Engineer - Automation Engineering – Hardware, Instrumentation and Controls

Lilly • Indianapolis, IN

118d • $64,500 - $167,200

About The Position

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. Lilly recently announced a $4.5 billion investment to create the Lilly Medicine Foundry, a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development. The first-ever facility of its kind, combining research and manufacturing in a single location, the Medicine Foundry will allow Lilly to further develop innovative solutions to optimize manufacturing processes and increase capacity for clinical trial medicines, while also reducing costs and environmental impact. The Engineer - Automation Engineering will work as a member of the Automation Engineering Department at Eli Lilly, Foundry. The engineer will provide automation support for one or more operating areas across site and/or for capital projects. Process Automation is core to delivering a right first time facility start up and continued support of ongoing manufacturing operations into the future.

Requirements

• Minimum B.S. in Engineering and experience in Automation Engineering, preferably in major pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• A minimum of 2+ years working experience in Biopharma engineering, operations, or manufacturing.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in design, development, commissioning and qualification of highly automated greenfield manufacturing sites utilizing SCADA, DCS, BMS controller and hardware.
• Experience in facilitating and driving decision-making at an organizational level.

Responsibilities

• Provide automation support for one or more operating areas across site and/or for capital projects.
• Ensure reliable and compliant control applications and systems are used in manufacturing at Foundry.
• Mentor process control team, including design, controls philosophy, implementation and commissioning.
• Develop and implement the Automation Engineering Project Plan.
• Technically lead and oversee the work of Site Area leads and System Integrators.
• Lead/Participate in design reviews and Site system hardware reviews.
• Lead a team of automation engineers supporting commissioning.
• Provide periodic status updates to Project Management.
• Devise functional requirements and process control strategies for control systems.
• Perform Automation Engineering activities including design, tuning and troubleshooting of control loops.
• Implement and support electronic systems used to capture process automation related production data.
• Maintain the validated state of the site control system hardware.
• Promote the use of automation to improve productivity, operational efficiency and compliance.
• Develop a ‘network’ of corporate contacts and leverage corporate expertise when needed.
• Perform Site support that will include shift rotation to provide continuous support of day to day activities.

Benefits

• Eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension.
• Vacation benefits.
• Eligibility for 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: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees