Job Description
The Future Talent Program features co-operative assignments that last up to 6 months and will include one or more projects. These opportunities can provide you with great development and a chance to see if we are the right company for your long-term goals.
The co-op is responsible for providing technical support to the vaccine manufacturing area while actively supporting, participating in and embracing an empowered team culture.
GENERAL PROFILE:
* Contributes to the performance and results of a department.
* Applies technical skills to align activities with department objectives.
* Works as a team member on manufacturing investigations, validation activities and/or process improvement projects.
* Has ability to examine an issue from diverse perspectives (safety, compliance, automation, equipment, process, and people) in order to best understand and resolve the root cause.
* Assures consistent application of standardized work, engineering and process tools and procedures.
* Assists with and may lead experimental protocols as needed using the Technical Operations lab facilities and/or production equipment at full scale.
* Authors and updates technical and manufacturing documents necessary for investigations, process design/definition, engineering studies, process demonstrations, change control and validation.
* Supports departmental plans and priorities based on team/department scorecard to address local business, service and operational challenges.
* Identifies and resolves technical and operational problems using MPS and lean/six sigma tools.
* Effectively collaborates with peers on site and above site as required.
* Effectively communicates both verbally and written.
* Makes decisions guided by policies, procedures and department objectives.
* Consults on an as-needed basis with next-level manager on more complex decisions.
Position Qualifications:
Required Education, Experience and Skills:
* Candidates must be currently working toward B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Data Science or related field.
* Candidates must have superior technical competency as demonstrated by excellent academic record and work achievement.
* Candidates must have strong communication skills, personal character, and ethics.
Preferred Experience and Skills:
* Candidates should have previous process development, research, or manufacturing experience preferred.
* Candidate should have strong project management skills
* Candidates should have ability to work independently or in teams.
* Candidates should have strong communication skills.
* For a few positions, we are looking for co-ops with demonstrated skills in computer programming and/or data science & data analytics.
Our Manufacturing & Supply Division is dedicated to being the most trusted supplier of bio-pharmaceuticals worldwide. Our facilities, along with our external contractors, suppliers, and partners, create a reliable global manufacturing network thats devoted to delivering a high quality, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time.
Who we are
We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.
What we look for
In a world of rapid innovation, we seek brave Inventors who want to make an Impact in all aspects of our business, enabling breakthroughs that will affect generations to come. We encourage you to bring your disruptive thinking, collaborative spirit and diverse perspective to our organization. Together we will continue Inventing For Life, Impacting Lives while Inspiring Your Career Growth.
INVENT.
IMPACT.
INSPIRE.
FTP2021
US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:
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Employee Status:
Intern/Co-op (Fixed Term)
Relocation:
No relocation
VISA Sponsorship:
No
Travel Requirements:
No Travel Required
Flexible Work Arrangements:
Shift:
1st - Day
Valid Driving License:
No
Hazardous Material(s):
Number of Openings:
6
Requisition ID:R80246
Kenilworth, NJ
Merck & Co., Inc. provides healthcare solutions worldwide. It operates through four segments: Pharmaceutical, Animal Health, Healthcare Services, and Alliances. The company offers therapeutic and preventive agents to treat cardiovascular, type 2 diabetes, chronic hepatitis C virus, HIV-1 infection, intra-abdominal, fungal infection, insomnia, and inflammatory diseases. It also provides neuromuscular blocking agents; cholesterol modifying medicines; and anti-bacterial and vaginal contraceptive products.
In addition, the company offers products to prevent chemotherapy-induced and post-operative nausea and vomiting; treat non-small-cell lung, ovarian and breast, thyroid, and cervical cancer, as well as brain tumors; and prevent diseases caused by human papillomavirus, as well as offers vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, shingles, rotavirus gastroenteritis, and pneumococcal diseases.
Further, it provides antibiotic and anti-inflammatory drugs to treat infectious and respiratory diseases, fertility disorders, and pneumonia in cattle, bovine, and swine; vaccines for poultry; parasiticide for sea lice in salmon; and antibiotics and vaccines for fishes. Additionally, the company offers companion animal products, such as ointments; diabetes mellitus treatment and anthelmintic products; products to treat fleas and ticks in dogs and cats; fertility management products for horses; vaccines for dogs, cats, and horses; and products for protection against bites from fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, and sandflies.
It has collaborations with AstraZeneca PLC; Bayer AG; Eisai Co., Ltd.; and Intec Pharma Ltd. The company serves drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, government agencies and entities, physicians, distributors, veterinarians, animal producers, and managed health care providers. Merck & Co., Inc. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Kenilworth, New Jersey.