Eli Lilly and Company is hiring: Automation Technician - Night Shift in Concord

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world 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.

We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Organization Overview

Lilly is entering an exciting period of growth and we are committed to delivering innovative medicines to patients around the world. Lilly is investing over $1 billion to create a new state-of-the-art manufacturing site, in Concord, North Carolina.

Responsibilities

The Automation Technician - Night Shift 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.

• 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.
• 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

• High school diploma/GED
• Minimum 2 Years of Automation experience
• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States.
• Must satisfy background check and drug screening requirements.

Additional Preferences

• 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 / Packaging equipment and manufacturing operations
• Experience with Maximo or similar computerized maintenance management system.

Other Information

• Overtime may be required during shutdowns, emergency situations, or periods of heavy workloads.
• The Automation Technician - Night Shift will work in and around potentially dangerous and hazardous equipment, powders, liquids and gases. Safety is paramount for this position.
• Day Shift role currently. Will transition to a Night Shift 12-hr 2-2-3 schedule in the future.

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