Downstream Operations Internship

MSD Malaysia; Swords; On-site; EUR 18,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck & Co., Inc. is seeking a Downstream Operations Intern in Ireland to gain experience across technical and professional areas, contributing to projects that help extend patients' lives globally.

You will join a diverse, multi-skilled global team focused on world-class manufacturing, continuous improvement, and patient-centered solutions, with a fixed-term internship offering hands-on exposure to CAPA, batch operations, and SOP development.

Qualifications

• Currently working towards a degree in Science or engineering.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Exposure to CAPA and continuous improvement concepts.

Responsibilities

• Identify continuous improvement opportunities and lead cross-functional teams.
• Support cost reduction, process efficiency, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Monitor and support batch operations from vial thaw to fill.
• Assist CAPA management and QRAs closure.
• Support start-up projects and prepare SOPs/electronic batch records.

Skills

Analytical Problem Solving

CAPA Management

Data Analytics

Document Management

Lean Manufacturing

Project Management

Process Improvements

Quality Compliance

Education

Science or Engineering degree (in progress)

Job description

Job Description

As Downstream Operations Intern, start your journey on the career path within the pharmaceutical industry. Not only will you learn skills both technical and professional but work on projects that will contribute towards enhancing and prolonging people’s lives across the world. You will also be part of a diverse and inclusive, multi-skilled global team of highly motivated individuals. We keep the patient at the very heart of all that we do and strive to find solutions and treatments for some of the world’s most challenging healthcare needs.

Responsibilities

• Lean Improvements: Identify continuous improvement opportunities and lead/participates in cross-functional teams to implement identified improvements.
• Support activities in the areas of cost reduction, process efficiency, energy conservation, waste minimization and operational excellence.
• Monitor and Support Batch Operations from Vial Thaw to Fill and Freezing of bulk drug Substance.
• Support CAPA management and closure relating QRAs.
• Provide support for a wide range of projects to support start-up.
• Protocol/report authoring/execution/oversight as appropriate.
• Support Generation of SOPS/Electronic Batch Records for start-up and facilitate review workshops as deemed necessary.

Qualifications

Currently working towards a degree in Science or engineering discipline PQ20.

Required Skills

• Ability to Coordinate
• Ability to Coordinate
• Analytical Problem Solving
• CAPA Management
• Clinical Research
• Continuous Improvement Techniques
• Cost Efficiency
• Cost Reduction
• Data Analytics
• Database Management
• Data Entry
• Data Visualization
• Document Management
• Focused Improvement
• Freeze Drying
• Health Economics
• Lean Manufacturing
• Lean Project Management
• Office Applications
• Operational Quality
• Process Improvements
• Progress Monitoring
• Project Management
• Protocol Writing
• Quality Compliance

Additional Information

• Employee Status: Intern/Co-op (Fixed Term)
• Relocation: No relocation
• VISA Sponsorship: No
• Travel Requirements: No Travel Required
• Flexible Work Arrangements: Not Applicable
• Shift: Not Indicated
• Valid Driving License: No
• Hazardous Material(s): N/A
• Job Posting End Date: 09/16/2026

Employer Notice

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.

Company Overview

Our company is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. The difference between potential and achievement lies in the spark that fuels innovation and inventiveness; this is the space where we have codified our legacy for over a century. Our success is backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.