IT Manufacturing Engineer

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

As a IT Manufacturing Engineer at Elanco, you will be a key technical contributor to the digital heart of our production facilities. You will specialize in implementing and supporting our Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and Laboratory Execution Systems (LES). This hands‑on role is the critical bridge between our physical manufacturing processes and the digital systems that control and document them, ensuring our operations are efficient, compliant, and reliable.

This includes four strategic priorities:

• Pipeline Acceleration:
  Optimize the search and approval of high impact medicines with a focus on speed, cost and precision.
• Manufacturing Excellence:
  Improve the efficiency, quality and consistency of core manufacturing processes, specifically execution and equipment effectiveness.
• Sales Effectiveness:
  Simplify the process to find, trust and consume relevant customer insights that drive sales growth and improved engagement.
• Productivity:
  Expand operating margin through efficiency by systematically reducing our operating expenses across the company, improving profitability.

• System Design and Configuration: Contribute to the design and be responsible for the configuration and implementation of MES/LES solutions. This includes building and modifying electronic batch records (EBRs), system workflows, and configuring equipment integration based based on defined requirements.
• Process Optimization: Collaborate with operations and quality teams to analyze manufacturing and laboratory workflows. You will use MES/LES capabilities to help implement process improvements, reduce production cycle times, and enhance data integrity at the shop‑floor level.
• System Management and Support: Provide frontline technical support for MES and LES platforms. You will act as a key technical resource to troubleshoot and resolve system issues, ensuring high availability for our manufacturing and lab teams.
• Integration: Assist with the integration between MES/LES and other critical systems, such as our ERP (SAP), LIMS, and shop‑floor equipment (PLCs/SCADA), ensuring a reliable flow of data.
• Validation and Compliance: Execute validation protocols (IQ/OQ/PQ) for MES/LES enhancements and new implementations. You will be responsible for generating validation documentation and ensuring systems are maintained in a validated state, compliant with GxP and data integrity requirements.
• Stakeholder
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Work closely with Manufacturing Operations, Quality Assurance, and Process Science teams to gather system requirements and provide updates on technical activities.
• User Training and Enablement: Develop training materials and conduct training sessions to ensure that manufacturing and lab personnel are proficient in using the MES/LES systems effectively in their day‑to‑day roles.

• Educational Background: A Bachelor's degree in Engineering (e.g., Industrial, Chemical, Manufacturing, Computer Science) or a related technical field.
• Required Experience: 3+ years hands‑on experience with the configuration, and support of an MES or LES platform (e.g., Werum PAS‑X, Emerson Syncade, POMSnet).
• Manufacturing Environment
  
  Experience:
  
  Experience working directly in a manufacturing environment, preferably within the pharmaceutical, biologics, animal…