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Stationary Engineer - 2nd Shift - West Point, PA Job

Employer
Merck
Location
West Point PA
Closing date
Oct 19, 2017

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Stationary Engineer - 2nd Shift - West Point, PA-USW001581

Description

Merck & Co., Inc. Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A. known as Merck in the United States and Canada, is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and 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 an individual 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.


Under the supervision of the Maintenance Supervisor and direction of the maintenance team leader, operates monitors, maintains, and responds to alarms of building utility systems including: water chillers, cooling towers, condenser water, high purity water treatment (softeners, de-ionization and reverse osmosis units and stills), cleans team, building steam and condensate, compressed air and vacuum systems. Maintains logs, necessary paperwork, and completes documentation in a cGMP compliant fashion. Documents work activities completely through work orders and daily labor record. Stationary engineers will perform maintenance on any equipment or facilities which their skills support in a compliant quality manner.
Stationary Engineers are part of the Utilities Technician work group and will primarily share work assignments within their job grouping with no inherent or "system imposed" limits.

Based on business needs Utilities Technicians will perform maintenance activities including crossing between job groupings where skills are common. Work assignments, buildings, and equipment are not exclusive to any craft, job grouping, or employee. Position may include some responsibility for maintaining significant business systems (e.g. Maximo data, planning, procurement, and scheduling) including the authority to assign, coordinate, and maintain work for others.

Additional duties including, but not limited to:

•Maintains proper pressures and temperature in the operation of heating and cooling equipment, including chillers, cooling towers, perimeter heat, reheat, etc. systems to meet variable load conditions. Maintains appropriate oil, glycol, and cooling water parameters as required by utility systems. Chemically cleans heat exchangers and circulating systems, adhering to department safety requirements.
•Operates distilled water, deionized water, reverse osmosis, water softener, water pre-treatment, and reheat systems.
•Troubleshoots and routinely maintains, regenerates, acid cleans, adds or changes resin, and disinfects these systems as necessary. Monitors capacity, adequacy of utility services, and quality to insure proper operation of this equipment.
•Adheres to cGMP requirements applicable to these systems.
•Maintains operation of high purity water systems to provide pressure, quantity, and quality in accordance with production and cGMP requirements.
•Insures proper operation of gauges/instrumentation (temperature, flow, conductivity, resistivity, pH, pressure, etc) and changes recorder charts as necessary.
•Conducts daily tours of utility equipment and reports problems concerning, instrumentation and control. Maintains records of operating details, including daily shift reports and logs, to provide shift-to-shift communications between both supervisory and stationary engineer personnel. Works with supervisory, engineering, and customer personnel to assure proper operation, maintenance and repair of utility equipment.
•Prepares utility equipment and systems for modifications and/or tie-ins performing necessary shutdowns and isolation of valves following safe hazardous energy control procedures. Returns systems to normal operation.
•Performs routine testing of water systems, cooling tower water, closed loop cooling and heating systems. Maintains necessary chemical treatment at specified parameters, e.g. level, pH, conductivity, etc.
•Performs necessary operational and maintenance checks to insure that building utility related systems are operating as efficiently (energy consumption, water use, etc) as possible, with minimum losses and optimum applies capacity.
•Maintains utility equipment in good operating condition as it applies to oiling, packing, cleaning, adjustments, and safety conditions.
•Performs preventive and corrective maintenance and emergency repairs as required by the equipment and systems for which responsible to provide continued utility system operation.
•Insures the proper housekeeping conditions are maintained in mechanical rooms via proper storage of equipment and supplies. Performs miscellaneous clean up as necessary.
•Operates two-way radio communications for normal, alarm, and emergency dispatch in a professional manner. Responds to WPMS alarms as required in a timely and professional manner.
•Operates computer workstations for monitoring and operational status of equipment and systems where applicable.
•Provides guidance to General Workers and Maintenance personnel when working jointly on assignments.
•Performs all duties necessary to insure that the quality and quantity of service is maintained via proper operating conditions throughout the Building Utility area.
•Completes department training requirements, e.g. orientation, SOP, safety, etc. as directed by supervision.
•Attend and actively participates in HAZOPS, waste walkthroughs, kaizen events, or any other operations, lead six-sigma, quality, safety or environmental training/initiatives as required.
•Prepares and assists technicians, supervisors and planners in preparing labor and material estimates
•Assists supervising with the assigning, scheduling and prioritization of work order request using maintenance management systems.
•Makes recommendations and prepares orders for spare parts, additional stock room items, tools, etc.
•Consults with Supervision and other mechanics on problem resolution/troubleshooting. Keep Supervision informed of problem issues.

Please note, this is a union position.

THIS IS A SECOND SHIFT POSITION!!

Qualifications

Required Education:

- High School diploma or equivalent (GED).

- Graduation from a recognized/accredited trade school with at least six months full time emphasis (5 hours/day x 3 days/week) in industrial power plant and refrigeration equipment operations......and/or, Navy Boiler Technician and Machinist Mate, State Stationary Engineer Seal, and Merchant Marine QMED or Engineer programs/licenses meet this requirement.

Required Experience and Skills:

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Three years recent (within last 10 years) full-time experience (6,000 hours) operating industrial power plant equipment and controls (must include: chillers, cooling towers, air compressors, and water treatment equipment).

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A basic understanding of chemical and water treatment and computer use is required.

Desired Experience and Skills:

- Recent experience operating centrifugal chillers (electrical and turbine driven) greater than 600 tons, air compressors and desiccant air dryers greater than 250 cfm, and high purity (WFI and USP grade) water system equipment including reverse osmosis, delonization, vapor compression and multi-effect distillation units.

- Operational experience in the emergency/building electrical generators and hands-on experience and hazardous energy control (lockout/tagout) procedures.

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. Our Company’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. If you need an accommodation for the application process please email us at staffingaadar@merck.com.

Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully:

Merck & Co., Inc. is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Merck via email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Merck. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Merck as a result of the referral or through other means.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

For more information about personal rights under Equal Employment Opportunity, visit:

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EEOC GINA Supplement​

MERCKHJ082017


Merck is an equal opportunity employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran – proudly embracing diversity in all of its manifestations.


Job: USW, LOCAL 2-86

Job Title:Stationary Engineer

Primary Location: NA-US-PA-West Point

Employee Status: Regular

Number of Openings: 1

Shift (if applicable): 2nd

Hazardous Materials: steam, gas, hydraulic, vacuum, water or air pressure, or process materials.

Company Trade Name:Merck

Company

Our vision is to make a difference in the lives of people globally through our innovative medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, consumer health and animal products. We aspire to be the best healthcare company in the world and are dedicated to providing leading innovations and solutions for tomorrow.

We have made it our mission to provide innovative, distinctive products and services that save and improve lives, satisfy customer needs and to be recognized as a great place to work

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