Senior Principal Engineer - Automation Engineering – Systems and Digital Integration

Role Summary

The Senior Principal Engineer - Automation Engineering will work as a member of the Automation Engineering Department at Eli Lilly, Foundry. The engineer will provide automation support for one or more operating areas across site and/or for capital projects. Process Automation is core to delivering a right first time facility start up and continued support of ongoing manufacturing operations into the future. The role includes productivity and mentorship of employees to ensure reliable and compliant control applications and systems are used in manufacturing at Foundry, and acting as a technical expert to influence and implement within the process control organization and across functional disciplines to support the process control agenda, business plan priorities, and compliance objectives.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership
• Mentor process control team, including design, controls philosophy, implementation and commissioning
• Process control work implementation and coordination
• Develop and implement the Automation Engineering Project Plan

Responsibilities

• Technically lead and oversee the work of Site Area leads and System Integrator including Functional Requirements, Design Specifications, DCS Application Software, Test Specifications
• Lead/Participate in design reviews and Automation application software reviews, attend equipment and software FATs
• Lead a team of automation engineers supporting commissioning
• Provide periodic status updates to Project Management
• Devising functional requirements and process control strategies for control systems in collaboration with Process Engineering
• DCS software design, coding/configuration and testing (sequence logic, graphics, batch software etc.)
• Automation Engineering including design, tuning and troubleshooting of system integration across platforms and sites
• Implementing and supporting electronic systems (such as plant historians) used to capture process automation related production data
• Maintain the validated state of the site control systems in line with Lilly quality standards including the development and execution of validation strategies and associated documentation
• Automation support for capital projects including new product introductions
• Promoting the use of automation to improve productivity, operational efficiency and compliance
• Developing a network of corporate contacts and leveraging corporate expertise when needed

Responsibilities

• In coordination with automation and compliance consultants, set and reinforce standards for appropriate rigor in automation work products
• Demonstrated initiative, good planning and organizational skills, ability to prioritize tasks, commitment to task completion and timelines
• Possess a keen technical curiosity and has demonstrated strong problem-solving skills and a desire for continuous improvement
• Demonstrated ability to influence peers and business partners
• Good written and verbal communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Knowledge of GMP, regulatory requirements, computer system validation

Qualifications

• Required: Minimum B.S. in Engineering with experience in Automation Engineering, preferably in major pharmaceutical manufacturing handling system integration of applications, systems and platforms
• Required: 8+ years working experience in Biopharma engineering, operations, or manufacturing
• Preferred: Experience in design, development, commissioning and qualification of highly automated greenfield manufacturing sites utilizing SCADA, DCS, MES, LIMS, Site Historian systems, middleware applications (DeltaV, Rockwell, Syncade, LabVantage, OSI PI, OPC)
• Preferred: Experience in developing native and custom application interfaces for data communication, ETL and data parsing for non-standard equipment, applications and communication protocols
• Preferred: Experience in commissioning, qualifying and supporting systems between SCADA, DCS, MES, LIMS, Historian and other applications for interconnectivity
• Preferred: Experience in facilitating and driving decision-making at an organizational level

Education

• Notes: Basic requirements include a minimum B.S. in Engineering.

Additional Requirements

• Initial location at Lilly Technology Center, Indianapolis. Permanent location at the Lilly Medicines Foundry in Lebanon, Indiana.