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Maintenance Technician 3 - 2nd or 3rd shift

Merck Group
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 25 Mar 2026
💰 $106,000/yr($60,000/yr$106,000/yr)

About the role

 

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Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.  

 

United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

 

This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US. 

 

Your Role

The Maintenance Technician 3 – 2nd or 3rd shift will maintain and install equipment, facilities, and utility systems. In addition, provide leadership, expertise, and training to other department members. Job duties include:

  • Shift hours:  2nd shift, Monday - Friday, 2:30pm – 10:50pm or 3rd shift, Monday – Friday, 10:30pm – 6:50am
  • Requires flexibility to work a variety of shifts (including nights, weekends, holidays, on-call, and call-in) and independently; requires availability for occasional work-related travel and a valid driver’s license.
  • Responsible for independently completing assigned work orders (P.M. tasks) upon successful completion of required training curriculum.
  • Performs corrective and preventive maintenance on equipment, facilities, and utility systems while proactively identifying and reporting unsafe work conditions, and strictly adhering to all safety rules and regulations.
  • Implements changes using the Management of Change Process and addresses deviations through Non-Conformance Reports, while consistently reading, writing clearly, understanding, and following work instructions, procedures, and drawings/schematics.
  • Troubleshoots, maintains, installs, and repairs electrical, HVAC, and mechanical issues, as well as instrumentation, equipment, and systems, while also assisting with process improvement initiatives and completing assigned miscellaneous duties and tasks.
  • Operates a variety of tools including hand tools, power tools, basic shop equipment (grinder, drill press, sand blaster, band saw), and material handling equipment (forklift/man lift), as well as hoists and rigging equipment for troubleshooting and repairing packaging machinery, and utilizes precision measuring, electrical testing, calibration, and recovery equipment.
  • Manages changes and non-conformances using the Management of Change (MOC) process and Non-Conformance Reports (NCR), references NEC and NFPA codes, and ensures meticulous updates to files and paperwork.
  • Skilled in reading gauges and units of measure, identifying repair parts, performing boiler water and cooling tower chemistry tests, conducting preventive and corrective maintenance on boilers, guiding contractors and technicians, utilizing precision measuring equipment, and understanding materials of construction and chemical compatibility.
  • Possesses leadership skills to direct contractors and technicians, demonstrates strong decision-making and problem-solving abilities through analysis and risk evaluation, and participates in department audits and collaborates with the engineering department.
  • Exemplary attendance and adherence to schedule

 

 Physical Attributes:

  • Occasionally lift 50 pounds unassisted and additional weight with assistance
  • Walk long distances and be able to stay on your feet for eight hours
  • Regularly sit, stand, walk, reach above the shoulder, stoop, kneel, twist, crouch, or crawl for long periods of time
  • Use hands and feet to operate equipment
  • Regularly works near moving mechanical parts, outdoor weather conditions, and sources of electrical shock, vibrations, fumes, and airborne particles, toxic or caustic ch

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