2023 GWES Facilities Management Co-Op

Job Description

Our Future Talent Program features co-operative assignments that last up to 6 months and will include one or more projects. These opportunities in our Global Services division can provide you with great development and a chance to see if we are the right company for your long-term goals.

Our Support Functions deliver services and makes recommendations about ways to enhance our workplace and the experience of working at our organization. The vision for the Global Workplace and Enterprise Services (GWES) based in Pennsylvania is to improve patient’s lives by providing world-class facility services & solutions that enable innovative research, medicines, & vaccines.

Work assignment will be project related, with a deliverable in mind.

• Candidate must be able to work closely with the Facilities Management, Central Utilities, Utility Energy Operation in gaining hands-on experience through assisting with maintenance activities, operational data trending, and capital projects from the initial concept through construction and startup.

• Candidates must be able to assist the Automation & Digital Data Engineering team to develop performance visualization and predictive modeling for our equipment and services.

• Candidates must be able to support strategic planning and monitoring processes – compile realization metrics for department scorecards, interpret and report realization progress to leadership, and ensure execution of project/program is delivering business realization goals.

• Candidates must have project experience by regularly attending portfolio meetings and reviewing broad spectrum of facility related projects; put into a schedule with deliverables; physically monitor projects and report status (e.g. spend to date and current forecast).

Preferred Experience & Skills:

• Candidate should be able to maintain effective organizational skills and implement appropriate communication and planning.

• Candidates should be able to keep abreast of new developments in area of responsibility, and recommend changes to improve service, operation, reliability, efficiency, and state-of-the-art applications.

• Candidates should be responsible for learning and adhering to all our Company Safety, Health, Environmental, GMP and regulatory requirements (as required by task).

• Candidates should be willing to work with minimum supervision and exercise independent judgment in the daily performance of his/her duties.

• Candidates should be able to perform necessary administrative duties to ensure maintenance of records, reports, and associated tasks.

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No housing will be provided. Travel to and from the plant site will be the responsibility of the candidate.

Required Education and Experience:

• Candidates must be currently enrolled in a Bachelors program in Engineering, or related field.

• Candidates must have Majors Sought: Bus. - Business & Engineering, Bus. - Finance, Bus. - Operations Management, Eng. - Architectural Engineering, Eng. - Chemical Engineering, Eng. - Civil Engineering, Eng. - Electrical Engineering, Eng. - Environmental Engineering, Eng. - Mechanical Engineering, Eng. - Property Management, Eng. - Construction Management

• Candidates must have Minimum GPA: 3.00

• Candidates must have level(s) of Experience Sought: Beginner - Limited or no previous work experience/first Co-op or Intermediate - Some related work or volunteer experience/second Co-op or Advanced - Previous related work experience/final Co-op

• Candidates must be available for a period of 6 months. Must be able to work flexible hours and undergo federal background check for access to classified systems.

Our Support Functions deliver services and make recommendations about ways to enhance our workplace and the culture of our organization. Our Support Functions include HR, Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Procurement, Administration, Facilities and Security.

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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Employees working in roles that the Company determines require routine collaboration with external stakeholders, such as customer-facing commercial, or research-based roles, will be expected to comply not only with Company policy but also with policies established by such external stakeholders (for example, a requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to access a facility or meet with stakeholders). Please understand that, as permitted by applicable law, if you have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and an essential function of your job is to call on external stakeholders who require vaccination to enter their premises or engage in face-to-face meetings, then your employment may pose an undue burden to business operations, in which case you may not be offered employment, or your employment could be terminated. Please also note that, where permitted by applicable law, the Company reserves the right to require COVID-19 vaccinations for positions, such as in Global Employee Health, where the Company determines in its discretion that the nature of the role presents an increased risk of disease transmission.

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Requisition ID:R236224