Global Capital Projects Scheduling Lead

100 Eli Lilly and Company; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 68,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

Lilly (Indianapolis-based) seeks a Sr. Principal Engineer, Project Planning & Scheduling to act as the enterprise process owner for planning and scheduling across the global capital portfolio.

You will establish, govern, and continuously improve standards, methodologies, and performance measures to support schedule development, forecasting, and execution throughout the project lifecycle. You will lead planning assurance, define requirements for all project phases including CQV, startup, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Business, Supply Chain, or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in planning and scheduling for large, complex capital projects, including development, governance, and assurance of integrated schedules, application of critical path methodology, forecasting, schedule risk analysis, and establishment of enterprise scheduling standards and best practices.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6. Ability and willingness to travel up to 25%. Position is based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Authorized to work in the United States full-time; Lilly will not provide sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Serve as GFD’s enterprise process owner for planning and scheduling, establishing standards, governance requirements, methodologies, and performance expectations across the capital portfolio.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve enterprise planning and scheduling standards, procedures, work instructions, templates, and assurance frameworks.
• Establish scheduling requirements for all phases of project delivery, including project development, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, qualification and validation (CQV), startup, operational readiness, and operational handover.
• Define and govern schedule quality requirements, including schedule development, logic integrity, critical path methodology, progress measurement, forecasting, schedule risk analysis, and schedule performance management.
• Lead planning and scheduling assurance activities across the portfolio to verify compliance with enterprise standards and drive corrective actions where deficiencies are identified.
• Establish planning and scheduling requirements for contractors, consultants, and delivery partners and ensure consistent implementation across projects and regions.
• Serve as GFD’s senior technical SME for schedule recovery, acceleration planning, scenario analysis, forecasting, and schedule risk mitigation.
• Govern enterprise KPIs and performance measures related to schedule quality, forecasting accuracy, schedule predictability, and project delivery performance.
• Partner with project teams, contractors, and business partners to improve scheduling capability, strengthen project execution strategies, and promote adoption of best practices.
• Build organizational capability through training, mentoring, communities of practice, and continuous improvement initiatives that advance planning and scheduling excellence across the portfolio.

Skills

Pl anning and scheduling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Business, Supply Chain, or related discipline

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Lilly (Indianapolis-based) seeks a Sr. Principal Engineer, Project Planning & Scheduling to act as the enterprise process owner for planning and scheduling across the global capital portfolio.

You will establish, govern, and continuously improve standards, methodologies, and performance measures to support schedule development, forecasting, and execution throughout the project lifecycle. You will lead planning assurance, define requirements for all project phases including CQV, startup, and