| Description The mission of Merck is to provide society with superior products and services by developing innovations and solutions that improve the quality of life and satisfy customer needs, and to provide employees with meaningful work and advancement opportunities, and investors with a superior rate of return.
At Merck, we believe in putting patients first in all we do. This commitment, along with our focus on developing novel medicines and vaccines that address unmet patient needs, distinguishes us as one of the world's leading research-driven pharmaceutical companies. It takes diverse minds to develop breakthrough products. At Merck we're thoroughly committed to developing the most inclusive workforce in the industry. In keeping with our culture of innovation, Merck's unique work environment brings out the best in our diverse workforce. We've created a business community, characterized by mutual respect, encouragement and teamwork-that rewards commitment and performance, provides opportunities to succeed and is responsive to the needs of all employees and their families. Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Merck has the vital role of bridging the gap between new pharmaceutical and vaccine discoveries and commercial products.
Chemical processes produce in bulk form, the high quality complex chemicals used in Merck's most valuable human health, animal health and agricultural products. We then convert these basic chemicals into safe effective pharmaceuticals through formulation and packaging processes. Biologically derived products follow a similar path.
Those who join Merck can look for substantial early responsibility, the opportunity to develop and apply state-of-the-art technologies, chances for growth and advancement in an informal, varied work environment. Specific openings in MMD are as follows:
- Chemical Process Development & Commercialization (Rahway, NJ) performs process development and demonstration for new chemical processes;
- Global Vaccines Technology and Engineering (West Point, PA, Elkton, VA) is responsible for process implementation, validation and maintenance for biological processes;
- Biological Science & Strategy (Rahway, NJ) is responsible for the development and implementation of therapeutic protein processes;
At Merck we believe you can develop faster if we give you real challenges right from the onset. In MMD, we encourage you to move between functional groups so that you get hands-on experience in many aspects of our operations.
The successful candidate will apply engineering, science, and business skills to help Merck carry out its core functions in one of the following areas. A number of different entry points are possible for a new hire, in either our research or our manufacturing division.
PROCESS DEVELOPMENT, SCALE UP AND LAUNCH
- Work in teams to bring research discoveries to full production scale by applying engineering, biology, chemistry and pharmaceutics skills to bench-scale processes.
- Conceive, develop and implement new processing and manufacturing technologies
- Work with teams to develop processes for new products, using chemically- or biologically- derived products
- Support process development and product development with pilot plant scale up, drug supply preparation and technology transfer to operations groups
EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES DESIGN
- Design and build advanced manufacturing plants, laboratory and office facilities
- Involvement with all phases of project management from the first engineering drawing to the last phase of project start up
MANUFACTURING
- Support line production and maintenance operations
- Maintain manufacturing processes at high levels of performance
- Engineer plant site improvements to enhance safety, quality and the environment
- Optimize existing processes to achieve improvements in process quality, yield and efficiency.
If you are the kind of individual who thrives on challenge and possess the technical, leadership and business skills that are of value to our business, we invite you to apply.
Qualifications
- This position requires candidate to be currently enrolled in a PhD program in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, BioMedical Engineering (process option), Bioengineering, or related field.
- Ideal candidate will possess superior communication and interpersonal skills.
- Must be graduating between August 2009 and August 2010.
- Candidates must be eligible to work in the US without sponsorship.
Consistently cited as a great place to work, we discover, develop, manufacture and market a wide range of vaccines and medicines to address unmet medical needs. Each of our employees is joined by an extraordinary sense of purpose - bringing Merck's finest achievements to people around the world.
To be considered for this position, please visit our career site at www.merck.com/careers. At this site you can search our "University Opportunities", create a profile and submit your resume for requisition # CHE002024.
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