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Job Description

Our Engineers support internal and external manufacturing operations and continuously improve and innovate. With our extensive range of facilities and environments, our Engineers have opportunities across many diverse areas including Biological, Chemical, Automation, Capital Projects, Maintenance, Safety, Process Development, Technical Services, Utilities and Validation.

Your role at our company is integral to helping the world meet new breakthroughs that affect generations to come, and we’re counting on your skills and inventiveness to help make meaningful contributions to global medical advancement. At our company, we’re inventing for life.

Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully: Our company is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company via email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by us as a result of the referral or through other means.

Position Responsibilities:

• The Senior Specialist operates under the guidance of the Technology Director or an Associate Director supporting a Line of Business (e.g. Large Molecule, Small Molecule or Animal Health).

• The individual collaborates with other Integrated Project Team (IPT) members (e.g., Project Management, Technology, Maintenance, Automation, Plant Operations and Safety), Engineering Firms and Vendors to progress deliverables.

• The Senior Specialist would be responsible for planning, design, and implementation of capital projects including scope generation, process & facility design, equipment selection, vendor interaction, factory acceptance testing, construction support, equipment qualification, facility start-up, process technology transfer, and demonstrations as part of an end-to-end capital management program.

• The Senior Specialist shall exhibit strong leadership, interpersonal, collaboration and communication skills for both decision making and guiding team members.

• The candidate should have a strong understanding of the line of business, understand lean design and delivery, implement standard work and be able to lead technical areas and small capital projects from an end-to-end perspective.

• Flexibility with travel up to 50% and work location is also required.

Education Minimum Requirement:

• B.S. in Engineering

Required Experience and Skills:

• This position will function as a Process Engineer with prior experience supporting capital projects for Biologics, Vaccines or other GMP products.

• Minimum 5 years of experience with engineering design, equipment operation, vendor interface, risk assessment, process safety and industry guidance is essential for delivery of assets and project realization.

• Depending on Project Size, responsibilities will range from leading a small to medium project to supporting a portion of a large project.

• Experience with an equipment life cycle approach including specification, selection, testing & commissioning, troubleshooting and qualification

• Excellent collaboration and engagement as a team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills

• Analytical and Problem Solving Skills

• Project/Time Management skills which deliver on time and quality work .

• Ability to travel, both domestic and international.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Leadership of a small capital project or a portion of a large capital project, including interface with IPT members in support of capital project delivery

• Ability to assess multiple options and select a leading approach

• Core knowledge should include specification of unit operations, P&ID development, Hazard Analysis, equipment operation, commissioning & qualification.

• Management of OEM filling and lyophilization equipment packages and their integration into a drug product facility

• Familiar with chemical handling, bio-safety, industrial hygiene, containment approaches in terms of solution development

• Operating within cost and schedule constraints of project and department; understanding of capital management practices including project controls and stage gates approvals

• Peer review across multiple projects

• Maintaining knowledge of best practices & industry trends; may participate in professional/technical organizations.

• Ensures that deliverables conform to our Company standards and practices, and are technically sound

• Liaises with other technical functions to ensure successful technology transfers of new and in-line products

• Collaborates with contractors, suppliers and other team members in the execution of the work

• Advanced Degree Preferred but not required

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US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit:

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We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively.

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U.S. Hybrid Work Model

Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, Monday - Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence.This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as “remote”.

San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance

Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully

Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.

Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

VISA Sponsorship:

Travel Requirements:

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

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Job Posting End Date:

02/28/2025

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Requisition ID: R336312