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Shift Engineer

at Merck

📍 USA - Virginia - Elkton Hybrid 💰 $87K – $137K USD / year Posted March 14, 2026
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Position Details

Salary $87K – $137K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience mid
Exp. Years 2+ years
Education Bachelor's in engineering or related scientific field, or High School Diploma with experience
Category Engineering (Non-Software)

About this role

This role involves supporting manufacturing operations in Elkton, VA by maintaining mechanical systems, troubleshooting equipment failures, and ensuring utilities support sterile production processes.

Key Responsibilities

  • Troubleshoot equipment failures
  • Maintain utilities
  • Support sterile manufacturing
  • Implement preventive maintenance
  • Improve equipment reliability

Technical Overview

The engineer will perform mechanical troubleshooting, manage utilities, and support equipment reliability using CMMS and preventive maintenance practices in a sterile manufacturing environment.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a mechanical engineer or experienced technician with at least 2 years in manufacturing, skilled in troubleshooting equipment failures, maintaining utilities, and supporting sterile manufacturing processes. They should be familiar with CMMS and reliability practices.

Must-Have Skills

Troubleshooting equipment failuresMechanical supportUtilities managementCMMSEquipment reliability

Nice-to-Have Skills

Reliability engineeringPredictive MaintenanceSterile manufacturing equipmentAseptic techniques

Tools & Platforms

CMMSMaintenance management systemsMechanical toolsUtilities systems

Required Skills

mechanical troubleshootingequipment reliabilityutilities managementCMMSpreventive maintenancesterile manufacturingaseptic techniques

Hard Skills

Mechanical troubleshootingEquipment maintenanceUtilities managementCMMSMechanical systemsRotating equipmentPreventive maintenanceReliability engineeringTroubleshootingProcess improvement

Soft Skills

TeamworkCommunicationProblem-solvingOrganizational skillsCollaboration

Industry & Role

Industry Pharmaceuticals / Biotechnology
Job Function Support manufacturing operations through mechanical maintenance and troubleshooting
Role Subtype Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
Tech Domains Mechanical systems, Utilities systems, CMMS

Keywords for Your Resume

maintenance engineermechanical troubleshootingequipment reliabilityutilities managementCMMSpreventive maintenancereliability engineeringprocess improvementmechanical systemsrotating equipmentsterile manufacturingaseptic techniquesVirginiaElktonmanufacturingmaintenance supportequipment failuretroubleshooting

Deal Breakers

Lack of manufacturing or mechanical troubleshooting experience, No experience with sterile or aseptic techniques, Unwilling to work in Elkton, VA, No familiarity with CMMS

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