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Merck Specialist, Engineering in West Point, Pennsylvania

Job Description

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity with a rapidly growing pharmaceutical manufacturer? If so, then this is the opportunity for you!

Position Responsibilities

  • We are seeking a Growth and Improvement minded Manufacturing Vaccine Engineering Specialist that can help drive our Strategic Operating Priorities.

  • Invent | Pursue the Most Promising Internal and External Science to Address Significant Unmet Medical Needs

  • Execute | Prioritize Resources Behind Our Key Growth Drivers (Oncology, Vaccines, Select Specialty Areas, Animal Health) While Optimizing Our Base Business)

  • Adapt | Develop Our People, Culture and Business Model to Evolve with a Dynamic Landscape

  • Diverse Talent | We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment with supporting leadership behaviors because having a high-performing, engaged workforce is critical to our ability to deliver innovative solutions to patients and customers around the world

  • Values and Standards | Our Steadfast Commitment to Our Values and Standards will Continue to Guide Us as We Take on New Challenges and Will Always be Fundamental to Our Success – They are a Competitive Advantage for Us

Summary, Focus and Purpose

West Point Technical Operations – Integrated Product Team (IPT) is seeking highly motivated individuals to support a Technical Team for a multi-product vaccine manufacturing facility. This role will focus on supporting Bio Bacterial Manufacturing (BBM) operations while partnering with Operations and Quality to meet the targeted manufacturing and compliance initiatives for the IPT.

Key Functions

  • Investigation of quality notifications that occur in Bio Bacterial Manufacturing (BBM).

  • Conducting root cause analysis and written impact assessments/investigations for production events

  • Partner across IPT functional areas to ensure robust processing, continuous improvement and cross-functional team building.

  • Leading annual validation activities including cleaning and sterilization validations

  • Supporting projects including continuous process improvements, Corrective/Preventative Actions (CAPAs), and value capture projects that seek to improve yield, reduce cost, or lower our processing cycle times

  • Leading team and IPT safety, environmental, and compliance objectives

Education

  • BS in Biological Sciences/Chemical Engineering/Biological Engineering/Chemistry with 2+ years relevant technical experience

Required Experience and Skills

  • Excellent academic record

  • Principled and strong verbal and written communications, team building, personal character, and ethics

  • Familiarity with Vaccine Manufacturing Operations

  • Familiarity with cGMPs, CFR, and other appropriate regulations in relation to vaccine manufacturing

Preferred Experience and Skills

  • Engineering, Biology, or Chemistry educational background

  • Working knowledge of cGMPs

  • Strong problem-solving skills and a hands-on approach to problem solving, with a bias towards going to see problems for oneself in the field

  • Strong technical writing skills

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US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:

Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here (https://survey.sogosurvey.com/r/aCdfqL) if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.

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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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:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date:

12/18/2024

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Requisition ID: R325884

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