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Meet the new Merck. A stronger pipeline. More products to help people in more ways. More passionate than ever about what matters to our customers.
Merck and Schering-Plough are now one company. We recently merged to create a stronger, more diverse and more truly global company. This not only benefits our company and our shareholders, but it also benefits the millions of people around the world who rely on our products and expect us to continue to deliver exceptional value.
The Future Talent Program features internships that last 10-12 weeks 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 projects that you work in can be in one of the following areas:
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.
LOCATIONS: Rahway, NJ; West Point, PA; Cokesbury, NJ; Elkton, VA; Durham, NC. Housing is provided for those who qualify.
Specific internship openings in MMD are as follows:
- Center for Material Science & Engineering (West Point, PA; Rahway, NJ) performs analytical evaluation of raw materials, intermediates, and final products to aide in investigation and process improvement evaluations.
- Chemical Process Development & Commercialization (Rahway, NJ) and Pharmaceutical Commercialization Technology (West Point, PA) groups perform process development and demonstration for new chemical and pharmaceutical processes.
- Global Vaccines Technology and Engineering (West Point, PA, Elkton, VA, Durham, NC) 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.
- Global Technical Operations (West Point, PA, Elkton, VA) is responsible for continuous improvement of existing processes.
- Global Engineering Services (Cokesbury, NJ with rotations to other sites) is responsible for designing and project management for capital projects.
- Vaccine Operations (West Point, PA, Elkton, VA, Durham, NC) is responsible for oversight and continuous improvement for vaccine manufacturing.
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 applicant to be currently working toward a Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering (process option), Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field. Must be available for 10 week internship beginning June 2010. Candidate must be eligible to work in the U.S.
To be considered for this position, please visit our career site at www.merck.com/careers to create a profile and submit your resume for requisition # ADM003928. Merck is an equal opportunity employer, M/F/D/V - proudly embracing diversity in all of its manifestations.
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