| 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.
Opportunities exist in manufacturing areas and include opportunities in process validation and manufacturing technical areas. Opportunities are available in synthetic, organic, analytical, physical chemistry and biochemistry. Each of these opportunities provides a challenging environment to learn and contribute. The successful candidate will be expected to carry out chemical laboratory work on assigned problems in the above listed areas, including applied development, problem solving, process / product improvement and laboratory testing in the above listed areas. Techniques that might be applied NMR, HPLC, near IR, immunoassays, wet chemistry techniques, CZE, physical property testing, and other analytical techniques. Course and lab work in instrumental methods is a plus. The candidate is expected to work in a team environment and provide all essential understanding toward addressing mechanisms responsible for product safety, efficacy and stability. Responsibilities will also include the analysis and interpretation of data for problem solving and predictive purposes. A company-wide program is available to facilitate individual development planning to prepare the individual for increasing responsibility according to either technical or management tracks support career path planning. This may include movement to other divisions of Merck & Co., Inc.
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:
- Analytical Development and Commercialization (West Point, PA) performs analytical development and support for new chemical, biological and pharmaceutical 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. 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 Chemistry or Biochemistry. 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 # CHE002034.
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