Lead Operator - Aseptic Filling (Night Shift)

Company Overview

Lilly is a 140+ year strong global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana with manufacturing sites throughout the US, EU, and Asia. Our 35,000 employees 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.

Responsibilities

• Support start up activities required to bring the aseptic isolator barrier filling area into service.
• Become the experts within your assigned area and educate your team in the proper operation of the facility.
• Lead the training of new staff after the project phase is complete.
• Ensure continuous supply of medicines by expertly running the process, troubleshooting, and collaborating cross-functionally.
• Coordinate daily activities to meet capacity plans while developing your own and our team’s capabilities.
• Lead the site and be a technical leader for operations.

Qualifications/Requirements

• 5+ years of experience working with automated equipment in a GMP/cleanroom environment.
• Leadership experience and the ability to train / educate team members.
• Minimum education: High School Diploma or GED.
• Ability to effectively communicate (electronically, written and verbal).
• Flexibility - the ability to troubleshoot and triage challenges.
• Computer proficiency (desktop software, MS office).

Respect for People

• Support Site Leadership to build a diverse and capable site organization by delivering area operational procedures, quality processes and controls for the PAR areas.
• Assist Supervisor in development and performance evaluations of shift operators.
• Act as backup for Supervisor.
• Key liaison between operations and support functions.

Additional Preferences

• STEM degree or certification.
• Knowledge of aseptic filling, single use assemblies, isolator technology.
• Automated, semi-automated, and/or manual inspection experience.
• Knowledge of current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs).
• Experience in operations or manufacturing environments.
• Pharmaceutical, medical device or food processing industries.
• Manufacturing Execution Systems and electronic batch release.
• Continuous improvement (Lean, Six Sigma methodologies).
• Highly automated equipment (inspection, packaging, filling, assembly, etc.).
• SAP, Electronic Batch Records.