Associate Director, Engineering (Field)

Merck; West Point (PA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck is seeking an Associate Director of Engineering to manage large capital projects across manufacturing, lab and infrastructure lines of business. West Point, PA will be the first assignment with potential travel across the Americas.

The role requires a minimum of ten years' experience delivering projects, strong leadership, and ability to develop execution plans and budgets. Excellent communication and change management skills are essential.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in engineering is required.
• Minimum of ten years' experience delivering capital or expense projects.
• Strong communication, budgeting, and scheduling skills.

Responsibilities

• Managing an integrated project team to deliver assets on time and within budget.
• Leading the development of project execution plans and scopes.
• Verifying project scopes provide effective business solutions.
• Managing cost budgeting and schedule development/control.
• Providing construction management oversight and commissioning support.
• Implementing change management and effective reporting.

Skills

Capital Project Management

Project Management Methodology (PMM)

Lean Manufacturing

Automation Systems

Cost Controls

Data Analysis

Project Planning

Project Delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

Job Description

Our Engineers support internal and external manufacturing operations remain operational, continuously improve and innovate. With our extensive range of facilities and environments, our Engineers have opportunities across many areas including Biological, Chemical, Automation, Capital Projects, Maintenance, Safety, Process Development, Technical Services, Utilities and Validation.

Our Global Engineering Services (GES) executes a wide variety of capital and expense projects to ensure that our company has the capabilities and facilities to meet our goal to provide World Class Supply of Medicines. The Global Engineering Services (GES) group is seeking an Associate Director of Engineering to manage large capital projects independently or a series of smaller projects within a portfolio in the manufacturing, laboratory and infrastructure lines of business.

Responsibilities

• Managing an integrated project team to deliver critical assets on time and within a prescribed budget
• Leading the development of project execution plans
• Verifying that project scopes provide an effective business solution
• Managing projects process through effective design strategies
• Developing and implementing suitable procurement strategies
• Understanding and managing project cost budgeting and control
• Managing schedule development and control
• Providing construction management oversight
• Implementing change management and control
• Managing communications requirements with effective reporting and distribution of information
• Risk management planning and mitigation
• Managing/ implementing commissioning, qualification, contract administration and project close-out.

Education Minimum Requirement

A bachelor's degree in engineering

Required Experience and Skills

• A minimum of ten (10) years' experience executing/delivering a variety of capital and/or expense projects.
• Experience in managing an integrated project team to deliver critical assets on time and within a prescribed budget.
• Proficient oral and written communication skills along with the ability to deliver project status and funding presentations in a concise, effective and organized manner.
• Outstanding decision-making skills and strengths in change management and team alignment.
• The ability to collaborate in a team environment that is sensitive to the needs of the business.

Preferred Experience and Skills

Experience in Lean Project Delivery Methodologies (i.e. target value design, off-site fabrication, pull planning scheduling tools) considered a plus.

Required Skills

• Adaptability
• Adaptability
• Automation Systems
• Capital Project Management
• Change Management
• Clinical Manufacturing
• Communication Management
• Contract Administration
• Contract Processing
• Cost Controls
• Cost Management
• Data Analysis
• Decision Making
• Drug Product Manufacturing
• Interpersonal Relationships
• Lean Manufacturing
• Management Contracts
• Manufacturing Scale-Up
• Project Budgeting
• Project Contracts
• Project Costs
• Project Delivery
• Project Implementations
• Project Management Methodology (PMM)
• Project Planning {+ 9 more}

The first assignment will be in West Point, PA. Future assignments may be in West Point, PA / Rahway, NJ / Wilmington, DE. Successful candidates must be able to work at any of these locations. As a global organization, in the future, candidates may need to travel 50% of their time in order to support projects within the Americas at the various plant sites.

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

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