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Be part of a bigger story at our Manufacturing site in Elkton, Virginia
Elkton continues to expand and big things are happening here at our local Manufacturing & Supply Division facility, such as the production of high-quality medicines and vaccines that prevent disease and sustain life for patients on a global scale.
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Opportunity and growth that fits
Join a growth industry and leading company in that industry. We are ambitious and evolving, which is good for your career. Training and development opportunities abound here. We are a big campus with lots of roles and teams to consider for your future.
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Compensation and benefits that fit 
Our company’s benefits & well-being programs focus on physical, mental, financial and social well-being. They draw from best practices to ensure quality, competitive value, protection from significant financial hardship, and access to tools and resources to support employees and their families at all stages of their career and their lives.
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Operational excellence as standard
Along with our dedication to operational excellence, there are many aspects of our culture and vision that give our work in manufacturing operations added purpose. Your experience can help support our capacity to produce a reliable supply of products to patients worldwide.

A variety of positions for a variety of ambitions—what’s yours?

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Operations Manager
Our Managers lead the teams that make our products. They operate with a “Safety First, Quality Always” mindset striving for continuous improvement. They work in the local plant connected to our global manufacturing network to ensure the highest quality of raw materials, intermediates, and finished products.
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Quality Assurance
Our Quality Assurance teams ensure we consistently produce safe, high-quality products. Partnering across our internal manufacturing facilities, external contract manufacturers, and suppliers, we create an inter-connected global network committed to delivering a compliant, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time.
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Automation
Our IT team operates as a business partner, proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver the services and solutions that help everyone to be more productive and enable innovation. 
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Engineer
Our Engineers help manufacturing operations remain operational, continuously improving and innovating. With our extensive range of facilities and environments, our Engineers have opportunities across many diverse areas, including biological, chemical, automation, maintenance, safety, process development, technical services, utilities, and validation. 
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Operator
Our Operators are an integral part of our manufacturing support team. They are responsible for running, monitoring, and maintaining our vital, state-of-the-art technology and equipment that manufactures our products to the highest standards for quality and safety. They are collaborative and oversee processes requiring a special eye for detail.
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Technician
Our Technicians perform advanced laboratory services in various manufacturing areas following Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Standard Operating Procedures. Their jobs entail continued training and development to improve job skills and product-related procedures. 

Tackle the greatest health challenges with us
Optimizing processes to deliver world-class supplies at globally competitive price points, our teams are now manufacturing and packaging solutions for HPV-related cancers and diseases, bacterial diseases, and other challenging conditions.

Our work is vital to the advancement of public health—yours can be as well. Become a part of the team at our Manufacturing & Supply Division at Elkton, Virginia.
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Discover what Elkton, Virginia has to offer
A piece of our company's legacy has lived in Elkton for 80 years.  Nestled along the beautiful hills of the Shenandoah Valley, this is a place defined by bold views of beauty and nature at its finest. Shenandoah National Park (20-minute drive) and both Richmond, Virginia and Washington D.C. are within a two-hour drive of the Elkton site. Find inspiration in the vivid colors and rugged grandeur of our surroundings where you’ll have access to some of the most attractive skiing, golfing, and hiking around.

We are growing and we want you to grow with us
We have made a significant investment in stages over the past couple of years to expand our manufacturing operation in Elkton, Virginia. This includes several State-of-the-Art and innovative projects that have already added 120,000 square feet to our existing operation in Elkton, VA. These projects directly support our shared aspiration and purpose to save and improve lives.
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Come work in Elkton, where you can help make a difference locally in the lives of people globally. 
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OneTen: We Believe in Your Success
As a founding member of OneTen, Merck is part of a collation of leading companies and executives across industries committed to upskilling, hiring and advancing one million Black individuals in America over the next 10 years into family-sustaining jobs with opportunities for advancement. OneTen is cultivating a comprehensive skills-first talent network, enabling greater opportunities for earned success. OneTen is not just philanthropy. Rather, it is ensuring that Black talent with the skills and aptitude to earn success also have the opportunity to achieve success.

Build global impact and grow your career with us.


​​​​​​​Work with people who invent, impact, and inspire everyday

The Elkton site enabled my career transition as a veteran. I’ve experienced a community of gifted professionals unified by the mission of manufacturing life-saving medicine to help expand Elkton. Ten years have gone by in a flash and I have learned and grown personally and professionally.
Michael Edward Baliko
Director, Learning & Development
 The Sprinters Internship Program was the first step in my journey. I was introduced to our manufacturing facility, worked on meaningful projects, and gained manufacturing experience. Now, I’m an employee with over two years of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement experience.
Sanarea Ali 
Specialist, Merck Production Systems 
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Everyone in Elkton is great to work with. We have a team of very smart, friendly, and collaborative people. I enjoy working with them every day when I come to work!
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Anna Brcka
Sr. Specialist, Engineering

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