Construction Manager - GFD

Eli Lilly and Company; Fogelsville (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 131,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full relocation to project site

Company bonus

401(k) plan

Pension

Vacation benefits

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Job summary

Lilly is seeking a Construction Manager to lead field construction for Global Facilities Delivery, supervising Lilly employees and contract leaders to deliver large-scale capital programs from detailed design to completion.

This role requires managing safety, cost, schedule and quality across brownfield and greenfield sites, while interfacing with program leadership and contractors. International travel and relocation are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor in engineering, construction management or related field.
• Minimum ten years delivering capital projects in industrial/manufacturing facilities.
• Experience overseeing multiple contractors or CM firms.

Responsibilities

• Lead field construction from detailed design through mechanical completion.
• Own field execution budget and capital spend across programs.
• Coordinate with legal, procurement and leadership on disputes.
• Ensure safety, cost, schedule and quality objectives are met.
• Maintain clear interfaces between field teams and program leadership.
• Ensure compliance with GMP, company policies and regulatory frameworks.

Skills

Team Leadership

Budgeting

Contract Management

Communication

Education

Bachelor of Science in engineering or construction management

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 Manufacturing & Quality, 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 expand the supply of existing medicines or strengthen the supply chain.

The Construction Manager leads field construction execution for GFD, supervising a team of Lilly employees and contract construction leaders to safely execute large-scale capital programs at both brownfield and greenfield sites. This role is accountable for field construction execution from detailed design through mechanical completion, as well as the field execution budget and capital spend across assigned programs. The Construction Manager reports to the AVP of Construction Management and HSE in GFD and serves as the primary point of contact between field contract construction teams and program leadership.

Key Objectives/Deliverables

• Team Leadership: Lead and manage a team of Lilly employees and contract construction leaders to safely execute large-scale capital programs of at least $200M USD in business-critical capital assets within the framework of the contract, including vetting invoices, change orders, etc.
• Field Construction Execution: Hold accountability for field construction execution from detailed design through mechanical completion, ensuring contractor teams deliver on safety, cost, schedule, and quality objectives on both brownfield and greenfield sites.
• Dispute Resolution: Play a key role in partnership with legal, procurement, and other necessary parties for any disputes that may arise with the contract construction team.
• Budget & Capital Spend: Hold accountability for the field execution budget and capital spend across assigned programs, including cost forecasting, change management, and adherence to financial controls.
• Interface/Communication: Serve as the primary point of contact between field contract construction teams and program leadership, developing and maintaining effective communication with GFD, project leadership, project teams, governance bodies, business partners, and site stakeholders, and facilitating issue resolution, proactively identifying and solving field issues, and implementing construction work safely and with quality, speed, and value.
• Compliance: Lead with a disciplined, structured approach to construction management based on compliance with Company policies and procedures, including construction quality standards, GMP requirements where applicable, and applicable regulatory frameworks.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in engineering, construction management, or a related technical field.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in capital project construction delivery in industrial or manufacturing facilities, including previous experience executing greenfield and large-scale brownfield construction projects.
• Demonstrated experience directly managing or overseeing multiple construction contractors or construction management firms simultaneously.
• 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 Preferences

• Direct field supervision of projects or programs greater than $100MM in size.
• Prior pharmaceutical manufacturing construction experience, including construction execution in facilities such as bulk API, sterile products, secondary packaging, and devices, and to a lesser extent laboratory projects.
• Proficiency in one or more of the following areas: GMP construction, LEAN construction principles, construction quality systems, project controls, civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical disciplines, safety leadership, and scheduling.
• Proven ability to achieve results and influence through people, including contractor workforces not under direct administrative authority, and to manage and drive accountability across contract construction management organizations.
• Demonstrated sound judgment in field decision making without requiring management approval for routine issues, while keeping program leadership informed and engaged on critical matters.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills across all levels of the project and organizational hierarchy.
• Professional Engineer (PE), Certified Construction Manager (CCM), or equivalent technical certification, and/or Project Management Professional (PMP) or construction management certification.

Additional Information

• This position will require full relocation to the project site, as onsite presence is required.
• International and domestic travel is expected in this role (approximately 15% to 30%) and may include weekends and multi-week stays.
• This posting is not site specific; the role may be based at any of multiple GFD project locations.
• Multiple job levels can be hired against this job description, and business title will vary based on job level.

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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

$130,500 - $211,200

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

• 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)

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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