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Merck & Co, Inc
Associate Director, Maintenance Planning Lead
Job Description
New hires in office-based roles in the US & Puerto Rico will be required, subject to applicable law, to demonstrate that they have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or qualify for a medical or religious exemption to this vaccination requirement that can be accommodated without an undue burden to the operation. However, subject to applicable law, employees working in roles that the Company determines require routine collaboration with external stakeholders, such as employees in health services, customer facing commercial, or research based roles, will be required to be fully vaccinated as a condition of employment.
Our Engineers support internal and external manufacturing operations remain operational, 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.
Reporting to the Director of Reliability Engineering and Maintenance Planning, our Manufacturing Division Elkton, the Maintenance Planning (MP) Lead will be responsible for the Maintenance Planning Process at the Elkton site which has Vaccines, Biologics, Sterile, Utilities and Pharmaceutical Operations. The MP Lead will lead multiple Maintenance Planning Teams – each team is dedicated to a specific operating area and each team has a team lead that will report to the Site MP Lead.
The MP Lead is tasked with ensuring each maintenance planning team is adhering to maintenance planning best practices and following a standard maintenance planning approach that supports the broader Maintenance Work Management process for the site. Additionally, the MP Lead will be a key stakeholder and member of the site Maintenance Work Management (MWM) Optimization Team which is tasked with standardizing our MWM process across the site and improving wrench time.
The MP Lead must become thoroughly familiar with the challenges and objectives of the Elkton site and must be able to work with peers in Maintenance, Reliability, Operations, Technology, and other on-site partners and leaders to execute an efficient Maintenance Planning process.
Position Responsibilities:
Providing coaching, mentoring and performance evaluations to the Maintenance Planning Team Leads
Model servant leadership and Safe by Choice principles – be decisive, take ownership, show courtesy and respect to all individuals, be able to influence without direct authority.
Ensure that Maintenance Planning Team Leads and Maintenance Planners deeply understand Maintenance Planning standard work and best practice.
Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence leadership, peers, and direct reports – be able and willing to take a hands-on approach to guide teams, programs, and projects to successful outcomes.
Monitor maintenance work management metrics to improve maintenance planning process performance and identify potential equipment mechanical reliability issues.
Partner with Reliability Engineering to initiate maintenance strategies appropriately based on maintenance work management data trends.
Find and maintain the right balance between standardized approaches and local, flexible solutions.
Job leadership responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Significant project management, including maintenance work management task/project accountability with the potential for significant self-direction
Execute maintenance planning supporting production targets and reduced maintenance cost
Influencing others to adopt different points of view as appropriate
Leading and mentoring a team of Maintenance Planning Team Leads
Education Minimum Requirement:
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related scientific or technical major is required, MS Degree in Engineering or MBA is desirable. Certification in Asset Management and/or Reliability e.g. CRE/CRL/CMRP highly desirable.
Required Experience and Skills:
A minimum of 10 years of engineering process and maintenance planning experience or previous military and/or supervisory experience.
Strong leadership, interpersonal, and influence skills to select/develop/manage internal/external staff/team to plan, prioritize, and implement processes in cross functional environments.
Strong working knowledge of CMMS and associated maintenance data retrieval.
Strong business, analytical, information system and computer skills.
Understanding business performance measures critical to Functional/Quality/Cost issues.
Experience in Planning Facility Shutdowns.
People management and team management
Preferred Experience and Skills:
Shift or maintenance supervisory experience
Past experience with leading leaders (managers/supervisors/team leaders)
Maintenance Planning or related professional certification
Certified Maintenance and Reliability professional (CMRP) or Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) Certification
Creating and maintaining an asset Bill of Materials
SAP Computerized Management Maintenance Systems experience
Six (6) years’ experience in supporting relevant manufacturing or processing (aseptic/sterile, bulk, solid oral dosage, packaging, utilities etc.)
Demonstrated knowledge of High Performing Organization tools and methodology, including Lean Six Sigma Methodology
Demonstrated experience of interacting with site, divisional or regulatory audits
Working knowledge of cGMP/PSM for pharmaceutical, biologics and/or vaccine manufacturing
Our Manufacturing & Supply Division is committed to be the most trusted supplier of bio-pharmaceuticals worldwide. Our facilities, along with our external contractors, suppliers, and partners, create an interdependent global manufacturing network that’s committed to delivering a high quality, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time.
Who we are …
We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.
What we look for …
Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.
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New hires in office-based roles in the US & Puerto Rico will be required, subject to applicable law, to demonstrate that they have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or qualify for a medical or religious exemption to this vaccination requirement that can be accommodated without an undue burden to the operation. However, subject to applicable law, employees working in roles that the Company determines require routine collaboration with external stakeholders, such as employees in health services, customer facing commercial, or research based roles, will be required to be fully vaccinated as a condition of employment.
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1Requisition ID:R181003