Sr. Principal - Engineer - Process; Critical Utilities

Overview

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our 40,000 employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.

We put people first and are looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

• Provide engineering support to the Global Facility Delivery Team (Lilly’s global large scale capital delivery team) with a strong focus on right first time and on-schedule facility start-up. This includes design reviews, process safety assessments, user requirements, C&Q support, unit operation shakedown and start-up, facility operational readiness.
• Define and own relevant aspects of the overall integrated operational readiness plan (e.g., SOP development, maintenance strategy, automation optimization, pre-startup safety reviews, alarm requirements, performance qualification requirements/protocol development, etc.).
• Own the qualified state of equipment for respective area of responsibility.
• Develop and implement unit operation and equipment control strategy to sustain and optimize utilities systems in support of manufacturing operations.
• Support initial operations training requirements as the equipment and area SME.

• Provide engineering support in utilities operations through application of chemical and/or mechanical engineering fundamentals.
• Monitor, assess and document equipment performance to maintain ongoing qualification.
• Develop and maintain the basis of safety for equipment as required.
• Integrate mechanistic modelling, process simulation and analysis into current and future processes to enhance process understanding and control.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities related to equipment and processes as a core member of a cross-functional process team.
• Utilize root cause analysis techniques to investigate process and equipment issues and deliver robust and sustainable corrective and preventative actions.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (chemical or mechanical preferred)
• 7+ years of relevant experience in relevant pharmaceutical manufacturing operations

• Deep technical interest and understanding in the field of chemical engineering
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a process team consisting of a diverse group of management, production, science and engineering professionals
• Creativity to identify improvement opportunities and the tenacity/initiative to see them implemented
• Mentoring/guidance of others in technical processes
• Flexibility to meet business needs

• Occasional travel required 5 – 10%
• Required to be working onsite
• Required to be on call
• Occasional shift work may apply

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