Merck & Co Hiring for Associate Specialist, Laboratory Support Operations job in West Point Full Time

Our Team supports internal and external manufacturing operations to ensure they remain operational, continuously improve and innovate. With our extensive range of facilities and environments, our Team has opportunities across many diverse areas including Biological, Chemical, Automation, Capital Projects, Maintenance, Safety, Process Development, Technical Services, Utilities and Validation.

The West Point Technical Operations – Laboratories are seeking highly motivated individuals to join their laboratory team supporting multi-product vaccine manufacturing processes. This role will be a laboratory based role collaborating with Operations, Quality, and other support groups to enable the facilities to meet targeted manufacturing and product projects, including product/process investigation, continuous improvement changes, and strategic product/process initiatives.-

The subject position will be responsible for the following:

• Work Independently and as a Team member with Integrity – Precision – Accomplishment – Motivational Ambition – Respect – Inclusion.
• Functioning as a key member of the technical operations lab team by supporting all operations within laboratory facilities to enable the execution of lab-scale process optimization and investigation support for fermentation and cell culture, including Biosafety level 2/2+ organisms.
• Collaborate with manufacturing teams to support facility activities and all area objectives.
• Maintain and set up equipment for experimentation usage including process analytical technologies. Provide input to ensure efficient, safe, and compliant process setups in support of the Best Science.
• Execute assignments against accelerated, critical-path timelines in a right-first-time manner.
• Coordinate and schedule routine corrective/preventive maintenance of laboratory equipment and any facility shutdown activities.- Perform on-site technical oversight of contractors and mechanical crews, as necessary, for equipment maintenance and care.
• Assist with execution of equipment reliability initiatives, facility improvement projects, and new technology implementation in support of laboratory operations.
• Maintain and troubleshoot process and utility equipment, interface with equipment maintenance teams, and manage asset disposition.
• Interact with Quality groups to support audits, qualify equipment and maintain readiness to perform laboratory work and support activities for licensed vaccines.
• Author and update technical and manufacturing documents to support process changes, investigations, engineering/demonstration work, and validations.
• Anticipate and interpret client and/or customer needs to identify and implement solutions.
• Assist with executing the Lab capital plan with a focus on procuring and the administration of the setup of new equipment and technologies to enhance laboratory capabilities and capacity.
• Participate in incident root cause analysis, including documentation, reporting, and action item execution.

Education Minimum Requirement:

• High School Diploma with 5+ years of relevant experience to position or B.A./ B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry or comparable discipline with 0-2 years of relevant experience to position.

Required Experience and Skills:

• A compliance and safety mindset with a working knowledge of cGMPs and can understand and apply regulatory/compliance requirements for implementation within the laboratory.
• Experience within lab, pilot-scale, or manufacturing environment.
• Requires expertise in the Quality Control Laboratory discipline and applies knowledge of internal/external business challenges to improve products and processes.
• Familiarity with Change Management processes and principles.
• Good organizational, interpersonal, writing, and time management skills.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.- Fluent in Microsoft Office, and use of email.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Experience authoring technical documentation.
• Experience with process development in a laboratory setting.
• Experience with large molecule commercialization (facility start-up, technology transfer) or manufacturing and on-the-floor manufacturing support.
• Strong problem solving skills and a hands-on approach to problem solving, with a bias towards going to see problems for oneself in the field.

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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.

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:R287026