Project Controls Director, Global Facilities Delivery

Lilly • Allentown, PA

8d • $129,000 - $209,000

About The Position

The Global Facilities Delivery (GFD) Organization, part of Corporate Engineering, delivers new and renovated capital assets around the world. Our mission is accomplished through a highly leveraged organization of design, construction and qualification contractors. Many of the assets delivered focus on manufacturing medical innovations and delivering innovative solutions to patients. Some of the assets delivered support an expansion in supply of existing medicines.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics)
• 12+ years of project controls experience supporting large-scale industrial, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, energy, infrastructure, or capital construction projects.
• Demonstrated expertise in cost management, planning and scheduling, forecasting, change management, and project risk management.
• Willingness to relocate and/or travel domestically and internationally as required.

Nice To Haves

• Professional certification from a project control body such as RICS, AACE, or PMI.
• Proficiency with project management systems, specifically SAP, Oracle Unifier, Primavera P6, SafranRisk, etc.).
• Advanced understanding in financial concepts and estimating, cost management theory, project change and risk management, project planning and scheduling, and work and cost breakdown structures.
• Capacity to lead through influence to achieve results
• Ability to lead others through coaching
• Capacity to think strategically, taking a long view at how to achieve objectives.
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
• Self-disciplined, motivated, and able to work with limited supervision.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and innovative thinking

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage project controls teams to deliver large capital programs of at least $500MM USD or more that are business-critical in nature.
• Serve as the independent lead for project controls to ensure compliance with standard processes, driving consistency.
• Manage and direct all aspects of project control on major capital projects including, establishing cost, schedule and resource plan baselines, managing resources, influencing good contract strategy, establishing change control and risk management, monitoring actual costs, auditing pay applications, contracts management, forecast and cashflows.
• Establish, train and lead project control teams to deliver business objectives.
• Ensure proper application of Lilly finance policies on capital projects.

Benefits

• company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance)
• 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: Director