Engineer - Automation Engineering – Lilly Medicine Foundry
About the role
Lilly recently announced a $4.5 billion investment to create the Lilly Medicine Foundry, a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development. The first-ever facility of its kind, combining research and manufacturing in a single location, the Medicine Foundry will allow Lilly to further develop innovative solutions to optimize manufacturing processes and increase capacity for clinical trial medicines, while also reducing costs and environmental impact. The Engineer - Automation Engineering will work as a member of the Automation Engineering Department at Eli Lilly, Foundry.
Responsibilities
- Provide automation support for one or more operating areas across site and/or for capital projects.
- Participate in design reviews and site control system reviews, attend/support FATs.
- Tuning and troubleshooting of control loops, Variable Frequency Drives (VFD’s).
- Develop and Review Functional Requirements, Design Specifications and Test Specifications.
- Maintain the validated state of the site control system in line with Lilly quality standards including the development and execution of validation strategies and associated documentation.
- Site operation runtime support, enhance control system reliability and lifecycle management, in a GMP regulated environment.
- Operational Excellence Experience working in a biotech or small molecule manufacturing is a plus.
- Provide on-call support for operations, as needed.
- Demonstrated ability in resolving complex technical challenges with control systems.
- Demonstrated experience utilizing Master maintenance plans.
- Experience working with DeltaV Distributed Control System, Batch Process Automation.
- Experience working with Rockwell Allen Bradley PLC’s, FactoryTalk View.
- Experience working with other industrial automation technologies (e.g., PLCs, SCADA, robotics) or programming (e.g., Python, C#, or similar).
- Experience in performing automation engineering activities including design, Development and Commissioning.
- Support electronic systems (such as plant historians) used to capture process automation related production data.
- Good planning and organizational skills, ability to prioritize tasks, commitment to task completion and timelines.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer/Software Engineering, or a related technical field required.
- Demonstrated interest or hands-on experience in automation, controls, computer software/hardware, or engineering through internships, co-ops, academic projects, or other relevant experiences is preferred.
- Exposure to industrial automation technologies (e.g., PLCs, SCADA, robotics) or programming (e.g., Python, C#, or similar) is a plus.
- Pharmaceutical or regulated industry experience is preferred but not required.
Skills
- Hands-on experience in SCADA, DCS, PLC and MES systems (DeltaV, Rockwell, Syncade, etc).
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).
Pay
The anticipated wage for this position is $66,000 - $171,600.
Schedule
Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance).
Additional Preferences
- Hands-on experience in SCADA, DCS, PLC and MES systems (DeltaV, Rockwell, Syncade, etc).