Engineer - Automation Engineering – Historian Admin and Data Architect

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 are looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

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 start up and continued support of ongoing manufacturing operations into the future.

The Engineer is 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. The engineer will provide Automation, Process Controls and Data Historian expertise and support historian systems operating areas across site. The Engineer will also function as the main Data Architect to ensure proper data contextualization and democratization of operational data for compliance and data analytics.

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

Key Objectives/Deliverables:

• Technical Expertise
• 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

Operational Excellence

• Technically collaborate with Site Area leads and System Integrator including Functional Requirements, Design Specifications, DCS Application Software, Test Specifications to ensure Data historization and architecture is considered
• Provide periodic status updates to Project Management
• Work with Engineering, Operations and cross-functional groups to troubleshoot issues, making changes to the site data historian system (OSI PI) in line with site change control procedures and site standards, responding to system events and performing routine system maintenance checks
• Maintain Data Historian System health and respond to issues as they arise
• Develop standard operating procedures, work instructions and other job aids to ensure appropriate level of documentation to train on, maintain and operate OSI PI, alarm management and alarm notification systems
• Provide subject matter expertise on data historian systems design, development, installation, testing, validation, and lifecycle support
• Ensure solutions are delivered by system Integrators, equipment vendors and others that can be integrated to the site data historian per the site standards and data management strategies. This includes developing requirements for the system in line with industry and Lilly standards
• Design, configuration, and testing of the platform (OSI PI) including OSI PI Server Infrastructure, OSI PI Integration with Emerson Delta
  
  V DCS, OSI PI Interfaces with other systems (e.g., BMS, PLCs, Remote IO), OSI PI Asset Frame design and build, and other OSI PI related solutions such as PI Vision
• 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
• Promote the use of automation to improve productivity, operational efficiency and compliance
• Develop a network of corporate contacts and leverage corporate expertise when needed

Organizational Capability

• 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, commitment to task completion and timelines
• Possess a keen technical curiosity and has demonstrated strong problem-solving skills and a desire for continuous improvement
• Demonstrated ability to influence peers and business partners
• Good written and verbal communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Knowledge of GMP, regulatory requirements,…