Process Safety Lead

Role Summary

Process Safety Lead at Lilly. Provide process safety related technical support to manufacturing within the Engineering Technology Center (ETC). Collaborate with manufacturing and other engineers to deliver capital projects, address operational issues, and provide solutions to key business problems across the company.

Responsibilities

• Become a key engineering/technical resource for the GIPSM processes across Lilly such as Mechanical Integrity, Process hazards, Pressure safety, and others.
• Be a corporate technical resource on pressure relief hazards.
  • Provide internal capability to calculate or evaluate pressure relief system sizing.
  • Recommend external resources for evaluation and sizing of emergency pressure relief systems.
  • Review third party evaluations of pressure relief system design.
• Be a corporate technical resource on Mechanical Integrity
  • Provide technical expertise to ensure alignment with recognized engineering practices and Lilly global engineering standards
  • Understand critical safety system components and design to support LOPA evaluations
  • Provide inspection expertise with respect to technology and program setup
  • Support standardization of MI elements within maintenance package development
  • Support standardization of Asset Integrity & Repair with respect to Operational Readiness Reviews
• Become engineering resource on key GPSIM processes such as Process hazards reviews, process hazard evaluations, LOPA, event investigation, etc.
• Partner with GHSE on technical solutions for safety related trends and ownership of key GHSE standards and expectations
• Partner with LRL colleagues on ensuring process safety related aspects are considered when developing new processes, products.

Adaptability

• Flexibility in adapting and adjusting to changes in working practices and willingness to take on different roles as required by the needs of the Engineering Tech Center
• Ability to work with diverse perspectives and to identify and resolve issues with minimal direction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Engineering (e.g. Chemical Engineering)
• Minimum 8 years' experience in pharmaceutical and/or specialty chemical laboratory and/or manufacturing environments

Additional Preferences

• Professional engineering license.
• Experience as a mechanical or process engineering in two or more of the following areas: small molecule bulk, large molecule bulk, dry products, parenteral products, delivery devices, utilities, facilities management, Lilly Research.
• Demonstrated knowledge of US and non-US codes and standards applicable to emergency pressure relief.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to lead diverse, multi-functional teams.
• Project management, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to identify and resolve issues with minimal direction.
• Familiarity with understanding and application of common engineering specifications/standards to identify and resolve issues with minimal direction.
• Ability to work in an environment with limited or conflicting direction.
• Qualified to perform emergency relief calculations.
• Knowledgeable of first principles.

Additional Information

• ETC supports all business areas across the globe. Business travel both inside and outside the U.S. may be required.