Job Description

The Barrier Operations Technical Operations team is seeking a highly motivated individual to provide technical and engineering support as Senior Specialist of engineering.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to apply their 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 product franchise support.

Responsibilities may include:

• Serves as the subject matter expert (SME) for a liquid vaccine product(s) manufactured within Barrier Operations, and is a member of the product franchise team. This includes formulation and filling.

• Supports regulatory inspection activities including leading topic discussions, reviewing and preparing technical documentation, responding to questions, and supporting other regulatory related requests

• Proactively monitors performance of the product health and identifies actions to prevent trends and shifts

• Leads technical discussions, and maintains technical documentation

• Provides input to process engineering and deviation management as a SME during upset conditions and atypical manufacturing events

• Provides assessment of impact for proposed changes to manufacturing steps or equipment

• 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.

• 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

• Manages project and investigation timelines to ensure key compliance and customer due dates are met; escalates any potential delays and develop remediation plans when possible.

Education Minimum Requirement:

• B.S. degree in Engineering or Science field such as chemical engineering, biochemical engineering, mechanical engineering, biological system engineering, or related life science or engineering discipline

Required Experience and Skills:

• Minimum four (4) years experience in a GMP functional area or support of a GMP functional area, such as Operations, Technical Operations, Engineering, and/or Maintenance

• Strong verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and team skills; and collaborative skills

• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical issues during regulatory inspection or to site leaders

• Demonstrated technical, analytical, and organization skills

• Experience in supporting vaccine manufacturing or sterile processing

• Experience monitoring a process or problem, and identifying actions to improve/correct

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Change control author or approver

• Project management experience

• Regulatory inspection experience

• Strong leadership skills

• Hands-on technical services experience in supporting formulation and filling, including manufacturing-scale filling isolators and closed system processing

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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

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

Domestic

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Required Skills:

Adaptability, Adaptability, Applied Engineering, Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Change Control Processes, Cost Reduction, Customer-Oriented, Deviation Management, Electromechanical Engineering, Engineering Standards, GMP Compliance, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Maintenance Engineering, Manufacturing Process Improvements, Manufacturing Process Validation, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Medical Device Technologies, Process Engineering, Process Optimization, Regulatory Compliance, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Strategic Thinking, Teamwork {+ 2 more}

Preferred Skills:

Job Posting End Date:

07/18/2025

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Requisition ID:R356244