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Job Description
Job Description:
The Enabling Facilities (EF) group within the Chemical Engineering Research & Development (CERD) Department is seeking a highly motivated individual to work in a fast-paced job that provides support to laboratory scientists through centralizing a variety of tasks needed to maintain the laboratories in good working order and help the scientists with non-laboratory based work.
The Y.E.S. Team Specialist position will report to the Director, Engineering and will be a member of the EF Team at the Rahway NJ facility. This position will be a member of the Y.E.S. (Your Everything Support) team which is responsible for a variety of operations work across the Rahway site.
Primary Responsibilities of the Associate Specialist – Y.E.S. Team Specialist include the following:
Primary responsibilities of the Y.E.S. Team Specialist are to work on Y.E.S. Team initiatives such as domestic and international shipping of chemical intermediates, sourcing and ordering chemicals and other materials for scientists in the department, troubleshooting lab equipment, initiating and tracking lab and equipment repair requests, and performing routine tasks on a regular basis (e.g. eyewash station checks and glovebox organization). The successful candidate will identify and implement organizational improvements throughout the department’s laboratories.
The Y.E.S. Team Specialist will also be expected to support equipment lifecycle at the Rahway, NJ site through the purchase of capital equipment and the retirement of equipment at the end of its life. This requires collaboration with equipment requestors, safety professionals, site capital committees, vendors, and others to ensure that purchases proceed smoothly.
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The salary range for this role is
$71,900.00 - $113,200.00This 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. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.
You can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.
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
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Employee Status:
RegularRelocation:
No relocationVISA Sponsorship:
NoTravel Requirements:
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09/3/2026*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.
