Associate Director Maintenance – Lilly Medicine Foundry

Eli Lilly and Company; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 118,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Associate Director of Maintenance to lead maintenance and reliability efforts at a groundbreaking facility. This role involves overseeing a dynamic team, ensuring compliance with GMP standards, and driving operational excellence during the startup of a state-of-the-art manufacturing site. Candidates should possess strong leadership skills and a commitment to fostering teamwork and innovative solutions. Join a forward-thinking company that prioritizes employee growth and community impact, while making a tangible difference in healthcare.

Benefits

401(k) Plan

Pension

Vacation Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Fitness Benefits

Employee Clubs and Activities

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing/operations/maintenance in a GMP environment.
• Experience in overseeing a maintenance organization.

Responsibilities

• Supervising and coaching maintenance supervisors and reliability engineers.
• Ensure compliance with corporate maintenance and reliability expectations.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Problem-solving

GMP Compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Job description

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.

Organization and Position Overview

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 Associate Director Maintenance provides leadership and direction to the maintenance and reliability groups within the site engineering organization.

The Associate Director Maintenance ensures that maintenance and reliability deliverables are sufficiently resourced and qualified to support the Small Molecule, New Modality (Peptide, Oligonucleotide and conjugated), and Biologics production goals and business agenda. The Associate Director Maintenance is directly responsible for developing and maintaining the reliability and maintenance technical programs.

In the project delivery phase and startup phase of the project (startup expected 2025 to 2027), leadership roles will be fluid and dynamic as we endeavor to support the project delivery, build a new organization, develop and implement the necessary systems and business processes required to support GMP operations, and build the site culture. This will require significant collaboration, creativity and resilience as the site grows to a full scale GMP manufacturing through start up.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for supervising and coaching maintenance supervisors, reliability engineers, and other staff, including completing performance reviews and development planning.
• Provide maintenance work coordination in support of all manufacturing areas and site objectives and provide maintenance input to key functional groups and partners.
• Oversight of maintenance and reliability staffing including recruitment, resource planning, and succession planning.
• Ensure maintenance planning, scheduling, and work completion meet the production and site business needs.
• In coordination with engineering function, set and reinforce standards for maintenance and reliability.
• Identify, track, and report key indicators of functional performance.
• Have oversight of maintenance and reliability related issues and improvement initiatives. Review and approve relevant deviations and change controls.
• Ensure compliance with corporate maintenance and reliability performance expectations (PM execution performance, reliability roadmap, etc). Actively work within the global engineering/Engineering Tech Center network to ensure alignment with corporate initiatives and utilization of best practices.
• Support site governance through participation, influence and leadership in cross functional meetings and initiatives.

Specifically, during the startup phase of the Lilly Medicine Foundry site (2025 to 2027) leadership will be expected to be collaborative, inclusive, and support the broader teamto:

• Build the organization with the necessary capability,capacityand culture to operate this facility to the highest standards of operational excellence
• Develop and implement the systems and processes needed to run the site, leveraging existing Lilly knowledge and practices where necessary, but also incorporating external experiences and learning
• Ensure regulatory compliance and operational excellence by supporting lean principles in their respective area
• Support the project team as they deliver the facility to the site team, by providing feedback and support.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field
• Minimum of 5 years of work experience in manufacturing/operations/maintenance in a GMP environment.

Additional Preferences:

• Oversight of a maintenance organization
• Ability to work with a team, make independent decisions, and influence diverse groups.
• Ability to instill teamwork within the department and demonstrate key interpersonal skills.
• Ability to provide innovative solutions to plant, divisional, and corporate issues and leverage ideas from other functional areas.
• Be a role model for team members in terms of performance and behaviors. Help people improve their performance and close performance gaps with appropriate training, professional development and coaching interventions.

Other Information:

• Initial location at Lilly Technology Center North, 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

$118,500 - $173,800

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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