What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Automation Technician position at Merck?
Job Description
The Senior Automation Technician position will work actively in a dynamic production dedicated maintenance team supporting the Plant Maintenance and Production departments. In this role, you will focus on installation, modification, troubleshooting, removal, and repair of hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, and mechanical components of critical production equipment. Critical systems that are in scope for the team will include, but not be limited to Bosch/Syntegon sterile filling lines, Cozzoli Sterile filling lines, West/Genessis capping lines, Brenton robotic packaging lines, Weiler labeling systems and Blending tanks. You will be seen as a driver of safety and compliance for activities on and around their scopes of service
Education Requirement
Experience and Skills
#MSJR
The Salary Range For This Role Is
$70,500 - $110,900
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
Accountability, Accountability, Automated Machinery, Circuit Troubleshooting, Compressed Air, Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), Computer Literacy, Electrical Maintenance, Equipment Commissioning, Equipment Repairs, Global Manufacturing, Global Supply Chain, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), HVAC Systems, Hydraulic Systems, Instrumentation Systems, Instrument Calibrations, Maintenance Scheduling, Maintenance Work, Managing Engineering Teams, Mechanical Maintenance, PLC Programming, Pneumatic Systems, Power Equipment, Preventive Maintenance { 5 more}
Preferred Skills
Current Employees apply HERE
Current Contingent Workers apply HERE
US And Puerto Rico Residents Only
Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.
Requirements
As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit:
EEOC Know Your Rights
EEOC GINA Supplement
We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively.
Learn more about your rights, including under California, Colorado and other US State Acts
U.S. Hybrid Work Model
Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, Monday - Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence.This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as “remote”.
San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance
Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.
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
No
Hazardous Material(s)
n/a
Job Posting End Date
01/21/2026
The Senior Automation Technician position will work actively in a dynamic production dedicated maintenance team supporting the Plant Maintenance and Production departments. In this role, you will focus on installation, modification, troubleshooting, removal, and repair of hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, and mechanical components of critical production equipment. Critical systems that are in scope for the team will include, but not be limited to Bosch/Syntegon sterile filling lines, Cozzoli Sterile filling lines, West/Genessis capping lines, Brenton robotic packaging lines, Weiler labeling systems and Blending tanks. You will be seen as a driver of safety and compliance for activities on and around their scopes of service
Education Requirement
- High School Diploma with 6 years' experience OR
- Associate degree in Technical discipline such as Industrial Maintenance Technology with 3 years' experience
Experience and Skills
- Working knowledge and experience in a maintenance manufacturing environment
- Ability to work independently, communicate status and deficiencies.
- Maintain computerized records using current maintenance software.
- Ability to interact with colleagues, customers, and vendors.
- Interact and develop principled and positive working relationships with colleagues, customers, and vendors
- Safety requirements are strongly enforced, requires you to be attentive to their own safety and the safety of others in the workplace.
- Experience in electrical, PLC/Automation Controls highly preferred
- Knowledge of freeze-drying products through lyophilization, and high-speed automation
- Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5s
- SAP and inventory control
- AP (Electronic record-keeping system)
- Electrical- Troubleshooting, repair, and installation of electrical equipment and systems | Working knowledge and experience in automation, vision systems, PLCs (programmable logic controls) and HMI (Human machine interfaces)
- Mechanical | Repair and installation of pumps, gear drives, equipment, and preventative maintenance
- Utilities | Power and physical plant maintenance of steam, compressed air, water, fuel, electrical, industrial gases
- Packaging/Fill | Provide repair and maintenance of mechanized electrical and automated equipment
#MSJR
The Salary Range For This Role Is
$70,500 - $110,900
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
Accountability, Accountability, Automated Machinery, Circuit Troubleshooting, Compressed Air, Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), Computer Literacy, Electrical Maintenance, Equipment Commissioning, Equipment Repairs, Global Manufacturing, Global Supply Chain, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), HVAC Systems, Hydraulic Systems, Instrumentation Systems, Instrument Calibrations, Maintenance Scheduling, Maintenance Work, Managing Engineering Teams, Mechanical Maintenance, PLC Programming, Pneumatic Systems, Power Equipment, Preventive Maintenance { 5 more}
Preferred Skills
Current Employees apply HERE
Current Contingent Workers apply HERE
US And Puerto Rico Residents Only
Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.
Requirements
As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit:
EEOC Know Your Rights
EEOC GINA Supplement
We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively.
Learn more about your rights, including under California, Colorado and other US State Acts
U.S. Hybrid Work Model
Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, Monday - Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence.This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as “remote”.
San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance
Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.
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
No
Hazardous Material(s)
n/a
Job Posting End Date
01/21/2026
- 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.
Salary : $70,500 - $110,900