Technical Operations Engineer

At Merck’s campus in Elkton, Virginia, we have an Technical Operations Shift Engineer (contract) position available on our Technical Operations Team.  The manufacturing facility is located in the Shenandoah Valley along the Shenandoah River and the Blue Ridge Mountains a short distance from the University of Virginia and James Madison University. 

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to apply their enthusiasm and technical skills as a member of a multidisciplinary team supporting the operation of pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, vaccine product manufacturing facilities.

Responsibilities may include:

Providing technical support for vaccine, biologic, and sterile manufacturing processes in the form of data analysis, troubleshooting, problem-solving, report writing
Supporting change control implementation
Learning new processes and procedures
Performing shift work as needed
Conducting technical investigations and analyses
Recommending and implementing corrective and preventative actions, and helping lead reduction of atypical events
Writing, reviewing, and improving procedures for operation of equipment and processes
Contributing to process and equipment safety reviews
 

Education and Experience Requirements:

B.S. or M.S. degree in, biology, biochemistry, biochemical engineering, biological systems engineering, biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, computer science, integrated science, or related disciplines and 0-3 years of relevant industrial experience.
 

The successful candidate must have:

Excellent academic record
Strong verbal and written communication skills, team skills, personal character, and ethics
Strong problem solving skills and a hands-on approach to problem solving, with a bias towards going to see problems for oneself in the field.
Ability to examine an issue from diverse perspectives (safety, compliance, maintenance, automation, equipment, process, and people) in order to best understand and resolve it.
Enthusiasm, confidence, and initiative-taking ability needed for continuous learning and its applications.
Strong desire to succeed and to help others to do the same.
 

Preferred Experiences:

Experience working in a cGMP environment
Work, co-op, or internship experience in industry