Engineer - Automation Engineering – Utilities, Warehouse, Building Management System

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 employees 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 seek those determined to make life better for people around the world.

Lilly recently announced a $4.5 billion investment to create the Lilly Medicine Foundry, a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development. The facility will combine research and manufacturing to optimize processes, increase capacity for clinical trial medicines, and reduce costs and environmental impact.

The Engineer - Automation Engineering will work as a member of the Automation Engineering Department at Eli Lilly, Foundry. The engineer will provide automation support for one or more operating areas across site and/or for capital projects. Process Automation is core to delivering a right first time facility startup and ongoing support of manufacturing operations.

The Engineer is responsible for the productivity and mentorship of the employees to ensure reliable and compliant control applications and systems are used in manufacturing  Senior Principal Engineer acts as a key technical expert with partners to influence and implement within the process control organization and across functional disciplines to support the process control technical agenda, business plan priorities, and compliance objectives.

During the project delivery and startup phases (startup expected 2025 to 2028), automation engineering roles will be fluid and dynamic to support project delivery, build a new organization, develop and implement necessary systems and processes to support GMP operations, and build site culture. This will require collaboration, creativity, and resilience as the site grows to full-scale GMP manufacturing through startup.

• Technical Leadership

• Mentor process control team, including design, controls philosophy, implementation and commissioning

• Process control work implementation and coordination

• Develop and implement the Automation Engineering Project Plan

• Technically lead and oversee the work of Site Area leads and System Integrators including Functional Requirements, Design Specifications, DCS Application Software, Test Specifications

• Lead/Participate in design reviews and Delta
  
  V application software reviews, attend equipment and software FATs

• Lead a team of automation engineers supporting commissioning

• Provide periodic status updates to Project Management

• Devising functional requirements and process control strategies for control systems in collaboration with Process Engineering

• DCS software design, coding/configuration and testing (sequence logic, graphics, batch software etc.)

• Automation Engineering including design, tuning and troubleshooting of control loops

• Implement and support electronic systems (such as plant historians) used to capture process automation related production data

• Maintain the validated state of the site control systems in line with Lilly quality standards including the development and execution of validation strategies and associated documentation

• Automation support for capital projects including new product introductions

• Promoting the use of automation to improve productivity, operational efficiency and compliance

• Developing a network of corporate contacts and leveraging corporate expertise when needed

• In coordination with automation and compliance consultants, set and reinforce standards for appropriate rigor in automation work products

• Demonstrated initiative, good planning and organizational skills, ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines

• Possess a keen technical curiosity and strong problem-solving skills with a drive for continuous improvement

• Demonstrated ability to influence peers and business partners

• Good written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences

• Knowledge of GMP, regulatory…