Assoc. Spclst, Engineering

Merck; West Point (PA); Hybrid; USD 72,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, Vision insurance

401(k) retirement benefits

Paid holidays and vacation

Job summary

Merck is seeking an Associate Specialist, Engineering to support live virus vaccine production at the West Point site. The role leads investigations, identifies root causes, and develops corrective actions within the Deviation Management team in Technical Operations.

Strong problem-solving, collaboration, and communication are essential for success. Responsibilities include providing floor support, designing experimental protocols, and updating documents for investigations, process design, and

Qualifications

• Requires a B.S. in Engineering or Sciences.
• Demonstrated ability to drive results and accountability.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Leads and/or works as part of a team on manufacturing investigations, identifying root cause, assessing impact, and recommending corrective actions.
• Examines issues from safety, compliance, automation, equipment, process, and people perspectives to resolve root causes.
• Ensures consistent application of standardized work, engineering, project management and process tools.
• Provides technical support to manufacturing shop floor for problems and issues.
• Designs experimental protocols using lab facilities or production equipment at full scale.
• Authors and updates technical and manufacturing documents for investigations, process design, change control and validation.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Problem solving

Communication

Collaboration

Investigations

Education

B.S. degree in Engineering or Sciences

Job description

The Associate Specialist, Engineering, will be responsible for support of production of live virus vaccines within bulk vaccine production and/or final formulation and filling operations. This engineer will be a member of the Technical Operations Deviation Management team in the Live Virus Vaccine Manufacturing End-to-End at the West Point site. The primary responsibility of the individual will be leading investigations associated with manufacturing deviations and development of actions in response to these deviations. Support will be focused on the Deviation Management process including operations support, equipment troubleshooting, implementation of process/ equipment actions, and other related duties. This position will require development of technical expertise of corresponding IPT operations. Limited off-shift or weekend coverage may be required based on business unit needs and specific assignments.

Responsibilities Include

• Leads and/or works as part of a team on manufacturing investigations, identifying root cause, assessing impact, and recommending corrective actions.
• Has ability to examine an issue from different perspectives (safety, compliance, automation, equipment, process, and people) in order to best understand and resolve the root cause.
• Assures consistent application of standardized work, engineering, project management and process tools.
• Provides technical support to manufacturing shop floor for problems and issues.
• Conducts and designs experimental protocols as needed using the Technical Operations lab facilities and/or production equipment at full scale.
• Authors and updates technical and manufacturing documents necessary for investigations, process design/definition, engineering studies, process demonstrations, change control and validation.

Education Minimum Requirements

• B.S. degree in Engineering or Sciences.

Required Experience And Skills

• Demonstrated ability to drive results
• Strong communication, collaboration skills and ability to drive accountability
• Strong problem-solving skillset

Preferred Experience And Skills

• Vaccine manufacturing
• Sterile processing
• Experience authoring investigations

Preferred Skills

US And Puerto Rico Residents Only

Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities.

Requirements

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Salary

The salary range for this role is
$71,900.00 - $113,200.00
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.

Benefits

• 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.

Employee Status

Regular

Relocation

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship

No

Travel Requirements

No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements

Hybrid

Shift

1st - Day

Valid Driving License

No

Hazardous Material(s)

N/A

Job Posting End Date

08/25/2026

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Requisition ID

R411641