Manufacturing Leadership Development Program - Associate Specialist, Engineering
Merck
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Job summary
Merck’s Manufacturing Leadership Development Program (MLDP) is a flagship global manufacturing graduate program. Over three years, you will rotate across core manufacturing functions, gain real-world experience, and be mentored by senior leaders to build both technical and leadership skills.
You will join a program designed to prepare future leaders for impactful roles across operations, quality, and technical functions, with opportunities for domestic and international rotations and travel.
Qualifications
- Candidate must have graduated from a college by the program start date: On or around August 1, 2027.
- Candidate must be eligible to work in the US without sponsorship.
- Candidate must be willing to be assigned to different roles and different sites over the first three years of employment.
- Ability to travel and willingness to be assigned to any company site in the US or other company sites including countries ex-US based on business needs.
Responsibilities
- Participate in three rotations over three years, each lasting one year.
- Rotations include technically focused roles within operations, technical operations, or quality.
- Receive mentoring from peers and senior leaders during assignments.
- Move across 2-3 different high impact sites during tenure and be flexible to assignments.
Skills
Education
Job description
The Manufacturing Leadership Development Program (MLDP) is our flagship global manufacturing graduate program. Our simple objective is to identify, hire, and develop our future Manufacturing Leaders.
If you are passionate about launching a career in manufacturing, then we are eager to engage with you, focus on your development, and bring greater value to our patients worldwide.
Over the 3-year rotation program, we will invest in your development, giving you exposure and experience across our business and preparing you for a role in leadership. The program will provide experiential and formal learning opportunities to build the technical foundation needed by our future leaders. You will receive coaching from senior leaders, exposure to real manufacturing challenges, and training from industry leading scientists and engineers. You will contribute to significant projects and make key decisions that directly impact how we make pharmaceuticals and deliver them to our patients globally.
- Are you motivated to be part of our Company’s flagship future talent program?
- Are you geographically mobile and able to complete a potential international rotation?
- Are you willing to travel to different sites over the first three years of employment?
- Are you excited by digital advancements and developing fundamental technical knowledge?
If the answer is "YES" to all these questions, we want to get to know you.
- Provide candidates who have a bachelor's or master's degree level in the required fields listed below with a broad perspective of the core manufacturing functions of our company’s pharmaceutical, biological, animal health and vaccine products.
- Develop talent for future leadership positions of increasing responsibility within the Manufacturing Division through focused development in key leadership and technical skills.
The program enables successful candidates to experience three (3) rotations over a three-year period with each rotation lasting one (1) year. A minimum of two (2) rotations will feature technically focused roles within the operations, technical operations, or quality organizations. Employees are assigned to rotations based on critical business needs. In addition to their rotation assignments and competency development programming, employees receive mentoring from peers and senior leaders during their assignment. Rotation members should expect to work at 2-3 different high impact sites during their tenure in the program and should have flexibility to move where assigned.
Within the rotation, some domestic and international business travel may be available or required. An international rotation assignment is not guaranteed.
- Continuous improvement/Problem solving
- Technical support
- Lean Manufacturing
- Quality/Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
- Managing and optimizing internal and external partnerships
- Strategic Thinking
- Decision-Making
- Financial Acumen
- End-to-end supply chain
- Interested in participating in a broad range of work experiences across the manufacturing division.
- Able to work independently, in teams, and lead teams.
- Adaptable to new roles, responsibilities, and situations.
- Motivated to cultivate their leadership skills along with their technical, business, and commercial skills by applying their knowledge within manufacturing.
- Committed to both their own career development as well as bringing their best to our company
CANDIDATES WILL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE A PRE-INTERVIEW ONLINE ASSESSMENT WHICH WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY 30-40 MINUTES TO COMPLETE. CANDIDATES WILL NEED TO COMPLETE THIS ASSESSMENT WITHIN 3 DAYS OF RECEIPT.
- Bioengineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biotechnology
- Chemical Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Biochemistry
- Chemistry
- Microbiology
- Packaging
- Candidate must have graduated from a college by the program start date: On or around August 1, 2027.
- Candidate must be eligible to work in the US without sponsorship.
- Candidate must be willing to be assigned to different roles and different sites over the first three years of employment.
- Ability to travel and willingness to be assigned to any company site in the US or other company sites including countries ex-US based on business needs.
- Candidate has demonstrated leadership experience in field of study, extracurricular activity, previous internship or undergraduate research, military or prior work experience.
- Experience in manufacturing.
- Candidate should possess superior communication and interpersonal skills, a team-player with the ability to work independently and collaboratively within and across teams.
- Strong technical background.
- Adaptability
- Biopharmaceutical Operations
- Data Analysis
- Engineering Principle
- Experimentation
- Leadership
- Process Optimization
- Teamwork
- Technical Communication
- Technical Problem-Solving
Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.
We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
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
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.
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.
10/2/2026
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Employee Status Regular
Relocation Domestic
VISA Sponsorship No
Travel Requirements 50%
Flexible Work Arrangements Not Applicable
Shift 1st - Day
Valid Driving License No
Hazardous Material(s) N/A
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