Construction Manager - GFD

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve.

This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

The Global Facilities Delivery (GFD) Organization, part of Manufacturing & Quality, delivers new and renovated capital assets around the world. Our mission is accomplished through a highly leveraged organization of design, construction, and qualification contractors. Many of the assets delivered focus on medical innovation and delivering innovative solutions to patients. Some of the assets delivered will expand the supply of existing medicines or strengthen the supply chain.

The Construction Manager leads field construction execution for GFD, supervising a team of Lilly employees and contract construction leaders to safely execute large-scale capital programs at both brownfield and greenfield sites. This role is accountable for field construction execution from detailed design through mechanical completion, as well as the field execution budget and capital spend across assigned programs. The Construction Manager reports to the AVP of Construction Management and HSE in GFD and serves as the primary point of contact between field contract construction teams and program leadership.

• Team Leadership: Lead and manage a team of Lilly employees and contract construction leaders to safely execute large-scale capital programs of at least $200M USD in business-critical capital assets within the framework of the contract, including vetting invoices, change orders, etc.

• Field Construction Execution: Hold accountability for field construction execution from detailed design through mechanical completion, ensuring contractor teams deliver on safety, cost, schedule, and quality objectives on both brownfield and greenfield sites.

• Dispute Resolution: Play a key role in partnership with legal, procurement, and other necessary parties for any disputes that may arise with the contract construction team.

• Budget & Capital Spend: Hold accountability for the field execution budget and capital spend across assigned programs, including cost forecasting, change management, and adherence to financial controls.

• Interface/Communication: Serve as the primary point of contact between field contract construction teams and program leadership, developing and maintaining effective communication with GFD, project leadership, project teams, governance bodies, business partners, and site stakeholders, and facilitating issue resolution, proactively identifying and solving field issues, and implementing construction work safely and with quality, speed, and value.

• Compliance: Lead with a disciplined, structured approach to construction management based on compliance with Company policies and procedures, including construction quality standards, GMP requirements where applicable, and applicable regulatory frameworks.

• Bachelor of Science in engineering, construction management, or a related technical field.

• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in capital project construction delivery in industrial or manufacturing facilities, including previous experience executing greenfield and large-scale brownfield construction projects.

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