Sr. Director - Engineering; Facilities, Utilities & Maintenance

Position: Sr. Director - Engineering (Facilities, Utilities & Maintenance)
Location: Richmond

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 around the world 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 give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We're looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Lilly is currently constructing an advanced manufacturing facility for monoclonal antibodies, bioconjugates, and aseptic drug product manufacturing in Goochland County, Virginia. This facility is intended to provide capacity for current and future products. This is a unique opportunity to be a part of the leadership team for the startup of a manufacturing site, and the successful candidate will help to build the organization, the facility and the culture to enable a successful startup into GMP manufacturing operations.

Position Overview

The Senior Director, Facilities, Utilities & Maintenance is responsible for leading site operations related to facilities, utilities infrastructure, and maintenance strategy - ensuring the physical environment, critical systems, and asset reliability programmes are in place to support both site startup and long-term GMP manufacturing operations. This role is part of the Lilly Site Lead Team, contributing to strategic direction, organisational development, and cross-functional coordination across a highly complex biologics and aseptic manufacturing campus.

During the project delivery and startup phase, the Senior Director will guide the development and implementation of GMP-ready systems and business processes, help shape the site's operational culture, and collaborate closely with other Site Lead Team members to manage evolving responsibilities and ensure alignment with corporate objectives. As the site transitions to full-scale GMP manufacturing, the role will evolve to focus on sustaining operational excellence, asset lifecycle management, continuous improvement, and long-term strategic infrastructure goals.

Key Responsibilities

Pre-Startup & Startup Phase

* Leadership & Culture:
Be a collaborative, inclusive, and energetic leader, actively supporting the broader Site Lead Team in building a site culture grounded in safety, quality, and operational excellence.

* Organisational Development:
Build a facilities, utilities, and maintenance organisation with the capability, capacity, and culture to operate the facility to the highest standards - recruiting and developing the right talent ahead of GMP operations.

* Functional Strategy:
Define site facilities and utilities priorities and the maintenance strategy roadmap; develop and implement systems and processes by leveraging internal expertise and external best practices, including predictive and condition-based maintenance frameworks suited to biologics manufacturing.

* Safety Leadership:
Serve on the site HSE Lead Team to ensure a strong safety focus is embedded throughout project delivery and startup, including Process Safety Management considerations relevant to the facility's utilities and infrastructure.

* End User Representation:
Act as the end user representative for facilities and utilities during project delivery - providing input on design, commissioning, and startup plans to align with both project milestones and long-term operational and maintenance goals.

* Organisational Structure:
Develop and adapt the organisational structure to ensure the right resources, technical leadership, and maintenance expertise are in place ahead of full-scale GMP manufacturing.

* System Readiness:
Ensure systems are established and executed to achieve and maintain a qualified and safe state for facilities, utilities, and infrastructure - including clean utilities, HVAC, water systems, and critical building management systems relevant to mAb, bioconjugate, and aseptic drug product manufacturing.

* Corporate Alignment:
Build strong technical relationships with corporate facilities and engineering functions and champion strategic infrastructure initiatives at the site level.

Post-Startup Phase

* Ongoing Leadership:
Continue to lead collaboratively and energetically, supporting the broader Site Lead Team in sustaining a high-performance operational culture.

* Maintenance Excellence:
Lead the ongoing execution of a site-wide maintenance strategy integrating preventive, predictive, and condition-based programmes - maximising asset reliability and lifecycle while maintaining full GMP compliance and operational uptime.

* Compliance & Standards:
Ensure facilities, utilities, and maintenance activities adhere to corporate policies, cGMP standards, and environmental and safety requirements - maintaining equipment in a qualified and safe state at all times.

* Asset Management:
Plan, prioritise, and execute capital…