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Job Description

Join our dynamic Engineering, Maintenance, & Utility Department as a Senior Specialist, where you will play a crucial role in enhancing asset reliability and driving manufacturing excellence in a fast-paced environment. Utilize your engineering expertise and leadership skills to empower teams, solve complex technical challenges, and ensure compliance with industry standards while making a tangible impact on our operational success.

Summary, Focus and Purpose:

The Senior Specialist is accountable for the management of maintenance and reliability engineers supporting manufacturing areas. This group is responsible for improving asset reliability and manufacturing capacity by providing technical support in the field on engineering resolution of manufacturing mechanical, electrical or automation problems, processes in compliance with GMP, safety, and environmental regulations. Responsible for the development of objectives and projects and upon approval, implements by self or team.

Key Functions:

+ Work Independently and as a Team member with Integrity, Precision, Accomplishment, Motivational Ambition, Respect, and Inclusion

+ Reports to the Associate Director, exercising independent judgment and minimal supervision, and serving in the Manager’s absence as delegated.

+ Maintains an effective organizational structure through appropriate employee involvement, effective communication, and principle-centered leadership. The candidate fosters the development and accountability of all team members by establishing clear expectations and objectives to guide performance, while providing timely feedback, training, and coaching.

+ Uses technical knowledge to support manufacturing goals, assuring the efficient operation of variety of processing equipment: Preventive/predictive maintenance processes, and precision maintenance, Root Cause failure analyses to prevent recurrence, Process equipment change control, and Quality deviation investigations.

+ Ensures equipment is maintained in compliance with all current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), safety standards, and environmental regulations.

+ Participates in audits and training programs in the area of responsibility.

Education:

+ Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, Electrical, Engineering Technology or Chemical Engineering or Master of Science in Engineering

Required:

+ A minimum of five (5) years of experience in manufacturing or within a technical support group, or equivalent related experience.

+ Proficient in key competencies such as empowering leadership, adaptability, motivation, teamwork/collaboration, problem-solving, effective communication, and computer skills.

+ Knowledge and expertise in the application of engineering standards such as ASME, IEEE, NFPA, CFR 1910, NIST, and/or ANSI.

Preferred:

+ Working Knowledge of cGMP for pharmaceutical and/or vaccine manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma Methodology, Root Cause Analysis, Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA), knowledge in reliability engineering (including asset life cycle management).

+ Working knowledge of Syringe Filling Lines and Inspection Systems.

+ Computerized Maintenance Management Systems: Hexagon / SAP

+ CMRP certification.

In accordance with Policy 82 - 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.

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US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:

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As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. 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 together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills 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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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”.

The salary range for this role is

$114,700.00 - $180,500.00

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits .

You can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.

**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:

No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Required Skills:

Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), GMP Compliance, Maintenance Planning Software, Preventive Maintenance, Reliability Engineering, Six Sigma, Utilities Management, Utility Systems

Preferred Skills:

cGMP Regulations, Lean Six Sigma (LSS), Maintenance Management

Job Posting End Date:

06/25/2025

*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day** **BEFORE** **the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day** **BEFORE** **the job posting end date.

**Requisition ID:** R353718