Lead Maintenance Planner - Lilly Medicine Foundry

Lilly • Lebanon, IN

3d • $35 - $51

About The Position

The Lead Maintenance Planner & Scheduler oversees maintenance planning and craft scheduling in an assigned area, ensuring company assets are managed in compliance with cGMP and other applicable standards. The role plans and schedules corrective and preventive maintenance and fosters a culture of safety, technical expertise, and innovation through use of a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), such as IBM Maximo, Blue Mountain Regulatory Asset Manager (BMRAM), SAP Plant Maintenance, or an equivalent system.

Working closely with utilities and plant operations, the role coordinates equipment availability for maintenance and aligns planning with organizational goals for safety, quality, and efficiency. It supports delivery of clinical-trial medicines at the Lilly Medicine Foundry by developing initial maintenance and calibration job plans and data sheets, then undertaking long-term planning and scheduling once the site is operational.

The position has a temporary location in Carmel, Indiana, and a permanent location at the new Lilly Medicine Foundry in Lebanon, Indiana. The facility supports 24/7 operations, and the position is expected to maintain flexibility and availability for decision-making and issue resolution as needed.

Requirements

• High school diploma.
• At least 5 years of industrial maintenance planning and scheduling experience in an FDA-regulated industry.
• Strong understanding of CMMS systems such as IBM Maximo, BMRAM, SAP PM, or similar.
• 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

• Regulated manufacturing experience.
• Knowledge of manufacturing, industrial maintenance, or building maintenance.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with multiple organizational levels.
• Ability to prioritize, set objectives, and meet targets.
• Ability to provide high-level customer service.
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Problem-solving ability.
• Computer proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Comply with health, safety, and environmental (HSE) procedures, policies, permits, and practices.
• Incorporate HSE requirements into maintenance planning and scheduling, including job plans, contractor management, and coordination with operations.
• Apply knowledge of lockout/tagout (LOTO) processes and procedures.
• Report safety concerns, incidents, and injuries to a supervisor.
• Promote a proactive safety culture and ensure maintenance systems comply with safety procedures, policies, permits, and practices.
• Ensure proper housekeeping procedures are maintained.
• Meet quality standards defined by cGMPs, Global Quality Standards, and local procedures, including completing regulatory-based preventive maintenance on schedule.
• Schedule maintenance, calibration, and repair work for the assigned area.
• Use and provide training on a CMMS.
• Create and update maintenance and calibration job plans and calibration data sheets.
• Maintain and monitor the maintenance backlog to prevent delinquent preventive maintenance.
• Ensure maintenance work is documented and completed accurately according to assigned job plans.
• Use knowledge of engineering drawing systems and building equipment and instrumentation types.
• Verify the availability of parts, materials, and special tools for jobs, and order parts and materials for planned jobs when needed.
• Coordinate between customers and maintenance activities to minimize scheduling conflicts.
• Coordinate with utilities and plant operations to determine equipment availability for maintenance scheduling.
• Develop initial maintenance and calibration job plans and data sheets, and provide long-term planning and scheduling once the site is operational.

Benefits

• Company bonus, depending in part on company and individual performance.
• Company-sponsored 401(k) participation eligibility.
• Pension.
• Vacation benefits.
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug benefit eligibility.
• Flexible benefits, such as healthcare and 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
• Education Level: High school or GED