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Senior Principal Engineer - Automation Engineering – Projects and Portfolio Mana
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Senior Principal Engineer – Automation Engineering – Projects and Portfolio Manager
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At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. Our global healthcare leadership headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, works to discover and bring life‑changing medicines, improve disease management, and give back to communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. Lilly recently announced a $4.5 billion investment to create the Lilly Medicine Foundry, a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development that will optimize manufacturing processes, increase capacity for clinical trial medicines, and reduce costs and environmental impact.
Responsibilities
Technical Leadership
– Work with the process control team, including project execution, budgeting, Agile methodology, implementation, and commissioning.
Lead and support project management for construction and commissioning of the Foundry site and for the transition from construction to operational readiness.
Coordinate with contractors, architects, engineers, manufacturing operations, regulatory affairs, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment and timely decision‑making.
Develop and manage detailed project timelines, budgets, and resource allocations; proactively identify and mitigate risks.
Ensure all facility design and construction activities adhere to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and regulatory requirements for radiopharmaceutical production.
Support the planning and facilitate the transition to operational readiness, including facility qualification, equipment validation, and staff training.
Promote the use of automation to improve productivity, operational efficiency, and compliance.
Foster a culture of safety and compliance, ensuring all personnel follow HSE protocols.
Basic Requirements
B.S. in Engineering with a minimum of 8+ years working experience in biopharma engineering, operations, or manufacturing.
Experience in project management, preferably in automation engineering within major pharmaceutical companies and manufacturing operations, with extensive system integration of applications, systems, and platforms.
Additional Preferences
Experience in leading commissioning, qualifying, and supporting systems between SCADA, DCS, MES, LIMS, Historian, and other applications for interconnectivity.
Experience in implementing project management and portfolio tools for optimization.
Experience managing assets in CMMS, particularly budgets, POs, contracts, and portfolio.
Experience implementing Agile methodology, Scrum, and Kanban.
Experience facilitating and driving decision‑making at an organizational level.
Experience in project management during tech transfer, design, development, commissioning, and qualification of highly automated greenfield manufacturing sites utilizing SCADA, DCS, MES, LIMS, Site Historian systems, middleware applications (DeltaV, Rockwell, Building Management Systems, MES, LIMS, OSI PI, OPC).
Location
Initial location at Lilly Technology Center, Indianapolis.
Permanent location at the new Lilly Medicines Foundry in Lebanon, Indiana.
Compensation Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $66,000 – $171,600. Full‑time equivalent employees will also be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company‑sponsored 401(k), pension, vacation benefits, medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug benefits, flexible benefits, 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).
EEO and Accessibility Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form. Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
Employee Resource Groups Lilly’s employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, Black Employees at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN), Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our groups.
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At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. Our global healthcare leadership headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, works to discover and bring life‑changing medicines, improve disease management, and give back to communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. Lilly recently announced a $4.5 billion investment to create the Lilly Medicine Foundry, a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development that will optimize manufacturing processes, increase capacity for clinical trial medicines, and reduce costs and environmental impact.
Responsibilities
Technical Leadership
– Work with the process control team, including project execution, budgeting, Agile methodology, implementation, and commissioning.
Lead and support project management for construction and commissioning of the Foundry site and for the transition from construction to operational readiness.
Coordinate with contractors, architects, engineers, manufacturing operations, regulatory affairs, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment and timely decision‑making.
Develop and manage detailed project timelines, budgets, and resource allocations; proactively identify and mitigate risks.
Ensure all facility design and construction activities adhere to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and regulatory requirements for radiopharmaceutical production.
Support the planning and facilitate the transition to operational readiness, including facility qualification, equipment validation, and staff training.
Promote the use of automation to improve productivity, operational efficiency, and compliance.
Foster a culture of safety and compliance, ensuring all personnel follow HSE protocols.
Basic Requirements
B.S. in Engineering with a minimum of 8+ years working experience in biopharma engineering, operations, or manufacturing.
Experience in project management, preferably in automation engineering within major pharmaceutical companies and manufacturing operations, with extensive system integration of applications, systems, and platforms.
Additional Preferences
Experience in leading commissioning, qualifying, and supporting systems between SCADA, DCS, MES, LIMS, Historian, and other applications for interconnectivity.
Experience in implementing project management and portfolio tools for optimization.
Experience managing assets in CMMS, particularly budgets, POs, contracts, and portfolio.
Experience implementing Agile methodology, Scrum, and Kanban.
Experience facilitating and driving decision‑making at an organizational level.
Experience in project management during tech transfer, design, development, commissioning, and qualification of highly automated greenfield manufacturing sites utilizing SCADA, DCS, MES, LIMS, Site Historian systems, middleware applications (DeltaV, Rockwell, Building Management Systems, MES, LIMS, OSI PI, OPC).
Location
Initial location at Lilly Technology Center, Indianapolis.
Permanent location at the new Lilly Medicines Foundry in Lebanon, Indiana.
Compensation Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $66,000 – $171,600. Full‑time equivalent employees will also be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company‑sponsored 401(k), pension, vacation benefits, medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug benefits, flexible benefits, 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).
EEO and Accessibility Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form. Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
Employee Resource Groups Lilly’s employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, Black Employees at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN), Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our groups.
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