Student Placement - IT Automation Analyst

Job Description

Working in a professional and friendly environment, will provide you the opportunity to gain practical experience in an IT Automation role and will help build a strong foundation for success in your future. Throughout your twelve-month placement, you will be provided with the opportunity to support, develop and improve our IT Automation systems and processes as well as be provided opportunities to travel to our other sites. You will be part of a friendly, energetic, highly motivated and collaborative team working on supporting the manufacturing operations and system upgrade improvements.

Responsibilities:

Operational support of existing IT automation systems:

• Troubleshoot and resolve issues with IT Automation Systems and Digital Solutions
• Use ServiceNow and Jira to receive, update and resolve operational issues and requests
• Development and delivery of training packages to business users

Implementation of new IT Automation systems in-line with business needs:

• Use business analysis skills for development of new business systems to meet business specifications, project timescales and users’ expectations
• Provide technical expertise to implement and integrate new and existing systems and technologies
• Opportunity to manage and deliver your own projects with guidance from your mentor

Maintain compliance to our Company’s Corporate and Regulatory guidelines for IT systems:

• Application of our Company’s specific System Development Life Cycle to systems
• Adherence to our Company’s Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) in everything you do
• Ensure that projects follow Cybersecurity, Data Integrity and Good Manufacturing and Lab Practices.

Requirements

• We are seeking candidates who are UK based university students looking to complete a placement year
• Undergraduate Student undertaking an IT Automation & Control, Computing or related area.
• Knowledge of automated systems and technologies such as Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA).
• Knowledge of network infrastructure
• Business Analysis skills (requirements gathering and translating into IT solutions)

How to Apply (Please Read):

Please complete the online application form and upload your CV and Cover Letter in a combined document in the ‘resume/CV’ section.

Our standard future talent recruitment process is: An online application, a virtual conversation and then a final assessment.

Provisional final assessment dates will be held from November 2024

Deadline:

Monday 7th October 11:59pm 2024

Next Steps:

In the event of your successful progression to the next stage, one of our future talent team will contact you within two - three weeks of the application closing date.

Start Date:

June 2025

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together.

For more Information visit our Future Talent page!

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Current Employees apply HERE

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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:

VISA Sponsorship:

Travel Requirements:

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

Shift:

Valid Driving License:

Hazardous Material(s):

Job Posting End Date:

10/8/2024

*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.

Job Posting End Date: 10/08/2024

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.

Requisition ID: R312228