Process Engineer – Packaging

Eli Lilly and Company • Pleasant Prairie, WI

2d • Onsite

About The Position

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us. Lilly is a fortune 500 company in operation for 150 years creating high-quality medicines for our patients. The new facility on the Kenosha County campus will be one of Lilly’s most technically advanced manufacturing sites. The facility will include high-speed manufacturing, robotics, advanced data collection and analytics that will result in safety improvements, increased productivity, and variability reduction for Packaging lines. This is an exciting opportunity to help build a state-of-the-art facility and Quality System from the ground up.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM
• 7+ years of experience as a process engineer in highly automated environment
• Technical leadership.
• Strong automation background.
• Strong learning mindset with curiosity, adaptability, and technical aptitude to rapidly acquire new skills and technologies.
• Proven experience delivering engineering projects in both greenfield and brownfield environments, including facility startup, commissioning, expansion, and retrofit initiatives.
• Ability to lead first-time processes and navigating a cross-functional team through ambiguity.
• Pharmaceutical cGMP experience and compliance
• OSHA and CFR knowledge.
• Project management skills.
• Adequate interpersonal and communications skills to be able to work effectively in a team-based environment.
• Strong knowledge of Studio 5000 and FactoryTalk View SE.
• Understanding of automated vision systems, and robotics.
• Ability to apply statistical thinking concepts to the analysis of manufacturing problems.
• Experience in utilizing root cause analysis techniques for the systematic solving of problems.

Responsibilities

• Supporting and managing the Packaging crucial to Lilly's supply chain.
• Providing subject matter expertise in process control, improvements, project management, and technical leadership to the process team.
• Developing expertise in production processes, commissioning, qualification, and validation requirements and equipment specific code and/or control system technologies.
• Integrating, qualifying, and starting up complex Packaging systems while serving as the technical bridge between OEM equipment, manufacturing control systems, MES, warehouse systems, and site operations.
• Partnering with Corporate Automation, Global Packaging & Robotics, Automation Integrators, and Global Facilities Delivery to design, install, and qualify the new LKC Packaging lines.
• Taking overall responsibility for the safe design and safe operation of the equipment within the area.
• Leading or participating in qualification activities (including commissioning activities of new equipment or areas).
• Assisting in the integration of these lines into the site data collection and SCADA layer.
• Leading activities through the full project lifecycle including design review, FAT, installation, SAT, qualification, and startup support.
• Assisting for integration between Packaging equipment and enterprise manufacturing systems including MES, warehouse management systems, scheduling systems, and site automation platforms.
• Reviewing OEM electrical, controls, and safety designs to ensure compliance with Lilly standards and applicable industry standards (e.g., machine safety, electrical safety, and control panel requirements).
• Assisting automation verification and qualification activities, including IV/OV testing, system integration testing, and startup troubleshooting.
• Supporting implementation and lifecycle management of Lilly manufacturing platforms such as Global Packaging Platform (GPP), GRIP, GPM, Global Scheduler, and MES integrations.
• Supporting manufacturing system interfaces including PLCs, HMI/SCADA systems, databases, servers, virtual environments, networks, and middleware platforms.
• Partnering with Quality, Operations, Engineering, IT, OEMs, and global platform teams to resolve complex automation and integration challenges during project execution and commercial operations.
• Assisting manufacturing system startup readiness activities including PSSR execution, safety verification, automation cutovers, and qualification support.
• Communicating effectively with cross functional team members in roles such as quality, logistics, and crafts personnel.
• Obtaining technical expertise of equipment and processes in area of responsibility.
• Establishing control charts & monitoring/trending operating parameters to verify and optimize equipment performance.
• Leading troubleshooting efforts to resolve more difficult equipment and operational problems.
• Utilizing formal problem-solving techniques, such as root cause analysis and causal factor charting, to resolve equipment deviations.
• Providing oversight and assisting maintenance personnel and engineering techs that support the equipment.
• Evaluating all activities for impact on qualified state of equipment and utilizing appropriate tools/processes as necessary (change control, hold, etc.).
• Responsible for system/component classification and maintenance strategy for equipment.
• Implementing corrections, corrective actions, and countermeasures arising from CAPA’s.
• Participating in Periodic Reviews for equipment.
• Acting as user representative for capital projects or local projects.
• Understanding equipment reliability issues and performance KPIs.
• Identifying and driving improvement opportunities (procedural changes, upgrades, projects, etc.) associated with equipment within the area.
• Planning and coordinating equipment planned downtime windows for equipment improvements and preventative maintenance.
• Comparing equipment performance data with other manufacturing sites within the network to determine areas of opportunity.
• Establishing & monitoring/trending control systems as tool for verifying and optimizing equipment performance.
• Leading troubleshooting efforts to resolve more difficult equipment and operational problems.
• Utilizing formal problem-solving techniques, including Root Cause Analysis, to resolve equipment issues.
• Providing oversight to Maintenance Tech/Engineering Tech(s) that support the area.
• Responsible for system/component classification and maintenance strategy for equipment.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives by identifying root causes, implementing robust automation solutions, and improving reliability, quality, and operational performance.
• Mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership across multiple manufacturing areas and project teams.
• Acting as owner/SME of equipment, Packaging processes, and maintenance programs associated with Lilly Global Quality Standards (GQS) and Engineering Best Practices/Functional Standards (EBP/EFS).
• Technically leading and delegating activities to a cross-functional technical team supporting the Packaging lines on medium-large scale projects.
• Ensuring compliance with OSHA/regulatory (CFR) requirements.

Benefits

• company bonus
• company-sponsored 401(k)
• pension
• vacation benefits
• 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: Senior