Job Description

GENERAL SUMMARY

The Engineering, Maintenance and Site Services (EMSS) organization continuously improve the reliability of the Durham Site operations and provides the best in class services with the final goal of delivering our high-quality vaccines to the patients around the world. With our core principle of Safety First and Quality Always EMSS strives to have the safest and most compliant operation around the network.

EMSS has an Associate Director opening for the Bulk Facility (GBF) maintenance team. The selected candidate will manage the engineering, maintenance and calibration activities related to the facility.

Strong technical and customer service-oriented leader to support the GBF IPT. Will lead the tactical and strategic equipment reliability improvements, calibrations, human resources activities while ensuring a safe work environment with optimized product quality and manufacturing processes and regulatory compliance.

GENERAL PROFILE

• Provides leadership and direction through individual contributors

• Executes functional business plans and contributes to the development of group strategies

• Priorities based on compliance, departmental budget and profit plan to address resource and operational challenges

• Leverages relationships with key clients and/or customers to support business needs

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT

• Leads Maintenance team with focus on calibrations, planning and scheduling for the Bulk Production (GBF) area with coaches, technicians and engineers 4-6 people

• Coaches/mentors direct reports responsible for their area within Engineering, Maintenance & Calibration

• Ensure proper team capabilities with appropriate trainings

• Manage the area succession plan

• Serves a leadership team member for GBF Maintenance

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

• Manage the GBF Maintenance cost center, including capital spend, creating and managing all profit plans and forecasts throughout the year

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• Responsible for major equipment related projects, including funding, change control and equipment qualification within their area

• Responsible for obtaining bids, reviewing contracts, supervising, and providing follows-up on contract work including the auditing of time and material reports for their area

SHUTDOWN MANAGEMENT

• Responsible for assisting with master shutdown schedules and shutdown execution including all maintenance, calibration, capital project work, and GMP Cleaning coordination for all facility shutdowns

• Coordinates activities with stakeholders and project owners

• Attends shutdown meetings ensuring activities are tracked and completed

PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT SUPPORT

• Responsible for the preventive maintenance and calibration programs of all production equipment.

• Daily support of all production equipment to ensure area safety, compliance, production and financial goals are met

• Spare parts risk-based assessments and identification of new parts to replace obsolescent parts to ensure correct type and number of spare parts are available for all production equipment.

• Establishes processes that ensure required Safety guidelines are followed and participates in divisional Safety Audit activities

• Manages equipment location and status in SAP as well as related equipment drawings.

• Assists in deviation investigations for maintenance instruments, equipment, and systems.

• Collaborates/Executes with the reliability engineers periodic RBAM assessments and owns area specific reliability actions

• Collaborates with Automation for maintenance and troubleshooting equipment

• Collaborates with equipment vendors and support functions for responsible areas.

• Monitors calibration, maintenance, and equipment/utilities operations performance by analyzing completed work orders with an emphasis on reducing reactive work and increasing reliability.

• Maintains the integrity of equipment identification and specification data within the computerized calibration and maintenance management system.

• Identifies revisions, deletions, or additions to the calibration and maintenance programs to ensure that calibration and maintenance activities are completed in accordance with established safety, GMP, and calibration/maintenance procedures.

• Monitor KPIs (MTTR, MTBF, Uptime) and ensure its accuracy

WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

• Reports to Engineering and Maintenance Director

• Manages and interacts with employees within own department

• Frequent interaction with employees from other departments

• Interacts with representatives from regulatory agencies

• Interacts with external suppliers

Education Minimum Requirement:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Science or related technical field

Required Experience and Skills:

• Minimum 8 years of progressive Maintenance leadership experience in cGMP operations (6 Years with a master’s degree or MBA: 3 years with a PhD), or military service (US Navy, US Army, US Marine Corps, US Air Force, US Coast Guard) combined experience in Maintenance Supervision/Management.

• Experience in introducing Reliability Engineering for Maintenance (RCM, FMEA, Criticality Analysis, PM optimization, RCA, etc.)

• Strong planning, scheduling, and time management skills

• Working knowledge regulatory requirements in accordance with cGMP manufacturing operations and demonstrated experience of interacting with site, divisional or regulatory audits/inspections.

• Good oral and written communication skills

• Project management, including change control and equipment qualification

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• 15 years of Maintenance or Military experience in a GMP regulated industry in the Maintenance field.

• SAP experience related to plant maintenance and spare parts procurement systems

• Experience running a Reliability Engineering program.

• At least four years of experience in military service (US Navy, US Army, US Marine Corps, US Air Force, US Coast Guard)

• Working Knowledge of cGMP for pharmaceutical, Sterile and/or Biologics manufacturing

• Experience as a Maintenance Planner and Scheduler, Reliability or Maintenance Engineer, or Utilities Maintenance and Operations Engineer.

• Green Belt/Black Belt Certification

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The salary range for this role is

$139,600.00 - $219,700.00

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.

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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:

Not Applicable

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Required Skills:

Applied Engineering, cGMP Compliance, Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), Detail-Oriented, Engineering Design, Engineering Standards, HVAC Systems, Leadership Initiatives, Leadership Planning, Maintenance Management, Management Process, Preventative Maintenance Programs, Process Improvements, Regulatory Requirements, Reliability Engineering, Social Collaboration, Teamwork, Turnover Management

Preferred Skills:

Job Posting End Date:

07/25/2025

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Requisition ID:R357415