Engineer - Automation

Role Summary

Deliver and support automation solutions for Lilly stakeholders in the LTC Utilities area with a focus on process systems and small projects management. Apply first principles to automation solutions, implement engineering improvements, and manage small projects to meet corporate standards while developing capability as a hybrid process/automation engineer.

Responsibilities

• Create a safe, injury free workplace.
• Comply with and support all company and departmental HSE policies and practices.
• Participate and comply with Workplace and BSafe, reporting programs.
• Participate monthly in at least one HSE walkthrough, Job Safety Analysis, or Self-Assessment.
• Contribute, at a minimum, one B-Safe per quarter.
• Work closely with customer areas and be responsible for understanding project needs, including the controls hardware, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and Human Machine Interface (HMI).
• Deliver design and implementation of automation software/hardware for new projects and/or process workflow items.
• Apply technical skills to supply quantifiable business value.
• Sugest project improvements and process optimization through process control.
• Provide technical solutions based on first principles.
• Design, develop, and test software based on customer functional requirements.
• Ensure project resources understand their responsibilities, manage resource conflicts and facilitate sound project execution.
• Define and provide project and/or system metrics.
• Participate in the design of automation strategies.
• Capital Investment Request (CIR) creation and project execution.
• Manage project contracts and ensure corporate vendor management policies are followed.
• Manage relationships with contract personnel.
• Implement and fully document software and hardware changes following the change control process.
• Ensure change controls are completed on-time.
• Keep documentation for the area supported in compliance with the corporate Computer Systems Validation Policies, cGMPs, Electronic Records/Signatures, etc.
• Ensure all deviations are approved within 30 days and commit to meeting any schedule set forth as a result of countermeasures or action plans.
• Stay current on Learning Plan, striving to maintain a target of 100%.
• Participate in Lean and other continuous improvement projects. Understand customer processes and develop means of improving the controls.
• Technical consultant on analysis, decisions and idea generation.
• Expand knowledge of automation to enhance current capabilities and develop skills on other systems and in process engineering to develop as a hybrid engineer.

Qualifications

• Required: 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.
• Preferred: Experience with programmable logic controllers hardware and software.
• Preferred: Demonstrated experience in technical project management.
• Preferred: Proficiency with computer systems including Microsoft Office products.
• Preferred: Demonstrate strong oral and written communication and interpersonal interaction skills.
• Preferred: Ability to build and maintain relationships with individuals and teams.
• Preferred: Proven project management skills/certification.
• Preferred: Previous experience with GMP systems and documentation requirements.
• Preferred: Previous experience with computer system validation.
• Preferred: Previous experience with Wonderware and Allen Bradley.
• Preferred: Previous experience with supporting IT related systems and servers.
• Preferred: Previous experience with Lilly event and change control process.
• Preferred: Proficiency with computer systems Microsoft Sharepoint, Visual Basic, SQL, etc.

Education

• Bachelor's in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent work experience. (5+ years of PLC experience in lieu of degree)

Additional Requirements

• Hazardous operations exist in the utilities area that may utilize acid, caustic, steam, chlorine, high pressures and high temperature, or create high noise in the manufacture of utilities systems. Appropriate PPE must be worn.
• Automation personnel are committed to the principles of continuous improvement; therefore, the Engineer should continually acquire technical and business knowledge and apply this knowledge to the role.
• 24-hour availability via mobile communication device is required.
• Engineer must complete Learning Plan for the Automation Engineer position.