Associate Director – Automation Engineering - Utilities, Warehouse, Building Automation

Associate Director-Automation Engineering

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 give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We're looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

The Associate Director-Automation Engineering - Utilities, Warehouse, Building Automation is responsible for the supervision of the process control engineers and consultants that support the daily operations of the facility. The Associate Director is also responsible for the productivity and development of the employees with the purpose of ensuring that reliable and compliant control applications and systems are used in the manufacturing at Foundry. Additionally, the Associate Director partners to influence and implement within the process control organization and across functional disciplines to support the process control technical agenda, business plan priorities, and compliance objectives.

In the project delivery phase and startup phase of the project (startup expected 2025 to 2028), leadership roles will be fluid and dynamic as we endeavor to support the project delivery, build a new organization, develop and implement the necessary systems and business processes required to support GMP operations, and build the site culture. This will require significant collaboration, creativity, and resilience as the site grows to a full scale GMP manufacturing through start up.

Key Objectives/Deliverables:

• Administrative Leadership
• Supervise and coach process control team, including completing performance reviews and development plans
• Staffing, including recruiting, resource planning, and succession planning
• Process control work coordination
• Review and monitor financial performance; commit to meeting targets
• Develop and implement the Process Control Engineering Business Plan.

Operational Excellence

• Demonstrate a commitment to environmental, health, and safety
• Identify, track, and report key indicators of functional performance
• Ensure team is operating in a state of compliance

Organizational Capability

• In coordination with automation and compliance consultants, set and reinforce standards for appropriate rigor in automation work products.
• Assure focus by engineers and completion of critical assignments with appropriate monitoring and reporting
• Ability to instill teamwork within the department and demonstrate key interpersonal skills.
• Ability to ensure appropriate technical depth and rigor with departmental technical deliverables.
• Ability to make decisions independently and to network with others as appropriate.
• Ability to function in a team environment as a leader and as a member of management teams.

Basic Requirements:

• Minimum B.S. in Engineering and experience in Process Control Engineering, preferably in major pharmaceutical manufacturing handling Utilities, Warehouse, and Building Automation systems.
• 10+ years working experience in Biopharma engineering, operations, or manufacturing.
• Experience in design, development, commissioning, and qualification of highly automated greenfield manufacturing sites utilizing SCADA, DCS, and BMS systems (DeltaV, Rockwell, Siemens, Johnson Controls etc.).
• Experience in design, development, commissioning, and qualification supporting supply chain and warehouse monitoring.
• Experience as a member of the group leadership in running the plant, including participation in management sub-teams.
• Successful application of organizational models through recruiting and retention of employees.