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Intern (engineering)

Support equipment reliability analysis and maintenance system improvements at Ballydine plant
Tipperary, Ireland
Internship
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Merck

Merck

A global healthcare leader known for its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and animal health products.

Internship Opportunity in Reliability & Maintenance Systems

Within the Reliability & Maintenance Systems Team at Ballydine, Co. Tipperary, we are offering a fantastic opportunity for a minimum of six months internship focused primarily on Asset Reliability Engineering & Maintenance Systems.

About the Engineering Internship:

As a student working within the Reliability & Systems Team, you will be responsible for the support to the Reliability & Systems Lead, Senior Reliability Engineer's, Maintenance Specialist's focused on the equipment compliance and reliability of all installations and equipment that fall under the management of the team for all areas of the plant.

This includes from production manufacturing plants to utility support equipment. You will work in a structured program working with the team in compliance adherence and solving problems using Lean Tools such as 5 Why, 8 Step Problem Solving and with the goal of improving technical performance of equipment and remaining compliant to relevant codes and standards.

Your tasks will include:

  • Supporting the analysis of the technical performance of the equipment assets so that they continue to perform better to meet the current requirements regarding quality and safety through technical enhancement capital projects.
  • Supporting the team to build convincing business cases to obtain the resources needed to realize (improvement) projects and to be involved in technical discussions to learn and grow your Engineering experience.
  • Becoming more familiar with standards, procedures, and guidelines as applicable within our organization and the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Supporting the team in the drafting of and review of technical documents in Engineering disciplines to broaden your knowledge and experience and including reviews of qualification documents received on systems for proposed changes and applicable upgrade projects.
  • Supporting the team writing business cases for improvement projects, helping to find out the true asset integrity condition on systems from surveys by external service providers, helping to draw up required deliverables and supporting and assisting the team in the development and implementation of the proposed improvements on the factory floor areas.
  • Supporting the team with initiating continuous improvements that may be required in maintenance task job plans.
  • Granted the opportunity to learn how team functions on the daily basis with Tier Board meetings involvement with the Reliability team and help action follow through and close out of any related actions.

Your profile:

  • Currently pursuing an Engineering Degree – ideally Mechanical, Electrical, Process, Chemical, Physics & Instrumentation or Mechatronics.
  • Enjoy analyzing data and using Lean Tools to Problem Solve to gain robust corrective action solutions.
  • Good computer skills familiar with Microsoft Suite – Excel, Word, Teams and good communication skills in English, both verbally and in writing.

Intern/Co-op (Fixed Term)

No relocation

No VISA Sponsorship

No Travel Required

Not Applicable Flexible Work Arrangements

Not Indicated Shift

No Valid Driving License

n/a Hazardous Material(s)

Required Skills: Communication, Data Entry, Document Management, Office Applications, Process Improvements, Reporting and Analysis, Technical Support, Troubleshooting, Workload Prioritization

Job Posting End Date: 09/17/2025

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Intern (engineering)
Tipperary, Ireland
Engineering
About Merck
A global healthcare leader known for its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and animal health products.