3rd-Shift Associate Specialist, Engineering

Merck • Upper Gwynedd Township, PA

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About The Position

The Barrier Operations Technical Operations team is seeking a highly motivated individual to provide on shift technical support as an associate specialist process engineer. Areas within scope of Barrier Operations include multi-product liquid vaccine formulation, aseptic vial filling, and aseptic syringe filling.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to apply his or her enthusiasm and technical skills as a member of a multidisciplinary team supporting the operation and improvement of a vaccine manufacturing facility with a focus on process engineering.
Work Schedule:
This position is for a 3rd shift schedule. The working hours are Monday through Friday 11:30 pm – 8:00 am.

Requirements

• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated technical, analytical, and organization skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and team skills; and collaborative skills
• Ability to manage assignments, working towards deadlines within a schedule.
• B.S. degree in Engineering or Science field such as chemical engineering, biochemical engineering, mechanical engineering, biological system engineering

Nice To Haves

• Minimum of 1 year experience in a GMP functional area or support of a GMP functional area, such as Operations, Technical Operations, Engineering, and/or Maintenance
• Experience in supporting vaccine manufacturing or sterile processing
• Demonstrated ability to proactively identify and implement process improvements
• Strong leadership skills
• Process Engineering
• Process Improvement Plans
• Process Improvements
• Technical Operations
• Technical Processes

Responsibilities

• Serves as a subject matter expert (SME) for a liquid vaccine manufacturing process within Barrier Operations
• Monitors process and equipment performance, and partners with maintenance/operations/ reliability engineering to proactively identify and implement process improvements
• Provides assessment of impact for proposed changes to manufacturing steps or equipment
• Supports or leads projects to improve the performance of our processes, including investigation Corrective/Preventative Actions (CAPAs), projects aimed at improving Right-First-Time performance or preventing/reducing deviations, and value capture projects that seek to improve yield/efficiency, reduce cost, or lower our processing cycle times
• Collaborates effectively with the area, operators/mechanics, support groups, Quality, planning, project teams, and external component and equipment vendors
• Provides direct on-shift shopfloor support and responds to shop floor events and process upsets
• Leads or supports technical discussions, and maintains technical process documentation
• Authors, updates, and/or reviews and approves technical and manufacturing documents necessary for engineering studies, protocols, and change control
• Supports team safety, environmental, and compliance objective
• Supports, executes, and/or leads continuous improvement projects that increase compliance, simplify/standardize and/or gain efficiencies
• Authors deviation reports
• Manages timelines to ensure key compliance and customer due dates are met; escalates any potential delays and develop remediation plans when possible.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
• retirement benefits, including 401(k)
• paid holidays
• vacation
• compassionate and sick days
• annual bonus
• long-term incentive

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees