Advisor- Project Engineer- Design Lead

Lilly • Pleasant Prairie, WI

3d • $130,500 - $211,200

About The Position

The Design Lead in Lilly’s Global Facilities Delivery organization is responsible for overall design delivery for capital projects. The role coordinates design activities throughout all project phases, partnering with Project Managers, A/E firms, Engineering Tech Center resources, design specialists, system owners, end users, and other technical and constructability resources. The Design Lead supports delivery of conceptual and basic design reviews, ensures design meets approved intent, and resolves design-related issues while maintaining project needs and governance.

The role contributes to design requirements and schedules, A/E firm and verification professional services selection, earned-value progress tracking, invoice review, KPI assessments, value engineering, replication where applicable, and improvement of design efficiency. It also includes mentoring and developing others. Travel averages about 25% domestically and internationally, depending on project phase. The role may require temporary co-location at an A/E firm or job site and maintaining an in-office presence three to four days per week.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering; Chemical or Mechanical Engineering preferred.
• At least 12 years of manufacturing and/or engineering experience supporting pharmaceutical or active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) networks.
• Willingness to relocate and/or travel outside the home state or country.
• Demonstrated ability to work remotely over long distances with little supervision.
• Comfortable maintaining an in-office presence three to four days per week.

Nice To Haves

• Pharmaceutical process or project engineer experience.
• Strong project management skills.
• Ability to effectively facilitate conflict to resolution.
• Ability to influence all levels of project and site personnel.
• Understanding of the capital project delivery process, A/E design activities, and available Lilly technical resources, including user representatives, Engineering Tech Center resources, and design specialists.
• Demonstrated values consistent with Lilly values.
• Ability to frame complex decisions and analyses, facilitate a decision, and implement according to plan.
• Ability to build credibility and influence to align decision agreements among sites, Corporate Engineering, A/E firm decision-makers, and stakeholders with differing opinions.
• Experience facilitating issue resolution, anticipating scope changes, and implementing projects safely with quality, speed, and value.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for overall design delivery for capital project(s).
• Coordinate all design for the Project Manager during all design phases and deliver the conceptual design review and basic design review.
• Direct development of design requirements.
• Assist in developing and maintaining the design schedule to meet project needs.
• Participate in selecting A/E firms.
• Coordinate with A/E firms to develop earned-value progress systems that measure progress by discipline and monitor work against invoice amounts.
• Expedite design decisions and coordinate information flow between the design team and system owners.
• Ensure the design meets approved intent through interactions among the design firm, design specialists, Engineering Tech Center disciplines, and end users or customers.
• Be responsible for design activities and governance and resolve design-related problems.
• Identify inefficiencies and develop strategies to direct the design team to meet or improve on the design-hours plan.
• Review and approve key design project personnel with the respective Project Manager, including internal and external resources.
• Work with Engineering Tech Center resources and other project technical and constructability resources to address and resolve design issues.
• Ensure replication is achieved during design when applicable.
• Support the Project Manager in value-engineering efforts to maximize project opportunities.
• Review design-related invoices before approval and participate in KPI reviews and assessments.
• Participate in selecting verification professional services.
• Actively mentor and develop others, sometimes outside the organization.

Benefits

• Company bonus eligibility for full-time equivalent employees, depending in part on company and individual performance.
• Company-sponsored 401(k) participation eligibility.
• Pension.
• Vacation benefits.
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug benefits eligibility.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

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