Engineer - Project Controls

Eli Lilly and Company • Us, IN

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About The Position

The Advisor, Project Controls Engineer is the central steward for project controls functions within Lilly’s Global Facilities Delivery (GFD) organization. GFD delivers new and renovated capital assets worldwide, including facilities for manufacturing medical innovations and increasing the supply of existing medicines. This role ensures strong practices in budgeting, cost control, earned value management, change and risk management, forecasting, and planning across a diverse capital-project portfolio, with a focus on cost management and business value.

The role provides strategic governance, leadership, subject matter expertise, and mentorship to project controls teams. It establishes and maintains enterprise standards and processes, monitors their adoption and effectiveness, supports project controls systems and digital capabilities, and builds the capabilities of the project controls community. It also partners with Finance, Procurement, Engineering, and Project Delivery stakeholders to align processes with corporate policies, governance requirements, and business objectives, and provides portfolio-level analysis to support enterprise decisions.

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 (such as TCM), project change and risk management, project planning and scheduling, and work/cost breakdown structures.
• Ability 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 governance frameworks, standards, methodologies, and performance expectations across the capital portfolio.
• Own and continuously improve processes and procedures for budgeting 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 process adoption and effectiveness, identifying 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.
• 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.
• Evaluate industry best practices, emerging technologies, and process enhancements to drive innovation and improve portfolio performance and decision-making.
• Provide portfolio-level analysis and data-driven recommendations on cost, risk, change, forecasting, and performance trends to support enterprise decision-making.

Benefits

• Company bonus, depending in part on company and individual performance.
• Eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k).
• Pension.
• Vacation benefits.
• Eligibility for medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug benefits.
• 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.
• Employee resource groups open to all employees.

What This Job Offers

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