Senior Specialist, Central Utilities I&C Engineering

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

Job summary

Merck & Co. in West Point, PA is seeking an I&C Engineer within the Central Utilities Department to support instrumentation, control systems, and data systems, focusing on maintenance, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement to meet corporate requirements and industry best practices.

You will collaborate with system owners, maintenance staff, reliability engineers, and EHS personnel to ensure equipment reliability and to manage expenses and capital budgets for I&C projects, while

Qualifications

• Experience with instrumentation and control systems in industrial environments.
• Ability to manage expense and capital budgets for I&C projects.
• Collaborates with engineers, maintenance staff and EHS personnel.

Responsibilities

• Support maintenance, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of instrumentation, control, and data systems.
• Coordinate with system owners, maintenance staff, reliability engineers, and EHS.
• Manage change control and capital project portfolio for I&C.

Skills

Instrumentation & control

Data systems

Maintenance & troubleshooting

Budgeting & project management

Job description

Our Company is a global biopharmaceutical leader with a portfolio of prescription medicines, oncology, vaccines, and animal health products. We are driven by our purpose to develop and deliver innovative products that save and improve lives. With employees operating in more than 140 countries, we offer state of the art laboratories, plants and offices that are designed to Inspire our employees as we learn, develop, and grow in our careers. We are proud of our 125 years of service to humanity and continue to be one of the world's biggest investors in Research & Development.

This position is within the Utilities & Energy Operations (UEO) group responsible for safe, compliant reliable, and cost-effective operation of Powerhouse, Central Plants and Water Facilities. The UEO department is responsible for operations of two combined cycle heat and power plants, five balance of plant boilers, and seven distributed campus chiller plant. The power plant has a generating capacity of 60MW. The boilers have a total steam generating capacity just over 1,00,000 lbs. per hour. Campus chiller plants have a combined capacity of 40,000 tons consisting of combination of steam and electric chillers. Utility & Energy Operations is responsible for providing West Point campus utilities 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. UEO also serves as the afterhours campus emergency response to maintenance issues.

Position Description

As a member of the Central Utilities Department, the I&C Engineer's primary role focuses on supporting-the department as a technical resource, for the maintenance, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of instrumentation, control systems, and data systems owned and operated by the department. This role will be working with system owners, maintenance staff, reliability engineers, and EHS staff to ensure that equipment and systems are maintained or updated to be within corporate requirements and industry best practices. This role will manage expense and capital project portfolio and budget for I&C related projects in the department and ensure robust management of change. Will be responsible for conducting