Engineering Senior Specialist, Global Engineering Solutions

Merck; West Point (PA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck is seeking a Sr. Specialist in Global Engineering Solutions to design, analyze, and improve production facilities using MPS principles. You will partner with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality, cost-effective designs and lead Lean improvement initiatives.

You will mentor project teams, run workshops, and drive continuous improvement across various sites, with travel roughly 25% depending on project needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in engineering or related field is required.
• Minimum 5 years of manufacturing, engineering, or consulting experience.
• Hands-on Lean tools experience: standardized work, problem solving, value stream mapping, mistake proofing, 5S-Visual Factory.

Responsibilities

• Design, analyze, and improve process and facility designs to deliver simple, reliable, flexible, and cost-effective solutions.
• Support FEL 0 through FEL3 and Start-up Readiness as a key member of GES teams.
• Lead and coach Lean initiatives and transfer Lean skills across teams; conduct workshops.
• Improve GES business processes and systems enabling project design and execution.
• Engage with stakeholders at all levels to ensure designs meet high standards of operability.
• Mentor teams to communicate effectively and manage risk to on-time delivery.

Skills

Lean tools

Value stream mapping

Standardized work

Problem solving

5S-Visual Factory

Lean thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Engineering degree desired

Job description

Job Description

Our Company is a global healthcare leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines biologics and animal health products. Today, we are building a new kind of healthcare company-one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us.

Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity and teamwork of an individual like you. To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, inclusion and teamwork. As part of our global team, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career.

Global Engineering Solutions (GES) is responsible for delivering capital projects with innovative technology and engineering solutions for our customers to reach the required business outcomes. With our extensive range of facilities and environments, our Engineers have opportunities to impact diverse areas within the Large Molecule, Small Molecule, and Animal Health spaces, including Biological, Chemical, Automation, Capital Projects, Maintenance, Safety, Process Development, Technical Services, Utilities and Validation.

A key function of how we design and deliver these solutions is our Production Systems (MPS) - an integrated production system for how we design, build, manage, and continuously improve our operations and supporting business processes, enabled through the development of our people. With MPS as the foundation for how we manufacture success, GES MPS is responsible for partnering with the GES integrated project teams and external partners to ensure the projects we execute are designed with key MPS principles to enable long term operability (operational excellence).

Under the direction of the GES MPS Leader, the Sr. Specialist will work with the GES integrated project teams (Business Integration, Technology Center, Delivery, Project Business Support) as well as key stakeholders including Technical Operations, Operations, Supply Chain, and Quality partners across all business units to optimally design new facilities and technology solutions in support of both pipeline and in-line products utilizing MPS methodology and tools. The Sr. Specialist will work with minimal supervision on driving improvement and right-first-time design at the project and systems level to ensure the highest quality, shortest lead time, and lowest cost. The role will have significant exposure to our Manufacturing Division's Capital Management Process, GES Asset Delivery Process, and shape application of World Class Supply Chain Design principles to the Front-End Loading Design (FEL) phases through Start-up Readiness. Due to the nature of the work, accelerated timelines and diversity of sites, current expected travel will be around 25% (subject to change as travel restrictions vary).

Responsibilities & Capabilities:

• Utilize various tools, techniques, and ways of thinking in conjunction with the House of MPS to design, analyze, and improve process and facility designs on assigned projects to deliver simple, reliable, flexible, and cost-effective solutions.
• Support process design from FEL 0 through FEL3, as well as Start-up Readiness, as a key member of GES integrated project teams, including MPS support on developing management systems required for project delivery.
• Provide teaching and coaching to effectively transfer Lean skills across project teams and continuously develop their knowledge of MPS and its application to our work. Design and lead multiple project workshops for information gathering, development of optimal solutions, and relationship building with project teams.
• Provide coaching and leadership around improving GES business processes including systems enabling project design and execution.
• Able to engage and coach GES project teams and stakeholders/clients at all levels to ensure we are designing solutions to meet highest standards around OA, changeover, facility layout and process design for successful long-term operability.
• Manage teams to mitigate risk, allocate resources, and drive on time completion of initiatives.
• Mentor others on effective communication and active listening techniques to fully understand client/customer needs and expectations.
• Proactively recognize and mitigate barriers to initiatives.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and challenging the status quo.
• Build trust and develop new relationships with internal and external clients to effectively collaborate and achieve successful outcomes.

Qualifications/Experience:

Required

• Bachelor's Degree, Engineering Degree desired or in a related field.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in manufacturing, engineering, or consulting environments.
• Hands-on application of Lean tools and techniques: standardized work, scientific problem solving, value stream mapping, mistake proofing, 5S-Visual Factory.
• Lean application experience, understanding and successful application of MPS critical thinking skills