Automation Engineer, Drug Substance, Design & Delivery, Lilly Medicine Foundry

Eli Lilly and Company; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a talented Automation Engineer to join their innovative team in Indianapolis. This role involves leading automation projects, ensuring safety improvements, and providing technical leadership in drug substance design and delivery. With a focus on cutting-edge processing technologies, you will play a crucial role in optimizing project costs and enhancing automation solutions. This opportunity not only promises professional growth but also the chance to make a significant impact on life-changing medicines. Join a dedicated team committed to improving lives through high-quality healthcare solutions.

Qualifications

• 4-year engineering degree in Chemical, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum 6 years of Automation experience required.

Responsibilities

• Lead automation projects on all platforms and ensure safety improvements.
• Support project phases and ensure designs meet requirements.

Skills

DCS programming

Automation experience

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Knowledge of Drug Substance manufacturing

Education

Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering

Tools

Emerson DeltaV

DeltaV Live

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 Overview:

At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose. We make a difference for people around the globe by discovering, developing and delivering medicines that help them live longer, healthier, more active lives. Not only do we deliver breakthrough medications, but you also can count on us to develop creative solutions to support communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.

Position Brand Description:

Lilly is at a critical juncture as we tool up to realize the potential of our product pipeline. We are building new processing capabilities around the world, and emphasizing emerging, cutting-edge processing technologies, such as continuous processing and advanced biotech platforms.

The Engineer – Automation - Drug Substance Design / Delivery role requires a 4-year engineering degree, preferably in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or related science field. The position requires high learning agility and a background in DCS programming (preferably DeltaV) and experience in automated API manufacturing or related processes.

This role will initially be in support of the design and delivery phase of the project, as part of the Global Process Automation & Control Engineering (GPACE) team. As the site nears completion and start-up activities begin, this role will transition into a Lebanon Site role for long term operational support. GPACE is part of Lilly’s Corporate Engineering Tech Center (ETC). GPACE provides automation, measurement, and process control solutions, and is a technical resource for training, standards, capital project delivery, and Lilly’s standard automation platforms. GPACE’s primary customers are global manufacturing and development sites, Manufacturing Information Technology, and peer groups such as Global Facilities Delivery (GFD).

Key Objectives/Deliverables:

• Work safely and continually look for improvements to both people and equipment safety.
• Expertise with Automation Technologies: Lead the corporation’s efforts to better engineer automation projects on all platforms.
• Automation/Control Discipline and Technical Leadership: Partner with colleagues to lead the discipline through solution assessment, reuse, and development. Manage tools, engineering standards, master specifications and best practices.
• Automation Design: Provide support to Global Facilities Delivery during project conceptual, basic, and detailed engineering phases. Ensure project design meets intended requirements, considers life cycle cost, and eliminates non-value add complexity. Use replication and best practices to optimize project cost.
• Automation Delivery: Lead or support Automation design and delivery for Lilly’s new manufacturing sites. This includes automation and integration with key IT platforms, process development, and system architectures.
• Project Leadership: Lead, direct, and oversee contingent/contract workers for project deliverables.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in engineering or a related science field.
• Demonstrated experience with the Emerson DeltaV platform.
• Minimum 6 years of Automation experience.
• Core knowledge related to ISE S95 and S88 principles.
• Technical leadership experience on automation project delivery.

Additional Preferences:

• Strong knowledge of Drug Substance manufacturing processes including Batch, strongly preferred.
• Experience in pharma or GMP industry strongly preferred.
• Experience working with validated systems.
• Experience with DeltaV Live.
• Experience with other DCS or PLC platforms in addition to DeltaV.
• Strong problem-solving skills on automation platforms.
• Strong communication skills.

Other Information:

8-hour days – Monday through Friday, overtime and some weekend/holiday work may be required during periods of critical project support. Some allowance for flex time.

Location: Indianapolis, IN. Potential for transition to Lebanon, Indiana.

Travel: Domestic and some International travel may be required (10%). We will also have opportunities for increased travel (up to 50%) and short- and long-term relocation to sites.