Advisor - Project Engineer - Design Lead

Eli Lilly and Company; Lebanon (IN); On-site; USD 131,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Pension

Vacation benefits

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

Flexible benefits

Life insurance

Time off/leave

Well-being programs

Job summary

Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis, Indiana, seeks a senior design leader for Global Facilities Delivery to drive design across capital projects worldwide. You will lead design teams, coordinate with Project Managers, and ensure technical excellence from concept through basic design.

The role requires a BS in Engineering and at least 12 years in pharma or API networks, plus strong PM skills, conflict resolution, and willingness to travel up to 25%.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering (Chemical or Mechanical preferred).
• Minimum of 12 years of manufacturing and/or engineering experience supporting pharmaceutical or API networks.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the overall design delivery for capital projects.
• Coordinate design work with the Project Manager through all design phases.
• Direct development of design requirements.
• Assist in developing and maintaining the design schedule.
• Participate in selecting A/E firms.
• Coordinate with A/E firms on earned value progress systems.
• Expedite design decisions and manage information flow between teams.
• Ensure design meets approved intent via interfaces with firms and users.
• Govern design activities and resolve design-related problems.
• Identify inefficiencies and develop improvement strategies to meet hours plan.
• Review and approve key design personnel with the PM.
• Collaborate with Tech Center resources to resolve issues.
• Ensure replication is achieved during design when applicable.
• Support value engineering to maximize project opportunities.
• Review design invoices prior to approval and participate in KPI reviews.
• Participate in selecting verification services.
• Mentor and develop others, including external contacts.

Skills

Project management

Conflict resolution

Influence across levels

Willingness to relocate/travel

In-office presence 3-4 days/week

Education

BS in Engineering (Chemical or Mechanical preferred)

Job description

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.

Position Brand Description: The Global Facilities Delivery (GFD) Organization, part of Corporate Engineering and Continuous Improvement, 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 medical innovation and delivering innovative solutions to patients. Some of the assets delivered will support an expansion in supply of existing medicines or making the supply chain more robust.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for the overall design delivery for capital project(s).
• Coordinate all design for the Project Manager during all design phases of the project and be responsible in delivering the conceptual design review and basic design review.
• Direct the development of the design requirements.
• Assist in development and maintenance of the design schedule to meet the project needs.
• Participate in the selection of the A/E firms.
• Coordinate with A/E firms to develop earned value progress systems to measure progress by discipline (monitor work versus invoice amounts).
• Expedite design decisions and coordinate information flow between the design team and system owners.
• Be responsible for ensuring the design meets approved intent through interactions between the design firm, design specialists, engineering tech center disciplines, and end user/customer.
• Be responsible for design activities and governance, resolving design-related problems.
• Examine areas of inefficiency and develop strategies for improvement to direct the design team to meet or improve on the design hours plan.
• Review and approve along with the respective Project Manager the key design project personnel (both internal and external resources).
• Work with Engineering Tech Center resources and other key project team technical/constructability resources to address and resolve design issues.
• Ensure replication is achieved during design when applicable.
• Support the Project Manager for value engineering exercises efforts to maximize project opportunities.
• Review design-related invoices prior to approval and participate in KPI reviews/assessments.
• Participate in the selection of the verification professional services.
• Take an active role/be responsible in mentoring and developing others, sometimes external to the organization.

Basic Requirements

• BS in Engineering (Chemical or Mechanical preferred)
• Minimum of 12 years of manufacturing and/or engineering experience supporting pharmaceutical or API (active pharmaceutical ingredient) networks

Additional Preferences

• Pharmaceutical process or project engineer experience
• Strong project management skills
• Ability to effectively facilitate conflict to resolution
• Ability to influence all levels of the project and site personnel
• Understanding of the capital project delivery process, A/E design activities, and the understanding of the available Lilly technical resources (user reps, Engineering Tech Center resources, and design specialists)
• Demonstrated values that are consistent with the Lilly values
• Able to frame complex decisions/analyses, facilitate to a decision, and implement according to the plan
• Ability to create creditability and influence to align decision agreements between site(s), corporate engineering, A/E firm decision-makers, and stakeholders who have differing opinions
• Experience facilitating issue resolution, anticipating scope changes, and implementing projects safely with quality, speed and value
• Willingness to relocate and/or travel to locations outside of home state/country and have the demonstrated ability to work from long distances with little supervision
• Comfortable maintaining an in-office presence 3-4 days per week

Additional Information

Travel can be both domestic and international, on average about 25%, depending on the phase of the project.

The potential of co-location at the A/E firm or the job site for periods of time could occur based on project needs.

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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 $130500 - $211200. Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance).

Benefits

• 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
• well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities)

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We hope that you seek to join us on our journey as we create medicine and deliver improved outcomes for patients across the globe!

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