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Merck & Co, Inc

Manufacturing Automation Engineering Specialist

Engineering and Architecture

Architectural Engineering

No

Elkton, Virginia, United States

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.

We are seeking a Growth and Improvement minded Manufacturing Automation 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

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity with a rapidly growing pharmaceutical manufacturer? If so, then this is the opportunity for you! The successful candidate will have the opportunity to apply their passion and technical skills as a member of a multidisciplinary team supporting the operation of pharmaceutical product manufacturing facilities.


Key Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership for the assigned area and system(s) to ensure a compliant and reliable supply of product and on time project execution with production shop floor support

  • Lead role to provide direct support and technical guidance for the design and qualification of a vaccine formulation facility

  • Providing technical guidance/sponsorship including authoring or review and approval of Automation Specification, Design Specification, Automation Installation Qualification, Automation Operation Qualification, change control, and other key automation related documents

  • Direct role in installing and placing new equipment into operation | Using technical knowledge to assure the efficient operation of a variety of automated processing and information technology systems

  • Appreciation of manufacturing standards/processes and ability to translate manufacturing regulations into Automation/digital solution

  • Work closely with various site and central groups in order to ensure control systems are designed, implemented and maintained in a manner to ensure manufacturing standards are met

  • Provide direct sponsorship for regulatory inspections and audits and other validation activities by serving as the subject matter expert

  • Trouble-shooting taxing equipment/automation issues to improve manufacturing performance (yield, cycle time, reliability, etc.) and maintaining the automation systems in compliance with current Good Manufacturing Principles (cGMPs)

  • Assignments will potentially include providing automation support on various shifts and remote off-hour coverage sponsor for trouble calls

  • Providing training and serving as a technical resource and mentor for junior engineers

  • Designing solutions to ensure quality and stability of automation systems through future expansions, replacements, or upgrades

  • Develops solutions for automation problems. Oversees investigations of automation anomalies to prevent recurrence

  • Comprehend and support all cGMPs, safety, and environmental regulations

  • Periodically reviews automation documents, performs preventive maintenance, and revises or develops automation Standard Operating Procedures

  • Promoting factory expansion by working with vendors to ensure control system hardware components are designed, set up and installed properly

Education

  • Bachelor degree in Computer Systems, Computer Science, Chemical, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering, or Information Technology

Required

  • Work independently and as a Team member with Integrity | Precision | Accomplishment | Motivational Ambition | Respect

  • Two years working in a production regulated industry

  • Knowledge of biologics and Vaccine processing and promoting automation systems in cGMP environment as a technical operations and automation engineer

  • Promoted troubleshooting of process and automation issues

  • Proficient in technical writing (quality notifications, validation protocols, qualification documents and test plans)

  • Working knowledge of System Development Life Cycle Methodology as applicable within a Pharmaceutical manufacturing environment

  • Knowledge of PI, IPI, MIDAS and eVal/Kneat

  • Familiar with shift work and providing technical/automation sponsorship for manufacturing processes

Preferred

  • Knowledge of the following platforms is desired: OSI-PI, Infobatch, SQL, Emerson DeltaV, and Allen Bradley PLC.

  • Batch Processing and S88 standard

  • Knowledge of GAMP standard

Our Manufacturing & Supply Division is dedicated to being the most trusted supplier of biopharmaceuticals worldwide. Our facilities, along with our external contractors, suppliers, and partners, create a reliable global manufacturing network that’s devoted 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.

NOTICE FOR INTERNAL APPLICANTS

In accordance with Managers' Policy - Job Posting and Employee Placement, all employees subject to this policy are required to have a minimum of twelve (12) months of service in current position prior to applying for open positions. If you have been offered a separation benefits package, but have not yet reached your separation date and are offered a position within the salary and geographical parameters as set forth in the Summary Plan Description (SPD) of your separation package, then you are no longer eligible for your separation benefits package. To discuss in more detail, please contact your HRBP or Talent Acquisition Advisor.

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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 if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.

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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. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

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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:

Not Specified

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

Hazardous Material(s):

Number of Openings:

1

Requisition ID:R182078