Senior Manager Manufacturing Systems - Automation Capital Projects

Role Summary

Senior Manager Manufacturing Systems - Automation Capital Projects leads a team of automation engineers supporting Clinical & Commercial Plant Automation programs and capital projects. The role requires deep expertise in design, programming, implementation, and lifecycle management of manufacturing process controls, automation, and field instrumentation across DeltaV DCS, Rockwell PLC, HMI, and SCADA platforms. You will collaborate with cross-functional groups to deliver complex automation initiatives and ensure regulatory and safety compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Automation engineers responsible for supporting and delivering on complex capital construction projects, including Global Lifecycle Asset Management (GLAM) projects. Lead the direct reports, including External Workers (EWs), onboarding the EWs, and ensuring the direct reports’ adherence to Amgen training requirements.
• Represent Manufacturing & Clinical Plant Automation team during the development of project plan, business case, and cost estimates in partnership with key customers and stakeholders – ATO MCS Plant Operations, Engineering, Operations Information Systems (OIS), Global Construction Project Management (GCPM), and provide the necessary support to obtain funding approval.
• Based on project scope, work with Operations Technology (OT) teams to estimate labor hours and required resources for project funding.
• Work with diverse groups (Manufacturing, Quality, PD, Automation, IS, EHSS, Global Engineering) and drive new business processes to ensure continuous and sustained improvements.
• Represent Plant Automation team and participate in preparing and implementing detailed design, scope, and schedule in partnership with Engineering and GCPM.
• Ensure site readiness and compliance for internal audits, external agency audits, and partner audits relating to project delivery.
• Represent Plant Automation team during the project implementation of new automation solutions, including DeltaV Distributed Control System (DCS), Rockwell Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Human Machine Interfaces (HMI), and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems (SCADA) related hardware, software, network infrastructure, and electronic Rt-reporting scope across various projects.
• Represent Plant Automation team during the post-implementation activities, including operationalizing the new assets by extending hyper-care support, training the System Owners and Manufacturing team, revising the SOPs, and training documents, delivering spare parts list, updating Maximo assets and Amgen CMDB systems.
• Ensure compliance to Amgen Engineering and Operational standards, specifications, and procedures as applicable during the project design and implementation.
• Represent Plant Automation team and support functional area projects focused on improving process equipment/utilities/facilities to large/sophisticated capital projects to integrate new drug substance and drug product manufacturing technologies into clinical/commercial facilities.
• As applicable to the capital project scope, represent the Plant Automation team and support new product introductions (NPI) or new technology introductions by performing automation engineering assessments, implementing automation system configuration changes, and supporting engineering and process qualification runs.
• Support a safe working environment in compliance with applicable environmental health/safety practices, rules, and regulations.

Qualifications

• Required: High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Engineering experience OR Associate’s degree and 10 years of Engineering experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of Engineering experience OR Master’s degree and 6 years of Engineering experience OR Doctorate degree and 2 years of Engineering experience. In addition, you must have a minimum of 2 years experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation or resources.
• Preferred: Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, Chemical Engineering, Biotech Engineering, or related life science engineering.
• Preferred: Knowledge and experience in capital project lifecycle management, including conceptual design, scope, resource estimate & cost estimate development, business case development, detailed design, engineering, commissioning, validation, and project execution, as it relates to Plant Automation and process control systems with GMP biopharmaceutical production facility equipment/systems in support of Drug Substance, Drug Product and Supply chain plant operations.
• Preferred: 5 or more years of combined experience with the following automation systems: Emerson Delta-V DCS system; Rockwell Automation SCADA and PLC Platform; Electronic Batch Reporting Systems Design and implementation experience; Process Control Network design, including network segregation; Process Control Systems: Virtual Infrastructure design and implementation; System Integration using OPC, Foundation Fieldbus, Profibus, and DeviceNet technologies; Compliance with regulatory requirements such as 21 CFR Part 11, ASTM 2500, S88, S95, and GAMP.

Education

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, Chemical Engineering, Biotech Engineering, or related life science engineering.

Additional Requirements

• Available for up to 10% domestic/international travel.