Instrument Technician- Utilities

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. 

INSTRUMENT TECHNICIAN

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will maintain and calibrate critical instrumentation and control systems that ensure the precision, reliability, and compliance of processes used to manufacture life-changing therapies. 

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Perform routine and preventive maintenance, calibrations, and repairs on instrumentation and control systems in accordance with SOPs, calibration standards, and safety protocols. 

• Assist in the setup, disassembly, and adjustment of measurement equipment and sensors; support changeover activities to ensure operational continuity. 

• Follow cGMPs, SOPs, and safety procedures; complete required documentation, calibration records, and logbooks under supervision. 

• Participate in scheduled calibration and maintenance programs, including generating and completing work orders and calibration reports. 

• Support troubleshooting of instrumentation issues by identifying abnormal readings, bringing up issues appropriately, and collaborating with peers and senior technicians. 

• Seek guidance from senior instrumentation or automation personnel to clarify task expectations, priorities, or when encountering complex system issues. 

• Review technical manuals, calibration procedures, and internal resources to deepen understanding of instrumentation systems and compliance requirements. 

• Communicate effectively with peers, shift leads, and supervisors to align on priorities, share updates, and ensure handovers are successful.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Instrumentation Technician professional we seek is a n individual contributor with these qualifications. 

Basic Qualifications:

Associate’s degree and 2 years of Instrumentation/Calibration experience 

Or

2 years in a technical school setting with hands-on experience

Or

High school diploma / GED and 4 years of Instrumentation/Calibration experience 

Preferred Qualifications:

• A craftsperson knowledgeable of pneumatic, mechanical, and electronic instrumentation.

• Experience working with utilities equipment such as Water system, TOC, HVAC, Clean Steam, Compress air.

• Conduct preventive maintenance on breakers, relays, transformers, generators, motors, UPS systems, and related infrastructure.

• Has received training or hands on experience in such specialized subjects as analog and/or digital electronics, microprocessors and/or computers, and the operation and maintenance of particular lines of field instrumentation.

• Ability to optimally communicate ideas through verbal and written form

• Intermediate digital literacy

• Experience with CMMS such as MAXIMO, SAP, etc.

• Ability to interact constructively with peers/teams

• Ability to seek outside resources as needed

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. 

In addition to the base salary, 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: 

• A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental & vision coverage, and life & disability insurance 

• 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 an annual site shutdown

• Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team. 

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