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Merck & Co. jobs
Pennsylvania (PA), West Point
Job Code:  MERCUSR294138ENUS
Employer:  Merck & Co.
Category:  Engineering
Job Type:  Full Time

Location
Country:  United States
State:  Pennsylvania (PA)
City:  West Point
05/09/2024

Description
Job Description

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The Packaging Commercialization department has an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Packaging Engineer at either the Rahway, NJ or West Point, PA site. - This candidate will serve as an individual contributor and foster our department mission to (1) design and develop responsible and accessible commercial packaging solutions with strong science, risk-based thinking, and focus on the customer while (2) striking the balance of being innovative and flexible to meet the evolving pipeline, while also continuously improving and standardizing our packaging solutions. -

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Position Description:

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to focus on package development for a range of traditional pharmaceuticals (oral solid dosage, oral powders, suspensions, sterile injectables, and inhaled formulations) and biopharmaceutical applications (vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, and antibody drug conjugates) as well as provide input to primary packaging for the drug component and secondary packaging of medical device and combination products. Through support of the Packaging Working Groups, the successful candidate will collaborate with peers in drug product formulation and analytical development as well as supply chain and marketing to provide technical guidance during the development of primary, secondary and tertiary packaging for new products and specialty devices.-

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Packaging Responsibilities:
  • Providing input regarding selection of primary packaging material.
  • Determination of package images to support commercialization as well as leading the shipping distribution strategy and coordination of shipping distribution studies efforts regarding testing robustness of packages.-
  • The successful candidate will author packaging specifications for primary, secondary and tertiary packaging as well as provide information to support relevant sections of BLA's, NDA's, WMA's, and JNDA's.-
  • The successful candidate will also interface with packaging component suppliers, our Company Global Packaging Technology Operations, our Company Packaging Site Operations, as well as Contract Manufacturing Operations while fulfilling their responsibilities.

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Education Minimum Requirement:
  • B.S. or higher degree in -Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Packaging Engineering, Packaging Science, or Pharmaceutical Science with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience

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Required Experience and Skills:
  • Understanding of package development process and engineering principles
  • Strong scientific- and risk-based thinking
  • Demonstrated experience in building collaborative partnerships
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Excellent- project management skills
  • Ability to make rapid disciplined decisions

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Preferred Experience and Skills:
  • Experience in new product pharmaceutical and/or biopharmaceutical development packaging

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NOTICE FOR INTERNAL APPLICANTS

In accordance with Managers' Policy - Job Posting and Employee Placement, all employees subject to this policy are required to have a minimum of twelve (12) months of service in current position prior to applying for open positions.

If you have been offered a separation benefits package, but have not yet reached your separation date and are offered a position within the salary and geographical parameters as set forth in the Summary Plan Description (SPD) of your separation package, then you are no longer eligible for your separation benefits package. To discuss in more detail, please contact your HRBP or Talent Acquisition Advisor.

Employees working in roles that the Company determines require routine collaboration with external stakeholders, such as customer-facing commercial, or research-based roles, will be expected to comply not only with Company policy but also with policies established by such external stakeholders (for example, a requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to access a facility or meet with stakeholders). -Please understand that, as permitted by applicable law, if you have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and an essential function of your job is to call on external stakeholders who require vaccination to enter their premises or engage in face-to-face meetings, then your employment may pose an undue burden to business operations, in which case you may not be offered employment, or your employment could be terminated. Please also note that, where permitted by applicable law, the Company reserves the right to require COVID-19 vaccinations for positions, such as in Global Employee Health, where the Company determines in its discretion that the nature of the role presents an increased risk of disease transmission.

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Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, generally Tuesday, Wednesday and either Monday or Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence. -This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as "remote".

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Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. -No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.-

Employee Status:
Regular

Relocation:
No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:
No

Travel Requirements:
10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:
Hybrid

Shift:
1st - Day

Valid Driving License:
No

Hazardous Material(s):
typical in process or finished bio-pharmaceutical materials

Job Posting End Date:
05/11/2024
*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE -the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.

Job Posting End Date:05/11/2024

A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.

Requisition ID:R294138
ref: (MERCUSR294138ENUS)
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