Associate Director, Engineering - Sterile Production Lead

Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA

Rahway, New Jersey, USA
$142,400.00 - $224,100.00; bonus/equity: annual bo...
Hybrid
Aseptic drug product manufacturing operations
Aseptic filling lines, isolators, and lyophilizers
Cgmp, aseptic processing principles
The FLEx Sterile facility is poised to play a pivotal role in the long-term success of delivering our clinical pipeline to patients worldwide

Job Summary

  • The FLEx Sterile facility is poised to play a pivotal role in the long-term success of delivering our clinical pipeline to patients worldwide.
  • This leader will shape the operational culture from the ground up, ensuring the site is staffed with exceptional talent, achieves operational readiness on an aggressive timeline, and continuously delivers operational excellence in a highly regulated, patient-centric environment.
  • Operational excellence will be the hallmark of this role, implementing a performance system grounded in safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people metrics.

Matching Summary

The FLEx Sterile facility is poised to play a pivotal role in the long-term success of delivering our clinical pipeline to patients worldwide.

Salary

$142,400.00 - $224,100.00; Bonus/Equity: annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable; Benefits: 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

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • aseptic drug product manufacturing operations
  • aseptic filling lines, isolators, and lyophilizers
  • cGMP, aseptic processing principles
  • operational excellence methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma)
  • cross-functional collaboration and communication

Nice-to-have

  • consultative skills
  • project management skills
  • Process Hazard Analyses
  • Quality Risk Assessments
  • continuous learning and improvement

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of experience
  • Master’s degree with 6 years of experience
  • PhD degree with 4 years of experience
  • Proven leadership experience in aseptic drug product manufacturing
  • Hands-on experience with C&Q, facility start-up

Work Rights

Not specified

Sponsorship: available

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