Job Description Do you want to be part of a global pharmaceutical company that uses innovative science to save and improve the lives of people and animals around the world? This is your opportunity! At our plant in Salamanca, where we specialize in producing vaccines for animal health, we are currently seeking a **maintenance team leader.** We are looking for someone passionate about keeping our plant's equipment, systems, and facilities in optimal condition, ensuring they meet the highest quality and safety standards. As a maintenance team leader, you will have the opportunity to lead the planning and execution of preventive and corrective maintenance activities at our Salamanca plant. Your commitment to safety, energy efficiency, and teamwork will be essential to success in this role. **General Objective of the Position** Maintain the plant's equipment, systems, and facilities in conditions that fulfill their intended functions, with the required capacity, quality, and safety standards. **Functions and Responsibilities:** * Ensure proper compliance with safety, occupational health, and environmental regulations. * Serve as Gatekeeper, Planner, and Scheduler in SAP PM for preventive and corrective maintenance activities. * Daily communication between different IPTs and their manager to ensure proper distribution of work among available resources. * Manage preventive maintenance activities. * Actively participate in TIER meetings (operational meetings). * Support training for other team members in maintenance tasks to foster a culture of "autonomous maintenance" within the maintenance area and IPTs. * Perform assigned preventive maintenance activities on time, correctly, and according to schedule. * Train other colleagues when possessing specific knowledge. * Manage spare parts inventory for assigned tasks and track related requests. * Maintain continuous communication within the department to ensure accurate handover of information between shifts. * As a maintenance technician and operator, promote energy efficiency in daily activities, both preventive and corrective. * Perform preventive functions as a preventive resource. * Serve as Prevention and Environmental Liaison (IPMA) for the P01 technical room. * Intervention team – rescuer **Required Qualifications:** * We are seeking a candidate with technical education and experience in industrial maintenance within regulated environments. Preferred fields of study include Mechanics, Electricity and Electronics, Refrigeration Systems, and HVAC. * Knowledge of Automation and PLCs, meaning the ability to interpret and interact with automated process machinery (viewing and operating, not programming). * Familiarity with SAP PM or equivalent CMMS systems. * Strong teamwork skills. **Required Skills:** Accountability, Application Maintenance, Automation Systems, Corrective Maintenance, Innovation, Laboratory Equipment Calibration, Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), Lean Manufacturing, Maintenance Management, Maintenance Processes, Maintenance Scheduling, Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM), PLC Programming, Preventive Maintenance, Process Optimization, Production Scheduling, Safety Protocols, SCADA Control Systems, Spare Parts Management, Vendor Coordination**Preferred Skills:** Current Employees apply HERE Current Contingent Workers apply HERE **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:** Regular**Relocation:** **VISA Sponsorship:** **Travel Requirements:** **Flexible Work Arrangements:** Not Applicable**Shift:** **Valid Driving License:** **Hazardous Material(s):** **Job Posting End Date:** 10/24/2025* **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:**R369404