Senior Principal Engineer - Automation Engineering – Hybrid Manufacturing - Lilly Medicine Foundry

About the role

The Senior Principal 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead capital project execution, Design, Development, commissioning & qualification and support.
• Lead and oversee the work of Site Area leads and System Integrators.
• Lead/Participate in design reviews and DeltaV application software reviews, attend equipment and software FATs.
• Develop functional requirements and process control strategies for control systems in collaboration with Process Engineering.
• Translate technical concepts for executive audience and/or non-technical stakeholders.
• Develop and implement the Automation Engineering Project Plan.
• Promote the use of Digital innovation and automation to enhance efficiency of team functions.
• Maintain validated state of the process control system application software.
• Operational Excellence
• System level thinking and expertise working with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Deep Expertise working with DeltaV Distributed Control System, Rockwell Allen Bradley PLC and Batch Process Automation.
• Thorough understanding of 21CFR Part 11, GMP processes.
• Provide periodic status updates to Project Management.
• Lead/Participate in design reviews and Site system hardware reviews, attend equipment and FATs.
• Promote the use of Digital Innovation and automation to improve productivity, operational efficiency and compliance.
• Experience in clinical-stage manufacturing with flexible, multi-product capabilities is preferred.
• Thorough understanding of various process control communication protocols.
• Developing a ‘network’ of corporate contacts and leveraging corporate expertise when needed.
• Provide On-call support for operations, as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum B.S. in Engineering, with 8+ years working experience in Biopharma Automation Engineering, preferably in major pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• Experience working in Biotech or Small Molecule manufacturing using DeltaV batch are a must.

Skills

• Experience in design, development, commissioning and qualification of highly automated greenfield manufacturing sites utilizing SCADA, DCS, PLC and MES systems (DeltaV, Rockwell, Syncade, etc).
• Experience in facilitating and driving decision-making at an organizational level.

Benefits

This position offers a comprehensive benefit program, 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 $64,500 - $167,200.

Schedule

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance).