Principal Engineer - (Electrical)

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for site electrical infrastructure, including medium-voltage distribution, substations, switchgear, transformers, generators, ATS/paralleling systems, UPS systems, and low-voltage distribution.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for electrical reliability, power quality, emergency power, system protection, and electrical safety.
• Lead complex troubleshooting and root-cause investigations involving electrical failures, voltage disturbances, protection-system operation, generator and transfer system events, and facility outages.
• Develop and maintain electrical system standards, operating procedures, failure-mode analyses, preventive maintenance strategies, and critical-spares recommendations.
• Support the planning, design, execution, commissioning, and turnover of capital projects, facility improvements, equipment installations, and expansion activities.
• Review electrical designs, specifications, studies, and contractor work to ensure compliance with applicable codes, Amgen standards, GMP expectations, and site reliability requirements.
• Lead or support arc-flash, coordination, short-circuit, load-flow, harmonics, and power-quality studies, translating results into practical site improvements.
• Partner with Operations and Maintenance teams to improve equipment reliability, reduce operational risk, and minimize manufacturing downtime.
• Provide technical oversight of electrical contractors, engineering firms, equipment vendors, and service providers.
• Support electrical safety programs, including NFPA 70E compliance, energized-work practices, lockout/tagout considerations, and incident prevention.
• Participate in site shutdown planning, outage coordination, emergency-response planning, and return-to-service activities.
• Mentor engineers and technical staff while strengthening electrical engineering capability across the site.
• Communicate technical risks, reliability priorities, project status, and investment needs clearly to site leadership.

Basic Qualifications

Doctorate degree and 2 years of engineering experience; or Master’s degree and 4 years of engineering experience; or Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of engineering experience; or Associate’s degree and 10 years of engineering experience; or High school diploma/GED and 12 years of engineering experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering required; Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering preferred.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred.
• 10+ years of progressively responsible electrical engineering experience supporting complex industrial, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, utility, or other mission-critical facilities.
• Demonstrated technical leadership in medium-voltage and low-voltage power distribution, including substations, switchgear, transformers, generators, automatic transfer switches, paralleling gear, UPS systems, and protective relaying.
• Experience leading electrical reliability initiatives, electrical-system troubleshooting, root-cause investigations, and corrective actions following equipment failures, power-quality events, or utility interruptions.
• Experience developing electrical system studies and strategies, including short-circuit, coordination, arc-flash, load-flow, harmonics, and power-quality assessments.
• Proven experience leading electrical capital projects from early scope development and design through installation, commissioning, and operational turnover.
• Experience working in a regulated GMP, life-sciences, food, semiconductor, or similarly controlled manufacturing environment strongly preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of NFPA 70, NFPA 70E, NEC, OSHA requirements, IEEE standards, and electrical safety practices.
• Ability to translate complex electrical risks and technical recommendations into clear decisions for operations and site leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams, mentor technical staff, and manage external engineering firms, contractors, and equipment vendors.