowledge of asset criticality, RCM, FMEA/FMECA, RCA, PM optimization, PdM, condition-based maintenance, and reliability KPIs.
- Stakeholder management, communication, network and change leadership.
- Analytics/dashboarding tools (Power BI, Spotfire, SAP Analytics Cloud, or equivalent).
- Experience in GMP/biopharmaceutical manufacturing or other regulated operations.
- Familiarity with ISO 55000, ISO 14224, SMRP, Uptime Elements (or similar).
- Relevant certifications (e.g., CMRP, CRL, PMP, Lean Six Sigma, asset management).
- Experience with predictive maintenance, condition monitoring, smart sensors/AI-enabled analytics, advanced asset health.
- Experience developing business cases for reliability/maintenance/lifecycle/capacity improvement.
- Fluent English; availability to commute to nearest Amgen operation site.
Benefits (high level, if eligible)
- Retirement and Savings Plan, medical/dental/vision, life/disability insurance; discretionary annual bonus (or sales incentive for field sales); stock-based long-term incentives; time-off; flexible work models where possible.
Application instructions
- Apply now at careers.amgen.com.
What You Will Do
Lead Amgen’s Global Reliability Network within Engineering Operations Services (EOS), using reliability data, maintenance history, failure trends, and equipment performance insights to improve asset reliability, equipment availability, maintenance effectiveness, and operational capacity. Serve as business lead for the CMMS Asset Performance Monitoring module and reliability-focused equipment insight tools across the manufacturing network. Occasional on-site presence may be requested.
Specific responsibilities (include but are not limited to)
- Lead a network of site reliability engineers, maintenance leaders, system owners, and technical SMEs.
- Develop and execute Reliability Network strategy, goals, milestones, and maturity plans.
- Share reliability KPIs, bad actor trends, equipment improvements, lessons learned, and reusable solutions; represent priorities in senior engineering governance forums.
- Use CMMS data, Asset Performance Monitoring, Plant Pulse, PdM findings, and site input to identify recurring failures, high-risk assets, downtime drivers, and bad actors.
- Convert insights into corrective actions, equipment improvements, PM/PdM optimization, spare parts strategies, and capital recommendations; track and scale improvements.
- Define and maintain risk-based asset criticality; standardize maintenance strategies and support RCM, FMEA/FMECA, PM optimization, predictive maintenance, and condition-based maintenance.
- Lead Asset Performance Monitoring and PlantPulse adoption: define requirements, partner for deployment/training/data quality, and act as PlantPulse business owner.
- Connect reliability to business value by partnering with OPEX teams and integrating reliability into capital projects.
What We Expect Of You
Basic qualifications:
- Doctorate degree + 2 years engineering industry experience
OR Master’s + 4 years
OR Bachelor’s + 6 years
OR Associate’s + 10 years
OR High school/GED + 12 years
Preferred qualifications:
- Bachelor’s in Engineering; experience in maintenance/reliability/asset management/manufacturing ops and/or engineering digital transformation.
- Cross-functional leadership in site/multi-site/global environments.
- Strong CMMS/EAM and asset monitoring knowledge (SAP, Maximo, or equivalent).
- Knowledge of asset criticality, RCM, FMEA/FMECA, RCA, PM optimization, PdM, condition-based maintenance, and reliability KPIs.
- Stakeholder management, communication, network and change leadership.
- Analytics/dashboarding tools (Power BI, Spotfire, SAP Analytics Cloud, or equivalent).
- Experience in GMP/biopharmaceutical manufacturing or other regulated operations.
- Familiarity with ISO 55000, ISO 14224, SMRP, Uptime Elements (or similar).
- Relevant certifications (e.g., CMRP, CRL, PMP, Lean Six Sigma, asset management).
- Experience with predictive maintenance, condition monitoring, smart sensors/AI-enabled analytics, advanced asset health.
- Experience developing business cases for reliability/maintenance/lifecycle/capacity improvement.
- Fluent English; availability to commute to nearest Amgen operation site.
Benefits (high level, if eligible)
- Retirement and Savings Plan, medical/dental/vision, life/disability insurance; discretionary annual bonus (or sales incentive for field sales); stock-based long-term incentives; time-off; flexible work models where possible.
Application instructions
- Apply now at careers.amgen.com.