Specialist Engineering
Merck
August 24, 2026
On-site
Durham, NC
Operations
Position Description:
- Provide hands-on maintenance support for complex troubleshooting and repairs of equipment; support Technology and Quality during equipment investigations and modifications.
- Align maintenance projects with business objectives around Safety, Compliance, and Cost; identify and execute opportunities for improvement with minimal supervision.
Responsibilities:
- Analyze calibration, maintenance, and equipment performance/work orders to identify trends, reduce reactive work, and improve reliability.
- Update calibration/maintenance programs and SOPs to ensure activities follow safety, GMP, and established procedures.
- Lead/investigate deviations for instruments, equipment, and system failures; determine root cause, implement corrective actions, complete trending analysis, and determine product disposition.
- Establish processes for Safety guideline adherence and participate in Safety Audits.
- Lead process improvement and corrective actions focused on equipment uptime, cost minimization, and consistency.
- Develop training as an SME for system/equipment maintenance; prepare training for technicians.
- Support cGMP manufacturing processes, safety programs (LOTO/HECP), environmental compliance, RBAM assessments, CAPAs, and defect elimination.
- Maintain CMMS data accuracy (BOMs/equipment info, plan hours) and ensure PM/calibration job plans.
- Establish condition monitoring strategy (PI, vibration, ultrasound, infrared, motor testing, balancing, NDT, lubrication) and define/track KPIs; maintain Uptime >90%; ensure accurate MTTR/MTBF.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Science, or related field.
Required:
- 2+ years production and/or calibration and/or maintenance background.
- Planning/scheduling/time management; GMP regulatory knowledge; communication skills.
- Experience with GMP-compliant calibration/maintenance databases.
- Project management including change control and equipment qualification.
- cGMP experience in sterile, bulk, or finished pharmaceutical environment.
Preferred:
- Formal problem solving (RCA, FMEA) and/or Lean Six Sigma; automation/MES; process modeling/improvement; deviation management and manufacturing anomaly troubleshooting.
Application instructions:
- Apply via https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or Workday Jobs Hub). Application deadline stated on posting.
- Provide hands-on maintenance support for complex troubleshooting and repairs of equipment; support Technology and Quality during equipment investigations and modifications.
- Align maintenance projects with business objectives around Safety, Compliance, and Cost; identify and execute opportunities for improvement with minimal supervision.
Responsibilities:
- Analyze calibration, maintenance, and equipment performance/work orders to identify trends, reduce reactive work, and improve reliability.
- Update calibration/maintenance programs and SOPs to ensure activities follow safety, GMP, and established procedures.
- Lead/investigate deviations for instruments, equipment, and system failures; determine root cause, implement corrective actions, complete trending analysis, and determine product disposition.
- Establish processes for Safety guideline adherence and participate in Safety Audits.
- Lead process improvement and corrective actions focused on equipment uptime, cost minimization, and consistency.
- Develop training as an SME for system/equipment maintenance; prepare training for technicians.
- Support cGMP manufacturing processes, safety programs (LOTO/HECP), environmental compliance, RBAM assessments, CAPAs, and defect elimination.
- Maintain CMMS data accuracy (BOMs/equipment info, plan hours) and ensure PM/calibration job plans.
- Establish condition monitoring strategy (PI, vibration, ultrasound, infrared, motor testing, balancing, NDT, lubrication) and define/track KPIs; maintain Uptime >90%; ensure accurate MTTR/MTBF.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Science, or related field.
Required:
- 2+ years production and/or calibration and/or maintenance background.
- Planning/scheduling/time management; GMP regulatory knowledge; communication skills.
- Experience with GMP-compliant calibration/maintenance databases.
- Project management including change control and equipment qualification.
- cGMP experience in sterile, bulk, or finished pharmaceutical environment.
Preferred:
- Formal problem solving (RCA, FMEA) and/or Lean Six Sigma; automation/MES; process modeling/improvement; deviation management and manufacturing anomaly troubleshooting.
Application instructions:
- Apply via https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or Workday Jobs Hub). Application deadline stated on posting.