Engineer - Project Manager - GFD

Role Summary

Engineer - Project Manager - GFD is a Project Management position in Lilly's Global Facilities Delivery (GFD) organization. The role leads and manages manufacturing capital projects, coordinating Lilly and non-Lilly professionals to safely achieve project objectives from conceptual design through operational verification, with emphasis on safety, quality, and regulatory compliance. The position focuses on delivering capital assets to support medical innovation and robust supply chains.

Responsibilities

• Project Delivery: Deliver projects by managing Project Scope, Schedule and Budget while identifying and mitigating Risks, with a high bar of Safety First and Quality Always.
• Compliance: Lead with a disciplined, structured approach to project management based on compliance with Company Policies and Procedures.
• Safety/Environment: Develop and maintain safety and environmental execution plans for projects. Ensure compliance to safety and environmental policies, procedures, and work rules for project personnel, contractors, and subcontractors from conceptual design through operational verification. Be an active member of the site safety team.
• Interface/Communication: Develop and maintain effective communication with project team, governance teams, business partners and other stakeholders as the size of the project may dictate. Facilitate issue resolution, anticipate scope changes, and implement safely with quality, speed, and value.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's Degree – preferably in an Engineering Discipline
• Required: Minimum 5+ Years previous experience in capital project delivery in industrial or manufacturing facilities
• Preferred: Project Size: Previous experience on projects or multiple projects > $5MM
• Preferred: Pharma manufacturing experience
• Preferred: Capital Project Management Experience in Pharma or Industrial manufacturing facilities, such as: Bulk API, sterile products, secondary packaging, Devices and to a lesser extent lab projects
• Preferred: Experience in GMP manufacturing, LEAN, Automation, construction, construction quality, project controls, the engineering disciplines, safety, scheduling
• Preferred: Professional Engineer (PE) or equivalent technical certification
• Preferred: Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Preferred: Competency in a foreign language(s)
• Preferred: Experience in working and/or living outside the U.S
• Preferred: Strong interpersonal skills. Able to work well as part of a multi-discipline project team.
• Preferred: Proven track record of leading internal team members through influence without supervisory relationships
• Preferred: Capable of leading contractor project teams
• Preferred: Demonstrated willingness to embrace the concept of continuous improvement and be an agent for change

Skills

• Effective communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to develop and maintain safety and environmental execution plans
• Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills
• Ability to manage scope, schedule, and budget with risk mitigation

Education

• Bachelor's Degree – preferably in an Engineering Discipline

Additional Requirements

• Travel - minimum 25% or full relocation to job site