Senior OT Automation & Research Infrastructure Specialist

MSD Malaysia

West Point (PA)

Hybrid

USD 117,000 - 184,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Paid holidays, vacation and sick days

Job summary

Merck is seeking a Senior Specialist for Plant Automation, OT Infrastructure, and Controls to support pilot plant automation, process control, and IT/OT infrastructure in a regulated research and manufacturing environment. The role focuses on designing, building, integrating, and supporting OT automation solutions across plant architectures.

The position partners with scientists, automation/process engineers, IT architects, infrastructure, quality, and vendors to improve reliability, efficiency,

Qualifications

Must have 5 years of upstream manufacturing automation experience including DeltaV, PLC, HMI, SCADA, and MES.

Responsibilities

Optimize IT/OT infrastructure for plant automation and process control.
Lead or support project scoping, technical requirements, and automation infrastructure deliverables.
Provide troubleshooting, incident resolution, and root cause analysis for automation systems.
Collaborate with engineers, scientists, and vendors to translate needs into technical requirements.

Skills

Automation

Industrial Networking

OT Infrastructure

SCADA

DCS

HMI

PI Historian

Virtualization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in automation, engineering, computer science, or computer engineering related degree

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Rockwell PLCs

DeltaV

Ignition

VMware

PI Historian

SCADA

Job description

The position partners with scientists, automation/process engineers, IT architects, infrastructure, quality, and vendors to improve reliability, efficiency,

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