Engineer - Project Controls

Lilly • Indianapolis, IN

4d • $67,500 - $173,800

About The Position

The Advisor, Project Controls Engineer serves as the central steward for project controls functions within Lilly’s Global Facilities Delivery (GFD) organization. The role establishes and maintains governance, standards, methodologies, and performance expectations across a portfolio of capital projects, with emphasis on cost management and business value. It provides strategic guidance and subject matter expertise to project teams, stakeholders, and service providers, while supporting budgeting, cost control, earned value management, change and risk management, forecasting, planning, and reporting.

The position promotes consistent and compliant project controls practices through process ownership, assurance programs, capability development, and continuous improvement. It defines requirements for project controls systems and digital capabilities, partners with Finance, Procurement, Engineering, and Project Delivery, and provides portfolio-level analysis and data-driven recommendations to support enterprise decisions.

Global Facilities Delivery, part of Corporate Engineering, delivers new and renovated capital assets around the world through design, construction, and qualification contractors. These assets support the manufacture and supply of medical innovations and existing medicines.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business management, finance, engineering, construction, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in project control, quantity surveying, or a similar field.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; Lilly will not sponsor work authorization or visas for this role.

Nice To Haves

• Professional certification from a project control body such as RICS, AACE, or PMI.
• Proficiency with project management and estimating systems such as SAP, Sage Timberline, Oracle Unifier, Primavera P6, or Primavera Risk.
• Advanced understanding of financial concepts and estimating, cost management theory (e.g., TCM), project change and risk management, project planning and scheduling, and work/cost breakdown structures.
• Capacity to achieve results and influence people.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-disciplined, motivated, and able to work with limited supervision.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and innovative thinking.

Responsibilities

• Serve as enterprise Process Owner for Project Controls and establish and maintain the governance framework, standards, methodologies, and performance expectations across the capital portfolio.
• Own and improve Project Controls processes and procedures for budget and cost management, forecasting, change management, risk management, progress measurement, performance management, and project reporting.
• Author, maintain, and govern Project Controls standards, SOPs, work instructions, playbooks, templates, and guidance documents.
• Establish and execute Project Controls assurance and governance programs, including process reviews, maturity assessments, compliance evaluations, and corrective action management.
• Monitor adoption and effectiveness of Project Controls processes and identify gaps, trends, and improvement opportunities across the portfolio.
• Provide subject matter expertise and strategic guidance to project teams, functional stakeholders, and service providers on Project Controls methodologies, systems, and best practices.
• Define enterprise requirements for Project Controls systems, tools, and digital capabilities, and support implementation, optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead capability-building initiatives for the Project Controls community, including training, mentoring, coaching, and functional competency development.
• Partner with Finance, Procurement, Engineering, and Project Delivery stakeholders to align Project Controls processes with corporate policies, governance requirements, and business objectives.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement by evaluating industry best practices, emerging technologies, and process enhancements.
• Support enterprise decision-making with portfolio-level analysis and data-driven recommendations on cost, risk, change, forecasting, and performance trends.

Benefits

• Company bonus, depending in part on company and individual performance.
• Company-sponsored 401(k) eligibility.
• Pension.
• Vacation benefits.
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug benefit eligibility.
• Flexible benefits, including 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, including an employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities.

What This Job Offers

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