Job Description

Our Company is a global healthcare leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines biologics and 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 an individual like you. To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, inclusion 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. 

Global Engineering Solutions (GES) is responsible for delivering capital projects with innovative technology and engineering solutions for our customers to reach the required business outcomes. With our extensive range of facilities and environments, our Engineers have opportunities to impact diverse areas within the Large Molecule, Small Molecule, and Animal Health spaces, including Biological, Chemical, Automation, Capital Projects, Maintenance, Safety, Process Development, Technical Services, Utilities and Validation. A key function of how we design and deliver these solutions is our Production Systems (MPS) – an integrated production system for how we design, build, manage, and continuously improve our operations and supporting business processes, enabled through the development of our people. With MPS as the foundation for how we manufacture success, GES MPS is responsible for partnering with the GES integrated project teams and external partners to ensure the projects we execute are designed with key MPS principles to enable long term operability (operational excellence).

Under the direction of the GES MPS Leader, the Sr. Specialist will work with the GES integrated project teams (Business Integration, Technology Center, Delivery, Project Business Support) as well as key stakeholders including Technical Operations, Operations, Supply Chain, and Quality partners across all business units to optimally design new facilities and technology solutions in support of both pipeline and in-line products utilizing MPS methodology and tools. The Sr. Specialist will work with minimal supervision on driving improvement and right-first-time design at the project and systems level to ensure the highest quality, shortest lead time, and lowest cost. The role will have significant exposure to our Manufacturing Division's Capital Management Process, GES Asset Delivery Process, and shape application of World Class Supply Chain Design principles to the Front-End Loading Design (FEL) phases through Start-up Readiness. Due to the nature of the work, accelerated timelines and diversity of sites, current expected travel will be around 25% (subject to change as travel restrictions vary).

Responsibilities & Capabilities:

• Utilize various tools, techniques, and ways of thinking in conjunction with the House of MPS to design, analyze, and improve process and facility designs on assigned projects to deliver simple, reliable, flexible, and cost-effective solutions.
• Support process design from FEL 0 through FEL3, as well as Start-up Readiness, as a key member of GES integrated project teams, including MPS support on developing management systems required for project delivery.
• Provide teaching and coaching to effectively transfer Lean skills across project teams and continuously develop their knowledge of MPS and its application to our work. Design and lead multiple project workshops for information gathering, development of optimal solutions, and relationship building with project teams.
• Provide coaching and leadership around improving GES business processes including systems enabling project design and execution.
• Able to engage and coach GES project teams and stakeholders/clients at all levels to ensure we are designing solutions to meet highest standards around OA, changeover, facility layout and process design for successful long-term operability.
• Manage teams to mitigate risk, allocate resources, and drive on time completion of initiatives.
• Mentor others on effective communication and active listening techniques to fully understand client/customer needs and expectations.
• Proactively recognize and mitigate barriers to initiatives.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and challenging the status quo.
• Build trust and develop new relationships with internal and external clients to effectively collaborate and achieve successful outcomes.

Qualifications/Experience:
Required

• Bachelor’s Degree, Engineering Degree desired or in a related field.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in manufacturing, engineering, or consulting environments.
• Hands-on application of Lean tools and techniques: standardized work, scientific problem solving, value stream mapping, mistake proofing, 5S-Visual Factory.
• Lean application experience, understanding and successful application of MPS critical thinking skills.
• Experience applying consultative skills: ability to influence decision making, ability to interact with all levels of the business (senior leaders to shop floor working teams), project management skills, solid business acumen, proven team building skills, exceptionally good listening skills, results oriented, strong analytical skills, and prior process improvement experience.
• Coaching, Teaching, and driving a High-Performance Organization. Proven experience in coaching and teaching others to think, behave and apply lean methods and tools.
• Exceptional group facilitation & capability build skills – willing to speak up and interject to keep teams on track to a common goal.
• Experience enabling and leveraging diverse perspectives, talents, etc. to achieve business outcomes.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Developing business acumen to support business case analysis.

Preferred

• Use of the Toyota Business Practice (8 Step) for problem solving.
• Training in Lean based on the Toyota Production System (TPS).
• Obtained Yellow belt, Green belt, and/or Black belt.
• Experience utilizing MPS in a cross-functional environment is preferred.
• Experience analyzing complex end-to-end supply chains and driving process improvement.
• Excellent skills using IT applications to organize and analyze date (MS-Access, MS-Excel, Minitab, Power BI), Coding knowledge in MS Excel or related application is a plus.
• Experience in operations management, manufacturing, or related disciplines.
• Experience in a Vaccines or Sterile pharmaceutical environment.

Required Skills:

Active Listening, Active Listening, Adaptability, Analytical Testing, Building Capability, Building Trust, Business Acumen, Business Case Development, Client Coaching, Collaboration, Competency Management, Customer-Focused, Data Analysis, Detail-Oriented, Deviation Management, Equipment Qualification, Executive Leadership, Expectation Management, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Logical Thinking, Management Consulting, Operations Management, Overcome Obstacles, Process Analytics, Process Design {+ 9 more}

Preferred Skills:

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The primary location for this posting is:

USA - Pennsylvania - West Point

Where required by law, the compensation range for this role is provided below.

The salary range for the primary location of this role is:

$117,000.00 - $184,200.00

This range reflects the Company's reasonable expectation of the base salary applicable to this role at the time of posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs. The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.

Additional location(s): Please note the salary range above applies to the Primary Location of the position. Where a role has other listed locations, different compensation guidelines may apply. You may find the salary ranges for additional locations below. If the salary range is not listed for the location you are applying to, our Talent Acquisition team will provide further information to you relevant to your location.

Additional location(s) Compensation Information:

San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

25%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date:

11/5/2026

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