Merck & Co, Inc

Sr. Technician, Operations (2nd Shift) - Onsite

Merck & Co, Inc • $63K — $100K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High School diploma or equivalent required.
  • Minimum 1-year experience in a GMP regulated environment.
  • Leadership experience for managing a team of packaging technicians.
  • Proficient communication and interpersonal skills to resolve conflicts.
  • Ability to coach, train, and mentor junior staff members.
  • Must maintain vision qualification for inspection tasks.
  • Prior experience with SAP or similar Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) required.

Responsibilities

  • Facilitate and oversee clinical packaging jobs including filling and labeling activities.
  • Ensure team compliance with GMP/SOP and quality standards during operations.
  • Accountable for daily output and product quality in packaging processes.
  • Report and prevent quality non-conformances in accordance with GMPs/SOPs.
  • Conduct hands-on training for new employees and address their inquiries.
  • Stage materials and handle products with specific time-out requirements.
  • Ensure accurate transaction documentation in SAP and adherence to documentation practices.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and families.
  • Retirement benefits including 401(k) participation.
  • Paid holidays and vacation time.
  • Compassionate and sick leave offered.
  • Eligibility for annual bonus and long-term incentives.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Job Description:

We are seeking a dedicated operations packaging operator to support Global Clinical Supplies Operations at our West Point, PA facility. This position is for a Room Lead who leads a team of Clinical Packaging Technicians to execute clinical packaging and labeling activities, including material, room and equipment staging, execution and documentation of operations, visual inspection of rooms and equipment post-cleaning, and room clearance and cleaning. Ability to perform all tasks related to clinical packaging with safety first, quality always, act with urgency and focus on what matters with mindset and behaviors. Lead hands-on training for new employees with coaching to enable initial qualification and day to day leading of packaging room activities.

This role is part of a shift, with specific requirements for start and stop times and requires onsite presence five days a week.

Responsibilities:
    • Facilitate and oversee the execution of filling, labelling, and packaging of clinical packaging jobs. Coordinate, perform and document de-packaging, packaging, labeling and sampling activities
    • Ensure other team members within room are performing tasks according to GMP/SOP, batch record instructions, and safety requirements in all activities
    • Accountable to the daily output and product quality within execution of primary and secondary packaging of clinical studies according to internal specifications per Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
    • Report and prevent potential quality events, non-conformance to GMPs/SOPs
    • Occasional overtime and weekend work may be required
    • Positive Interactions with employees within own department as well as frequent interactions with employees from other groups/departments
    • Perform training for new employees and follows up on all daily business-related questions technicians have.
    • Handling of controlled substances according to SOP.
    • Stage materials for operations, handling products with restricted time out of environment requirements
    • Coordinate, set-up, operate, disassemble and clean area equipment and rooms
    • Ensures accurate documentation of transactions within SAP and paper documents in alignment with Good Documentation Practice (GDP)


Education:
    • High School Diploma or equivalent required


Experience & Skills:
    • Minimum 1-year experience in GMP regulated environment.
    • Attention to detail
    • Leadership experience to enable accountability for daily operations for a team of packaging technicians
    • Excellent communication skills
    • Professional interpersonal skills with ability to address minor disagreements
    • Demonstrate ability to coach, train, and mentor new or junior staff members
    • Maintain vision qualification (20/20 vision with correctives) for gross inspection as well as cleaning qualification
    • Ability to repetitively lift, carry, push and pull up to 50 lbs. required
    • Prior experience in SAP or other similar Manufacturing Execution System (MES) required
    • Ability to quickly learn new systems, equipment, and processes
    • Demonstrated problem-solving skills and a continuous improvement mindset (Make problems visible and bring forward solutions)

Job Category
    • Production & Operations Support
  • Job Classifications

Job Classifications
    • 6 - Default (AAP-United States of America)
    • 7 - Operatives (semi-skilled) (EEO-United States of America)
    • 8600 - Plant and system operators (OCC-United States of America)


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The salary range for this role is: $63,800 - $100,400

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include 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.

Required Skills:
Coaching, Communication, GMP Compliance, GMP Training, Operations Support, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Production Scheduling, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Teamwork, Technical Support

Preferred Skills:
Continuous Improvement, Master Batch Records, Pharmaceutical Packaging

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Employee Status:
Regular

Relocation:
No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:
No

Travel Requirements:
No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements:
Not Applicable

Shift:
2nd - Evening

Valid Driving License:
Yes

Hazardous Material(s):
n/a

Job Posting End Date:
10/9/2026
*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.

About Merck & Co, Inc

Schering-Plough Corporation is a major U.S.-based manufacturer of pharmaceuticals. It operates in three segments: Prescription Pharmaceuticals, Animal Health, and Consumer Health Care. Schering-Plough develops products targeting on allergy, cancer, hepatitis, cardiovascular, central nervous system, respiratory system, and more.  It was founded in 1851 by Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering as Schering AG in Germany. Schering-Plough manufactured several pharmaceutical drugs, the most well-known of which were the allergy drugs Claritin and Clarinex, an anti-cholesterol drug Vytorin, and a brain tumor drug Temodar. It also developed drugs targeting on central nervous system and the respiratory system. Schering Plough also owned and operated the major foot care brand name Dr. Scholl's and the skin care line Coppertone. These also became a part of the new company. Schering-Plough was a full member of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), a membership which is also maintained by the new Merck.

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68,000 employees
Market Cap
$282.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$7 billion
Founded
1668
5 Year Trend
+4.1%
Revenue
$47.9 billion
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