Associate Director - Engineering

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.

Company 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 39,000 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.

Responsibilities:

The Associate Director of Engineering is responsible for the staffing, training, and leadership of the robotics, logistics and systems administrator engineering group (both process and automation) supporting asset delivery, process development, commissioning, qualification, validation, and startup of the Parenteral/DAP area as well as other engineering automation systems. The Associate Director of Parenteral/DAP Engineering will be responsible for supporting the day-to-day engineering activities as well as planning for the 3 - 6-month horizon.  

Key Objectives/Deliverables:

• Support Site Leadership to build a diverse and capable site organization based in engineering first principles.
• Deliver the parenteral/DAP scope and supporting systems through user requirements, design, build, commissioning, qualification, validation, and subsequent operation.
• Provide leadership and develop objectives to deliver Business Plan Goals as it relates to safety, quality, and equipment/process effectiveness and efficiency.
• Maintain metrics to measure performance against business objectives and make necessary changes to improve performance.
• Participate in the development and implementation of strategies associated with the area sponsoring or supporting the following initiatives: Continuous Improvement, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and Failure Modes Effect Analysis (FMEA).
• This role has direct interaction with Regulatory Agencies during site inspections.
• Understand and influence the manufacturing control strategy for their area.
• Represent their staff on the Flow Team.
• Responsible for a professional staff of approximately 10-15 individuals supporting both process engineering and automation.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• At least 7 years of automation and/or process engineering experience
• Pharmaceutical Experience

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• Previous management or leadership experience including leading or working effectively with a cross functional group
• Solid understanding of basic requirements of regulatory agencies such as the FDA, EMEA, DEKRA, and OSHA.
• Previous experience with highly automated equipment.
• Previous experience with combination products, device assembly, pharmaceutical packaging, drug product formulation and filling in aseptic environment.
• Previous facility or area start up experience.
• Previous equipment qualification and process validation experience.
• Previous experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems and electronic batch release.
• Previous experience with deviation and change management systems including Trackwise.

Additional Information:

• Required to be on call, as applicable.
• Ability to work 8 hours per day Monday through Friday with overtime as required to meet key objectives.

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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is

$118,500 - $173,800

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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