Sunday, May 26, 2013

Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Business Specialist Job

Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Business Specialist-ENG002488

Description

Merck is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and consumer health products, as well as animal health products. Today, we are building a new kind of healthcare company ? one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us.

Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity and teamwork of people like you. To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement and teamwork. As part of our global team, you?ll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career.

Position Overview

The Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Business Specialist position is at the Maurice R. Hilleman Center for Vaccine Manufacturing which is located in northern Durham, North Carolina. This state of the art facility, started in 2004, is manufacturing Merk's lifesaving vaccines. Due to the importance of this facility in Merck?s Vaccine Manufacturing Supply Chain, the facility has seen rapid growth in production volumes and new employees over the last several years; currently Durham employs 1,000+ people. The successful MES Business Specialist candidate will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic and growing facility, and influence and ensure that our Vaccine products are available to customers throughout the world.

Supporting the world market will occur through ensuring the MES meets ongoing and future manufacturing requirements, assures its configuration is aligned with regulatory requirements, maximizes business benefits, and aligns it with Merck business process and technical standards. The Business Specialist is responsible for supporting MES implementations across the full systems lifecycle, from identifying the business and technical needs of users, determining appropriate implementation of the technology, executing implementation, and maintaining ongoing operations. The Business Specialist will have regular direct interaction with the MES users, ERP and Process Automation experts, and interface with Merck's MES Center of Excellence.

This specific role will be based at the Durham North Carolina manufacturing facility.

The Business Specialist is responsible for activities that include the following:

- Gain detailed knowledge of Werum's PAS-X MES application to enable production execution, including interfaces for ERP and DCS.
- Partner with site users and project teams to meet their needs through MES configuration. This includes active participation in the configuration of MES, then hands-on shop floor training and implementation which will require periodic shift and weekend support.
- Maintain MES as it relates to PAS-X system configuration, SLC, validation development/execution, hardware, software environments, SOPs and business processes.
- Collaborate in a network with other MES Subject Matter Experts to ensure that best practices are shared and resolve MES related investigations. Where required, participate in MES user groups within Merck to continuously improve the application and associated use practices.
- Actively participate in the refinement of PAS-X end-user training requirements they relate to configuration standards and operational activities.

Qualifications

Education:

- BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or other technical degree.

Required:

- Minimum of 4 years of experience front line supervision, process development, and/or process automation/IT support within the Pharmaceutical/Biopharmaceutical manufacturing business.
- Proven skills with integrated Manufacturing Execution Systems.
- Proven change management skills implemented at a manufacturing site level are essential.
- Excellent understanding of cGMP, and Process Automation System Life Cycle methodologies.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Excellent facilitation, problem solving, and decision making skills.

Preferred:

- Master Batch Record configuration experience using Werum's MES, PAS-X.
- SAP configuration experience for Production Execution.
- Distributed Control System, especially Emerson's DeltaV, coding experience for Process Automation.

Our employees are the key to our company?s success. We demonstrate our commitment to our employees by offering a competitive and valuable rewards program. Merck?s benefits are designed to support the wide range of goals, needs and lifestyles of our employees, and many of the people that matter the most in their lives.

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Merck is an equal opportunity employer, M/F/D/V ? proudly embracing diversity in all of its manifestations.
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Job: Engineering Generic

Job Title: Spclst, Engineering

Primary Location: NA-US-NC-Durham

Employee Status: Regular

Number of Openings: 1


Nearest Major Market: Durham
Nearest Secondary Market: Raleigh
Job Segments: Engineer, Change Management, Industrial, Manufacturing, ERP, Engineering, Management, Technology

Source: http://jobs.merck.com/job/Durham-Manufacturing-Execution-System-(MES)-Business-Specialist-Job-NC-27701/2618703/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W_RSS

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