Sr. Principal Process Engineer - Critical Utilities

Role Summary

Sr. Principal Process Engineer - Critical Utilities is responsible for providing engineering support to Lilly's Global Facility Delivery Team for large-scale capital delivery, with a focus on right-first-time and on-schedule facility start-up, including design reviews, process safety assessments, user requirements, C&Q support, unit operation shakedown and start-up, and facility operational readiness. The role defines and owns the integrated operational readiness plan and ensures equipment qualification and sustainment, while developing unit operation and equipment control strategies to sustain and optimize utilities systems in support of manufacturing operations.

It also supports initial operations training as the equipment SME.

• Provide engineering support to the Global Facility Delivery Team (Lilly’s global large scale capital delivery team) with a strong focus on right first time and on-schedule facility start-up. This includes design reviews, process safety assessments, user requirements, C&Q support, unit operation shakedown and start-up, facility operational readiness.
• Define and own relevant aspects of the overall integrated operational readiness plan (e.g. SOP development, maintenance strategy, automation optimization, pre-startup safety reviews, alarm requirements, performance qualification requirements/protocol development, etc.)
• Own the qualified state of equipment for respective area of responsibility
• Develop and implement unit operation and equipment control strategy to sustain and optimize utilities systems in support of manufacturing operations
• Support initial operations training requirements as the equipment and area SME
• Provide engineering support in utilities operations through application of chemical and/or mechanical engineering fundamentals.
• Monitor, assess and document equipment performance to maintain ongoing qualification.
• Develop and maintain the basis of safety for equipment as required.
• Integrate mechanistic modelling, process simulation and analysis into current and future processes to enhance process understanding and control.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities related to equipment and processes as core member of cross-functional process team.
• Utilize root cause analysis techniques to investigate process and equipment issues and deliver robust and sustainable corrective and preventative actions

• Required:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in engineering (chemical or mechanical preferred)
• Required:
  
  7+ years of relevant experience in relevant pharmaceutical manufacturing operations

• Deep technical interest and understanding in the field of chemical engineering
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a process team consisting of a diverse group of management, production, science and engineering professionals
• Creativity to identify improvement opportunities and the tenacity/initiative to see them implemented
• Mentoring/guidance of others in technical processes
• Flexibility to meet business needs

• Occasional travel required 5 – 10%
• Required to be working onsite
• Required to be on call
• Occasional shift work may apply