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2025 University Recruiting - Manufacturing Intern Elkton, VA

Job Description

 

The Future Talent Program features internships that last up to 12 weeks and will include one or more projects. These opportunities in our Manufacturing Division can provide you with great development and a chance to see if we are the right company for your long-term goals.

 

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.

 

Our intern program features internships that last 10-12 weeks and will include one or more projects. These assignments can provide you with great development opportunities and a chance to see if we are the right company for your long-term goals. Examples of projects and assignment areas include:

In-line product support in technical operations, manufacturing operations, quality operations

Maintain products at a high level of performance and regulatory compliance

Execute strategic projects to enhance our World Class Supply posture – decrease inventory, shorten cycle times, lower costs

Analyze and solve problems

Maintain manufacturing processes at high levels of performance

Engineer plant site improvements to enhance safety, quality and the environment

Optimize existing processes to achieve improvements in process quality, yield and efficiency  

 

If you are the kind of individual who thrives on challenge and possess the technical, leadership and business skills that are of value to our business, we invite you to apply. 

 

Required Education and Experience:

Candidates must be currently enrolled in a sophomore or junior level curriculum, working toward a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Biochemical Engineering, Biological Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering, Biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, or Biotechnology.

Candidate must be able to work a minimum of 10-week Internship beginning in May or June of 2025

Candidates must have superior technical competency as demonstrated by excellent academic record and work achievements

Candidates must have strong communication skills, personal character, and ethics

Candidates must have leadership accomplishments achieved through direct leadership roles or leading by influence

Candidates must be U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident of the U.S.

 

Preferred Experience and Skills:

Candidates should have work experience in a business, manufacturing or industrial setting

Candidates must have GPA 3.20 or higher

Candidates should have familiarity with cGMP and its application

Candidates should have delivery results in a multi-functional, multi-disciplinary environment.

 

Under New York City, Colorado State, Washington State, and California State law, the Company is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the salary range for this job. Final determinations with respect to salary will take into account a number of factors, which may include, but not be limited to the primary work location and the chosen candidate’s relevant skills, experience, and education.

 

Expected salary range:

$39,600.00 - $105,500.00 

 

MMD2025

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Future Talent - Intern

 

 

 

Employees working in roles that the Company determines require routine collaboration with external stakeholders, such as customer-facing commercial, or research-based roles, will be expected to comply not only with Company policy but also with policies established by such external stakeholders (for example, a requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to access a facility or meet with stakeholders).  Please understand that, as permitted by applicable law, if you have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and an essential function of your job is to call on external stakeholders who require vaccination to enter their premises or engage in face-to-face meetings, then your employment may pose an undue burden to business operations, in which case you may not be offered employment, or your employment could be terminated. Please also note that, where permitted by applicable law, the Company reserves the right to require COVID-19 vaccinations for positions, such as in Global Employee Health, where the Company determines in its discretion that the nature of the role presents an increased risk of disease transmission.

 

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.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.  For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit:

EEOC Know Your Rights

EEOC GINA Supplement​

Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination

 

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas 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, generally Tuesday, Wednesday and either Monday or 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”.

 

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:

Intern/Co-op (Fixed Term)

 

Relocation:

No relocation

 

VISA Sponsorship:

No

 

Travel Requirements:

10%

 

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

 

Shift:

1st - Day

 

Valid Driving License:

No

 

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a