Utilities Operations Supervisor - Lilly Medicine Foundry

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

Lilly recently announced a $4.5 billion investment to create the Lilly Medicine Foundry (LMF), a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development that combines research and manufacturing in a single location to optimize processes, increase capacity for clinical trial medicines, and reduce costs and environmental impact.

• The LMF Utilities Operations Supervisor oversees utility operations to ensure safe and uninterrupted generation and distribution of utility services to meet the Foundry’s needs.
• Provide strong leadership and direct supervision of operators, including hiring, training, coaching, and development.
• Integrate daily oversight of processes, equipment, facilities, and personnel to safely produce quality products.
• Troubleshoot, solve problems, propose solutions, and support, implement improvements within areas of responsibility.
• Lead a team/shift that operates and maintains all utility systems (high purity water, compressed air, steam, chilled water, glycol, city water and sewers).
• Monitor and respond to UMS alarms to maintain safe, compliant, and cost-efficient operations.

• Safety — Drive safety culture and Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) compliance in daily work.
• Safety Programs — Comply with all HSE aspects and support departmental HSE plans; participate in safety programs and self-assessments; lead monthly safety meetings; develop safety strategy and foster accountability; engage the team in safety initiatives.

• Maintain sufficient technical proficiency of unit operations to solve problems and conduct investigations (safety, environmental, quality).
• Ensure operators are trained, qualified, and fit for daily work; ensure adherence to established procedures and policies (safety, environmental, quality, production, human resources, maintenance).
• Maintain equipment and facilities in a state fit for use and keep documentation accurate with good documentation practices.
• Maintain a state of inspection readiness and report any service level agreement excursions as observations.

• Authorize overtime to keep the shift properly staffed for safe and compliant operations.
• Ensure utility operations are performed in a timely, proactive, compliant, and cost-effective manner.
• Engage in process team initiatives; evaluate proposed changes in processes or equipment and influence outcomes and design.
• Support communications between shifts and functional teams to sustain and improve communication.
• Ensure continuous supply of utilities to customers within service level agreements.
• Provide leader-led training to qualify employees to operate utilities process systems.

• Apply technical expertise to maintain plant utility systems in a high state of readiness and participate in upgrade/replacement strategy development.
• Make and communicate decisions clearly to staff and management, conveying rationale.
• Collaborate with Supervisors, Process Teams, and Operators to identify opportunities for targeted continuous improvement.
• Communicate floor issues and operation status to process owners in a timely manner.
• Understand the Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and site outage practices.
• Coordinate with maintenance leadership to create/improve job plans and schedules.
• Act as a liaison between Process Teams and Operators; partner with engineering to refine UMS operator actions during alarms.

• Oversee development of performance management plans for operations personnel; conduct at least three check-ins annually (objectives, mid-year, final review).
• Develop direct reports by identifying skill gaps, arranging training, providing coaching, and addressing…