Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America
23 hours ago
Utilities Infrastructure Lead - Lilly Medicine Foundry

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Lilly recently announced a $4.5 billion investment to create the Lilly Medicine Foundry, a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development. The first-ever facility of its kind, combining research and manufacturing in a single location, the Medicine Foundry will allow Lilly to further develop innovative solutions to optimize manufacturing processes and increase capacity for clinical trial medicines, while also reducing costs and environmental impact.

The LMF Utilities Infrastructure Lead is responsible for providing Subject Matter Expert operational support, guidance, and Continuous Improvement of the LMF Utilities Operations team, delivering a Safety First, Quality Always operation, ensuring reliable supply of all Site Utilities across the Foundry Site. They will coordinate employees and activities related to the safe and efficient Operation and Maintenance of LMF Site Utilities and Tank Farm systems/processes.

Key Objectives/Deliverables:

Daily Support and Process Monitoring:Monitor Site Utilities systems/processes and quality parameters to ensure that the systems are being operated properly and in compliance with established Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Safety & Quality Standards, and Industry Best Practices.Track and trend the effective delivery and usage volumes of Site Utilities to Site Key Stake Holders and End Users.Develop Operations Standard Work and SOPs for the proper manner to operate and maintain equipment and processes to ensure that systems operate within the controlled parameters and meet/exceed user requirements.Provide customer/end user consultation and notifications on issues that involve the Site Utilities Systems – outage coordination, system recovery, business continuity/emergency preparedness.Project Management:Act as the Utilities Team Operational Readiness coordinator through Foundry Project Delivery and C&Q activities to ensure Utilities Operational preparedness/ownership at start-up Participate in or drive Continuous Improvement initiatives or special projects within the Utilities process team – ensuring inspection readiness at all times.Support the Utilities Site Master Plan by understanding overall site utilities generation needs and distribution capacity by monitoring the Utilities usage and forecast by area/building and staying abreast of future Site requirements to align the Operations Team capacity and capabilities.Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE)Comply with and support departmental HSE plans.Ensure overall Operations comply with all Health, Safety and Environmental policies and procedures.Complete process hazard reviews as applicable.Problem Solving and Risk AnalysisAssist in deviation investigations into human error and process upsets.Lead Operational Root Cause Failure Investigations and After-Action ReviewsEnsure the successful implementation and effectiveness of CAPA actions.LeadershipFacilitate the Utilities Process Team meetings and departmental scorecard/metric reportingProven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams successfully through projects.Acts as the liaison/representative between LMF FUME and local utility municipalities.Support internal and external inspections/audits as the Utilities Operations SME.Train and develop Utilities Operators, Specialists, Technicians, and Supervisors.Participate as required in teams, committees or other groups and/or individually to achieve the FUME departmental, LMF site and/or company goals.

Basic Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in technical field, or HS Diploma/GED with 10-year relevant Utilities work experience.Minimum 5 years of applicable manufacturing-related Operations experience, preferably in a regulated/GMP Utilities/Pharma environment.

Other Information:

Initial location at Lilly Technology Center, Indianapolis. Permanent location at the new Lilly Medicines Foundry in Lebanon, Indiana. 

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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is

$65,250 - $160,600

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for 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; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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