Automation Technician - Day Shift

About the role

Lilly is investing over $1 billion to create a new state-of-the-art manufacturing site in Concord, North Carolina. The brand-new facility will utilize the latest technology to increase the company's manufacturing capacity in parenteral (injectable) medications, device assembly and packaging operations. This is an exciting once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help build and operate a new site using the latest high-tech equipment, advanced highly integrated and automated manufacturing systems, with a focus on minimizing impact to our environment.

Responsibilities

The Day Shift Automation Technician for our Device Assembly and Packaging area is responsible for automated equipment performance, providing first-line support to production processes, as well as supporting area engineering initiatives, process improvements, and project implementation. This position will require the development of expertise in production processes, commissioning, qualification, and validation requirements and equipment-specific code and/or control system technologies. The Automation Technician will help ensure that equipment is maintained in a qualified state, can be operated safely, and maintenance is properly performed on the systems.

• Assure that operational and maintenance procedures and practices reflect safety concerns
• Perform activities in accordance with cGMPs and applicable procedures
• Identify opportunities to improve quality using equipment performance data and by assuring maintenance is performed appropriately
• Effectively communicate with all levels to ensure all projects and repairs are well planned and coordinated with minimal disruption to that area involved
• Working with the process team, including engineers and operations personnel, participate in and sometimes lead the development of equipment design, procedures, engineering studies, and maintenance practices that will enable the process to operate as required
• Seek out and identify opportunities to improve equipment operational effectiveness and reliability
• Provide technical support to engineering in: investigating and resolving issues that create production delays; transferring knowledge of equipment capabilities and operational techniques to operators, engineering, and maintenance; implementing tools for operations and engineering to learn and work more proficiently
• Contractors and vendor coordination
• Create maintenance action plans as needed to support maintenance and troubleshooting activities
• Participate in periodic reviews of equipment state
• Plan and execute small projects for process or equipment improvements or changes

Minimum Requirements

• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment position
• High school Diploma / GED

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to work safely in a participative environment
• Experience in a GMP manufacturing environment
• Experience in instrumentation, PLC and/or HMI programming
• Studio 5000 and Factory talk view SE programming experience
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel; proficient at typing and writing technical documents
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with strong organizational skills and attention to detail and ability to adapt to rapidly changing priorities
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills and communications skills with a customer service attitude
• Responsible for maintaining a safe work environment, working safely and accountable for supporting all HSE Corporate and Site Goals
• Previous experience with highly automated equipment
• Experience with B&R platform is a plus
• Knowledge of Parenteral equipment and manufacturing operations
• Experience with Maximo or similar computerized maintenance management system

Pay

The anticipated wage for this position is $21.27 – $41.25. Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance).

Benefits

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).