Sr Principal Engineer - MES Systems

Biopharma Careers; United States; On-site; USD 126,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Lilly is seeking a Sr Principal Engineer – MES Systems to join our manufacturing IT team in Indianapolis, IN. You will design, develop and validate MES solutions across new API facilities, collaborating with global sites to enable standardized recipes and data integration.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in MES implementations in regulated environments, strong leadership, and expertise in coordinating CSV, validation documentation, and vendor partnerships to ensure compliant, scalable

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Engineering, or related technical field required.
• 10+ years of experience with MES implementations and data integration.
• Professional experience in a GXP, regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate MES components for site programs and pipelines.
• Support MES startup activities and validation efforts.
• Collaborate with site resources to standardize solutions and drive value.
• Maintain documentation for lifecycle and release management.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Cloud solutions

Safety culture

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Engineering

Tools

Syncade

DeltaV MES

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.

Sr Principal Engineer – MES Systems

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 35,000 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.

This is an opportunity you don’t want to miss!

Lilly is entering an exciting period of growth and we are committed to delivering innovative medicines to patients around the world. Lilly is investing over $50 Billion to create new Manufacturing Capacity throughout the world. This is an exciting once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help build and start up new sites.

What You’ll Be Doing

The Sr Principal Engineer - MES System will part of one of our new state of the art API facility MES team tasked with developing standard approaches and components that will used to build MES recipes and integration throughout Lilly’s network of new Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) sites. The role will assist local teams in the Design, Development, Delivery and CSV of the MES solutions for the new facilities. This role will report to the MQ IT Leader for new facilities.

What You Should Bring (preferred skills)

• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Regulatory compliance knowledge and experience (cGMP)
• Effective people and team leadership skills
• Ability to manage and contribute to multiple concurrent activities and adapt to changes in priorities.
• Ability to cross functionally collaborate.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrate creativity, analytical thinking, and the ability to troubleshoot and solve problems.
• Knowledge of cloud solutions and architecture
• History of promoting safety and maintaining a safe work environment
• Establish a strong site culture based in Lilly values, expectations, and operational excellence standards.
• Demonstrated adhere adherence to compliance for internal and external quality guidance.
• Demonstrated and promote Operational Excellence
• Effectively encourage knowledge sharing and education
• Evaluate and translate functional requirements into technical solutions.
• Ability to problem solving and work through manufacturing situations. Have experience serving as an escalation contact with vendor(s)
• Proven technical ability to develop and integrate MES solutions

What Your Primary Responsibilities Will Be

• Develop and integrate MES common and site‑specific components.
• Benchmarkon innovative solutions (external andinternal toLilly)
• Dynamicallyadaptroadmaptosite evolution/strategic directions,andnew trends/issues.
• Establish a strong site culture based in Lillyvalues, expectations,andoperational excellencestandards.
• SupportMESsolutionsstartupactivities.
• Workwithsiteresources towards replication&standardizationtodrivevalueandimplement the appropriatetechnical solutions.
• EvaluateemergingtechnologiesandimplicationstoexistingLillyfootprint.
• MaintainopencommunicationwithMESvendor(s)toaddressneedsinstandardsolutionorviafunctionalpacks.
• Evaluateandtranslatefunctionalrequirementstotechnicalsolutions.
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• Evaluate and translate functional requirements into technical solutions.
• Ensureprojectand/orvalidationdocumentationis maintained during lifecycle&releasemanagement.
• Develops\ assistsin thecreationandmaintenanceoftheMESinterfaceswithotherLillysystems.

Your Basic Qualifications (with no sponsorship)

• Bachelor’sDegreeinIT,Engineering,orrelated technical field,
• 10+ yearsofstrong experiencewithMESsystemimplementationsandDataIntegrationpreferablySyncade/DeltaVMES
• Professional experience working in aGXP, regulated environment

Other Information

Roleis MondaythroughFridayandbasedon‑site.Mustbeflexibleinprovidingsupporttoaccommodateotherinputs(production schedules, shutdowns, etc.).Occasionalextended hourand/oroff‑hourwork may berequired.

Lillyisdedicatedtohelpingindividualswithdisabilitiestoactivelyengageintheworkforce,ensuringequalopportunitieswhenvyingforpositions.

LillyisproudtobeanEEOEmployeranddoesnotdiscriminateonthebasisofage,race,color,religion,genderidentity,sex,genderexpression,sexualorientation,geneticinformation, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa,MiddleEast,CentralAsiaNetwork,BlackEmployeesatLilly,ChineseCultureNetwork,JapaneseInternational LeadershipNetwork (JILN),LillyIndiaNetwork,OrganizationofLatinxatLilly(OLA),PRIDE(LGBTQ+ Allies),VeteransLeadershipNetwork(VLN),Women’sInitiativeforLeadingatLilly(WILL),enAble(forpeoplewithdisabilities).Learnmoreaboutallofourgroups.

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.

$126,000 - $184,800

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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