Engineer - Automation Engineering – Laboratory and Analytical Equipment - Lilly Medicine Foundry

About the role

The Engineer - Automation Engineering will work as a member of the Automation Engineering Department at Eli Lilly, Foundry. The engineer will provide automation support for one or more operating areas across site and/or for capital projects. The role involves providing technical leadership, mentoring the process control team, implementing and coordinating process control work, developing and implementing the Automation Engineering Project Plan, and leading the team in operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Mentor process control team, including design, controls philosophy, implementation and commissioning
• Develop and implement the Automation Engineering Project Plan
• Operational Excellence: Technically lead and oversee the work of Site Area leads and System Integrator including Functional Requirements, Design Specifications, DCS Application Software, Test Specifications
• Lead/Participate in design reviews and DeltaV application, Laboratory and Analytical equipment application reviews, attend equipment and software FATs
• Provide periodic status updates to Project Management
• Devising functional requirements and process control strategies for control systems in collaboration with Process Engineering DCS software design, coding/configuration and sing (sequence logic, graphics, batch software etc.)
• Implementing and supporting electronic systems (such as plant historians) used to capture process automation related production data
• Maintain the validated state of the site control systems in line with Lilly quality standards including the development and execution of validation strategies and associated documentation
• Automation support for capital projects including new product introductions
• Promote the use of automation to improve productivity, operational efficiency and compliance
• Develop a 'network' of corporate contacts and leverage corporate expertise when needed

Requirements

• Minimum B.S. in Engineering and experience in Automation Engineering, preferably in major Pharmaceutical manufacturing handling Laboratory and Analytical systems and equipment, and Systems Integration
• Minimum of 2+ years working experience in Biopharma engineering, operations, or manufacturing
• Experience in commissioning, qualifying and supporting Analytical equipment such as cell counters, environmental sing, filter sing, etc.

Qualifications

• Authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis
• Knowledge of GMP, regulatory requirements, computer system validation

Skills

• Technical leadership
• Process control work implementation and coordination
• Project management
• Automation engineering
• Commissioning and qualification of highly automated greenfield manufacturing sites
• Facilitating and driving decision-making at an organizational level

Benefits

• Company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance)
• 401(k)
• Pension
• Vacation benefits
• 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
• Well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities)