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Senior Engineering & Maintenance Specialist

MSD
West Point, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 26 Mar 2025

About the role

Job Description

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity with a rapidly growing pharmaceutical manufacturer? If so, then this is the opportunity for you!

We are seeking a Growth and Improvement minded Senior Engineering & Maintenance Specialist that can help drive our Strategic Operating Priorities.

  • Invent | Pursue the Most Promising Internal and External Science to Address Significant Unmet Medical Needs

  • Execute | Prioritize Resources Behind Our Key Growth Drivers (Oncology, Vaccines, Select Specialty Areas, Animal Health) While Optimizing Our Base Business)

  • Adapt | Develop Our People, Culture and Business Model to Evolve with a Dynamic Landscape

  • Diverse Talent | We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment with supporting leadership behaviors because having a high-performing, engaged workforce is critical to our ability to deliver innovative solutions to patients and customers around the world

  • Values and Standards | Our Steadfast Commitment to Our Values and Standards will Continue to Guide Us as We Take on New Challenges and Will Always be Fundamental to Our Success – They are a Competitive Advantage for Us

Summary, Focus and Purpose

The Senior Specialist is accountable for the management of maintenance and reliability engineers supporting manufacturing areas. This group is responsible for improving asset reliability and manufacturing capacity by providing technical support in the field on engineering resolution of manufacturing mechanical, electrical or automation problems, processes in compliance with GMP, safety, and environmental regulations and for the development of objectives and projects and upon approval, implements by self or team.

Key Functions

  • Work Independently and as a Team member with Integrity | Precision | Accomplishment | Motivational Ambition | Respect | Inclusion

  • Reports to the Associate Director, working with independent judgment and minimal supervision, and serving in the Manager's absence as delegated

  • Maintains an effective organization via appropriate employee involvement, communications, and principle centered leadership | Promotes the development and accountability of all employees | Establishes clear expectations and objectives to guide area and employees' performance and provides timely feedback, training, and coaching

  • Uses technical knowledge to support manufacturing area goals, assuring the efficient operation of variety of processing equipment: Preventive/predictive maintenance processes and precision maintenance | Root cause failure analysis to prevent recurrence | Process/equipment change control | Quality deviation investigations

  • Ensures equipment is maintained in accordance with all cGMP, safety, and environmental regulations

  • Participates in audits and training programs in the area of responsibility

Education

  • Bachelor degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Engineering Technology or Chemical Engineering or Master of Science in Engineering

Required

  • Five years manufacturing experience or technical support group or equivalent

  • Proficient in the following competencies: empowering leadership, flexibility, motivation, teamwork/collaboration, problem-solving, communication, and computer skills

  • Knowledge and expertise in the application of engineering standards (i.e. ASME, IEEE, NFPA, CFR 1910, NIST, and/or ANSI)

Preferred

  • Working Knowledge of cGMP for pharmaceutical and/or vaccine manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma Methodology, Root Cause Analysis, Failure Mode Effects Analysis, knowledge in reliability engineering (including asset life cycle management)

  • Syringe Filling Line Experience.

  • Computerized Management Maintenance Systems: Hexagon / SAP

  • CMRP certification

Current Employees apply HERE

Current Contingent Workers apply HERE

US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:

Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, co

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