Director - Engineering Design Lead

Lilly del Caribe • Carolina, PR

12d • Onsite

About The Position

The Global Facilities Delivery (GFD) Organization, part of Corporate Engineering, delivers new and renovated capital assets around the world. Our mission is accomplished through partnerships with design, construction and qualification contractors. Many of the assets delivered focus on manufacturing of medical innovations and delivering innovative solutions to patients and support an expansion in supply of existing medicines. This role supports critical work that helps bring medicines and solutions to patients responsibly and efficiently.

Requirements

• BS in Engineering (Chemical or Mechanical strongly preferred)
• Minimum of 20 years manufacturing and/or engineering in support of pharmaceutical or API networks
• Ability to work at the site of the project on a weekly basis.
• Strong manufacturing and engineering background.

Nice To Haves

• Directly influences Sr. Management on asset design and/or delivery approaches.
• Lead the identification of the applicable Engineering Design Standards, Engineering Functional Standards, Engineering Specifications and Regulatory requirements and guidance (both internal and external).
• Actively leads delivery team to expand on their knowledge of design processes based on a history of project delivery.
• Direct the development of the design requirements.
• Often participate in the selection of the A/E firms.
• Own design decisions and coordinate information flow between the design team and system owners.
• Clear articulation of want vs need for asset and facility requirements.
• Examine areas of inefficiency and develop strategies for improvement to direct the design team to meet or improve on the design hours plan.
• Influences the network in the adoption of those industry best practices.
• Influences key technical decision makers on issues of corporate significance.
• Participate in KPI reviews/assessments.
• Participate in the selection of the verification professional services.

Responsibilities

• Overall design delivery for capital project(s) for a multi-node program or network, and manage a team of DLs on node-level design (manufacturing buildings, utilities, or support systems).
• Lead the identification of the applicable Engineering Design Standards, Engineering Functional Standards, Engineering Specifications and Regulatory requirements and guidance (both internal and external).
• Coordinate all design for the Project Manager during all design phases of the project and be responsible in delivering the conceptual design review and basic design review.
• Command of the design schedule to meet the project needs.
• Coordinate with A/E firms to develop earned value progress systems to measure progress by discipline (monitor work versus invoice amounts).
• Responsible for ensuring the design meets approved intent through interactions between the design firm, design specialists, engineering tech center disciplines, and end user/customer.
• Responsible for design activities and governance, resolving design-related issues.
• Instruct the development of standard operating procedures, project delivery work instructions, and/or best practices related to design/verification and ensure they remain current with industry best practices.
• Review and approve along with the respective Project Manager the key design project personnel (both internal and external resources).
• Work with Engineering Tech Center resources and other key project team technical/constructability resources to address and resolve design issues, and issue formal reports accordingly.
• Ensures replication is achieved during design when applicable, even in new situations.
• Support the Project Manager for value engineering exercises efforts to maximize project opportunities and deliver significant site impact and directly contribute meaningful ways to reduce cost through design.
• Accountable for the development of the Project Verification Plan, Traceability Matrix, and risk assessments (not necessarily lead the execution).
• Coordinate verification for the Project Manager during the verification phase of the project.
• Accountable for the discrepancy tracking and management in the Verification phase and uses root cause investigation techniques to resolve problems.

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: Director