Associate Vice President — Construction Management & HSE

Eli Lilly and Company • Us, IN

5d • Remote

About The Position

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us. Organization Overview The Global Facilities Delivery (GFD) Organization delivers new and renovated capital assets and technology around the world. Many of the assets delivered focus on medical innovation and delivering innovative solutions to patients; others expand the supply of existing medicines or make the supply chain more robust. GFD is building owner-led construction capability as a core differentiator across its mega-capital portfolio. This role establishes and Technically leads Construction Engineering, Construction Management, Contractor Management, Construction QA/QC and Construction HSE as the recognized owner of technical capability; leading by example to establish all aspects of Construction expertise that will allow for a successful buildout of the organization, standards, and field-execution that proactively impact scope, schedule, quality, and safety across the portfolio.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Engineering, Construction Management, or a field related to project/construction management, or equivalent experience.
• 15 years previous experience in construction leadership roles, including owner- or contractor-side construction management of major capital projects (>$1B projects).

Nice To Haves

• Construction management leadership expertise and experience in large-scale regulated industrial environments — pharmaceutical, biotech, or adjacent capital-intensive sectors such as petrochemical, refining, semiconductor, or power.
• Demonstrated expertise and experience leading owner-side construction oversight of EPC / EPCm contractors on megaprojects, including field execution, HSE, and contractor performance management.
• Experience with construction HSE programs and a demonstrated record of strong safety performance in active construction environments.
• Expertise and experience in construction contracts management and labor relations, including union workforce environments and greenfield site execution.
• Familiarity with GMP-regulated construction and the interface between construction completion, commissioning, and qualification (C&Q).
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage both Lilly and non-Lilly teams and to influence personnel and organizations without direct authority.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve results through people, including building a new organization and capability.
• Facilitate issue resolution, anticipate changes, and implement safely with quality, speed, and value.
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to hold standards under execution pressure.
• Experience across most of the following: construction engineering disciplines (CSA, mechanical, piping, electrical, I&C), construction quality, project controls, scheduling, safety, and procurement.
• Professional Engineer, CCM, or equivalent technical certification (preferred).
• Past experience working and/or living outside the U.S.; competency in a foreign language(s) (preferred).
• Demonstrated willingness to embrace Operational Excellence and to be an agent for change.

Responsibilities

• Establish, lead, and grow GFD’s owner-side Construction Management & HSE expertise and organization, building internal capability to manage and control construction execution by discipline through the full life of each major project.
• Provide senior leadership and expertise for construction management, construction engineering (CSA, mechanical, electrical, I&C), construction HSE, Construction QA/QC, contracts management, and labor relations across greenfield and brownfield mega-programs.
• Own owner-side accountability for construction safety performance (leading and lagging HSE indicators), field cost and schedule control, constructability, and quality — ensuring deviations are caught and resolved before they compound rather than accounted for after.
• Direct the owner’s field oversight of EPC and construction contractors: subcontractor performance, change-order discipline, RFI resolution, earned-value verification, and independent challenge of contractor claims, in coordination with Project Controls.
• Lead construction workforce strategy across union and non-union environments, including site-specific industrial relations on greenfield sites.
• Set and enforce construction execution standards, HSE programs, and field quality (QA/QC) requirements as repeatable owner capability across the portfolio.
• Partner with Design Leadership, Project Management, Project Controls, Procurement, C&Q, and Site Heads to integrate construction execution from initial design through startup, ensuring constructability is built in early and operability is protected in the field.
• Responsible for all construction KPIs of project delivery, ensuring appropriate governance is in place; coordinate with leadership and with strategic EPC partners to align incentives and continuity of key personnel across programs.
• Work with management to develop business plans, including one- and multiple-year resource, expense, and capital forecasts for the construction capability.
• Develop a self-sustaining owner construction talent pipeline; hiring, developing, and retaining construction engineers and leads sized to the sustained capital baseline beyond the surge.
• Form relationships with other owners, major contractors and industry organizations to benchmark construction best practices, safety performance, technologies, and delivery models.

Benefits

• company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance)
• company-sponsored 401(k)
• pension
• vacation benefits
• 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
• well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager