Senior Process Engineer Job Job in Elkton, Virginia US
Senior Process Engineer Job
Senior Process Engineer-CHE003440 Description Merck is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and consumer health products, as well as 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 people like you. To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement 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. At Merck Co., Inc Manufacturing facility in Elkton, Virginia, we currently have a Senior Process Engineer position available in the Global Vaccine Technology Engineering Center of Excellence. The Stonewall Plant is located in the Shenandoah Valley along the Shenandoah River and the Blue Ridge Mountains. The facility is just a short distance from major state universities: University of Virginia and James Madison University. The Stonewall Plant is a multi-discipline site for Merck Co., Inc. The site currently operates processes to support Vaccine manufacturing (Fermentation and Downstream Purification), Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient manufacturing: Organic Synthesis, Traditional, Large Volume Fermentation, Bulk and Antibiotic processing. The site also has a newly installed high speed Finished Antibiotic filling line. Employees working at the Stonewall Plant have the opportunity learn many aspects of pharmaceutical, vaccine and chemical manufacturing. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to apply their enthusiasm for science and engineering as a member of a multidisciplinary team supporting the design, construction, demonstration, and operation of biological pharmaceutical product manufacturing facilities.? The successful candidate will have the responsibility to provide individual support and leadership for successful implementation of projects, qualification, start-up and validation for biologics processing facilities. Assignments may include development and review of equipment and process specifications, writing and conducting equipment test procedures, conducting process and equipment safety reviews, and development of process operating procedures.? Duties may also include providing technical support for in-line fermentation and/or protein purification processes. This type of support typically requires conducting scientific investigations to develop process improvements or to determine root cause and develop corrective actions. The ability to design laboratory and pilot scale experiments to support such investigations is expected. The successful candidate must have strong problem solving skills and a hands-on approach to problem solving, with a bias toward going to see problems for oneself in the field.? Demonstrated ability to initiate and lead problem solving activities is required. Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and verbal/written communication skills are needed.? The successful candidate should be able to examine an issue from diverse perspectives (safety, compliance, automation, equipment, process, people) in order to best understand and resolve it and have an enthusiasm for continuously learning. If you thrive on challenges and possess the technical, leadership and business skills that are of value to our business, we invite you to apply. Consistently cited as a great place to work, we discover, develop, manufacture and market a wide range of vaccines and medicines to address unmet medical needs. Each of our employees is joined by an extraordinary sense of purpose - bringing Merck's finest achievements to people around the world. Qualifications Required Qualifications:? * Bachelor's degree in?Chemical, Biochemical or Bioprocess Engineering with 7 years experience in a GMP Biopharmaceutical manufacturing or research and development environment or a * Master's degree in?Chemical, Biochemical or Bioprocess Engineering with 5 years experience in a GMP Biopharmaceutical manufacturing or research and development environment or a * PhD in Chemical, Biochemical or Bioprocess Engineering Preferred Qualifications: * Experience leading and developing people and teams * Experience and expertise in protein purification or fermentation * Project management experience Our employees are the key to our company's success. We demonstrate our commitment to our employees by offering a competitive and valuable rewards program. Merck's benefits are designed to support the wide range of goals, needs and lifestyles of our employees, and many of the people that matter the most in their lives. merck.com/careers to create a profile and your resume for requisition CHE003440. Merck is an equal opportunity employer, M/F/D/V - proudly embracing diversity in all of its manifestations. Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully: Merck is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Merck via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Merck. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Merck as a result of the referral or through other means. 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