Pipefitter/Welder-Mechanic

Eli Lilly and Company • Us, IN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Pipefitter/Welder-Mechanic services, troubleshoots, and maintains LTC utilities, including high-purity water, compressed air, steam, chilled water, glycol, city water, and sewer systems, and helps ensure that equipment and buildings are well maintained. The role supports craftspeople in multiple trades, provides customer service, and offers guidance to operations, engineering, and automation teams.

The position performs preventive and corrective maintenance, diagnoses and repairs piping and mechanical issues, follows health, safety, and environmental requirements, and documents work using Good Documentation Practices and a computerized maintenance management system. It also involves training and coaching craft personnel and staying current on technical and specialty skills related to utility equipment.

This role is based at Lilly’s Indianapolis LTC-S location and is scheduled for eight hours per day, Monday through Friday. Temporary shift changes may occur. The employee must be willing to respond to call-ins and work scheduled overtime, including during summer and year-end company breaks. Work can involve outdoor conditions and varying temperatures, hazardous substances and operating conditions, personal protective equipment, awkward positions, cramped spaces, ladders, and scaffolding.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• At least three years of relevant work experience, including experience with high-purity water, compressed air, steam, chilled water, glycol, city water, and sewer systems.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and prior experience using maintenance shop hand tools and equipment; machining capability.
• Ability to speak, read, and write English well enough to communicate technical and business information effectively.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Willingness to respond to call-ins and work scheduled overtime, as well as during summer and year-end company breaks.
• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds and tolerate varying temperatures while working outdoors in winter and summer conditions.
• Ability to work in hazardous utility operations involving acid, steam, caustic substances, high pressure, and high temperatures, with required personal protective equipment; work may involve awkward positions, cramped quarters, ladders, and scaffolding.
• Qualified applicants 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

• Welding certification or experience with welding.
• Education or training in a mechanical discipline, such as an associate’s degree, technical certificate, equivalent experience, or applicable military service training.
• Maintenance experience in a manufacturing production environment or another relevant field, preferably in an FDA-regulated industry.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot equipment failures and read and interpret mechanical prints and schematics.
• Ability to follow written maintenance procedures, apply Good Documentation Practices, communicate effectively verbally and in writing, and work in a team environment and outside one’s craft as required.
• Proficiency with a CMMS such as Maximo or another work-order tracking system, and Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on utility equipment, including valves, pumps, backflow preventers, pressure-reducing valves (PRVs), steam traps, and piping.
• Troubleshoot and diagnose piping and mechanical issues and make appropriate repairs with minimal downtime.
• Comply with health, safety, and environmental requirements; support departmental HSE plans; participate in Safety Improvement activities; and become qualified to perform duties requiring lockout/tagout (LOTO), lifts, respirators, confined space, and fall protection.
• Document work using Good Documentation Practices and use basic CMMS functionality daily.
• Support the Supervisor and Planner/Scheduler in creating and improving job plans and procedures.
• Train new craft personnel in utilities and provide guidance and coaching to operations, engineering, and automation teams.
• Keep technical and specialty skills current for all utility equipment serviced.
• Use Performance Management to manage objectives and development.

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, 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: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED