Associate Director - Central Engineering and Maintenance

Lilly Group; Concord (NC); On-site; USD 123,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Lilly is seeking an Associate Director of Central Engineering & Maintenance to provide technical and administrative leadership for electrical engineering, commissioning and qualification, CAPEX, calibration, and maintenance planning at the Concord site. You will manage a multi-disciplinary team reporting to the Sr.

Director – Engineering Concord. The role requires strong project oversight, regulatory awareness, CAPA, and continuous improvement, with responsibility for capital budgets, schedule

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• At least 5 years engineering/maintenance experience on a manufacturing site.
• Authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; Lilly will not sponsor visas.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and quality systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight for site electrical engineering including power distribution, UPS and safety programs.
• Oversee commissioning and qualification program and Asset Qualification Monitoring (AQM).
• Lead the site capital portfolio from scoping to handover and manage CAPEX budget.
• Oversee calibration program, traceability, and regulatory compliance.
• Oversee maintenance planning, CMMS data integrity, backlog, PM optimization, and shutdown planning.
• Lead changes/deviations with robust CAPA.
• Lead, coach, and develop direct reports.
• Ensure practice matches procedure and champion continuous improvement.
• Represent central engineering beyond the Concord site.
• Develop metrics to measure performance against business objectives.

Skills

People leadership

Cross-disciplinary teams

Engineering fundamentals

Regulatory knowledge

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

SAP

TrackWise

CMMS

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.

Responsibilities:

The Associate Director of Central Engineering & Maintenance is responsible to provide technical and administrative coordination for Lilly site electrical engineering, commissioning and qualification, capital projects, calibration, and maintenance planning services. The role will have the site electrical engineer, commissioning and qualification engineer, CAPEX team, calibration team, and maintenance planning team as direct reports. The role will report to the Sr. Director – Engineering Concord.

Key Objectives/Deliverables:

• Provide technical and administrative oversight for site electrical engineering. This includes power distribution, UPS and emergency power systems, and the site electrical safety program (e.g. NFPA 70E, arc flash) in partnership with HSE.

• Provide technical and administrative oversight for the site commissioning and qualification program. This includes the transition from project to site ownership (e.g. qualification) and ongoing sustainment (maintaining in qualified state), including periodic reviews and Asset Qualification Monitoring (AQM).

• Lead the site capital portfolio from scoping and funding through execution, handover to operations, and close-out. Own capital budget, forecast accuracy, and delivery of projects on scope, schedule, and budget.

• Provide technical and administrative oversight for the site calibration program, including schedule compliance, traceability, and ongoing compliance with internal standards (e.g. LQS, GQS) and external regulatory requirements. Lead out-of-tolerance investigations and product impact assessments.

• Provide technical and administrative oversight for site maintenance planning and scheduling. This includes work order planning, CMMS data integrity, backlog management, PM optimization, and shutdown planning in partnership with Operations.

• Provide technical and administrative oversight for any changes or deviations in electrical engineering, commissioning and qualification, capital projects, calibration, and maintenance planning. Conduct robust root cause investigations ensuring appropriate CAPA.

• Lead, coach, and develop direct reports, including talent planning, performance management, and succession.

• Ensure practice matches procedure

• Champion continuous improvement

• Represent central engineering and maintenance capabilities beyond the Lilly Concord site (e.g. other Lilly sites and global functional groups).

• Develop and maintain metrics to measure performance against business objectives and make necessary changes to improve performance.

Basic Qualifications:

• Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

• At least 5 years engineering and/or maintenance experience in a manufacturing site

• Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization or visas for this role, including but not limited to F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, J-1, H-1B, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, or L-1

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• Site start up experience preferred

• Solid understanding of basic requirements of regulatory agencies

• Previous people leadership experience, including leading multi-disciplinary teams

• Previous experience in operations and engineering

• Previous experience with highly automated equipment

• Previous equipment qualification and process validation experience

• Previous experience with deviation and change management systems including Trackwise

• Experience with calibration programs and maintenance planning in a CMMS (e.g. SAP)

• Experience managing capital projects

• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form ( https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation ) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

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Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia (AMECA), Black Employees at Lilly (BE@Lilly), Chinese Culture Network (CCN), EnAble, Evolve, Lilly Indian Network (LIN), Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), Pride (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN) and Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL).

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

$123,000 - $180,400

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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