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Supervisor - Maintenance/Automation - Night Shift

Eli Lilly and Company
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 26 Mar 2026

About the role

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.

Organization Overview:

For 140 years, Lilly has manufactured medicines that improve people’s lives around the world. We produce our medicines using some of the most sophisticated manufacturing technologies and rigorous quality standards. Lilly Manufacturing strives for excellence in its process, standards, procedures and behaviors to develop medicines with safety first and quality always.

The Night Shift Maintenance/ Automation Supervisor is responsible for the technical and administrative leadership of the Production Maintenance and Automation Team specific to our Device Assembly and Packaging space. This role will directly interface with cross functional teams, supporting the maintenance and reliability of our manufacturing equipment. The Concord site is a 24/7 facility with multiple manufacturing operations.

Responsibilities:

  • Safety - Ensures that all team members are knowledgeable and compliant regarding safety procedures, policies, permits and practices. Initiates and leads accident, near miss reviews and incident notifications. Ensures proper housekeeping procedures are maintained.
  • Quality – Responsible for team’s compliance and meeting the quality standards as defined by cGMPs, the Global Quality Standards, and local procedures
  • Manage People Effectively – Responsible for managing daily maintenance operations across shifts up to 7 days a week, including attendance, overtime, operational issues, performance management, development planning and reporting of results.
  • Maintenance Excellence –
    • Ensuring quality of Maintenance Execution and RFU.
    • Responsible for Team Training and Development and ensuring team is current on training prior to assigning work
    • Responsible for Maintenance KPI’s associated with Team’s performance.
    • Aligns Team Priorities to Support Production Plan
    • Interfaces with customers to insure alignment.
    • Completing weekly Practice vs Procedure Checks
    • Reviewing a sampling of executed Work Orders
  • Investigates Team deviations as needed
  • Owns incident reporting, investigating, and corrective measures


Basic Requirements:

  • EDUCATION: High School Diploma
  • EXPERIENCE: Five years of manufacturing or maintenance experience in a leadership/supervisory role
  • Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment position.


Additional Skills/Preferences:

  • Previous supervisory/leadership experience required
  • Knowledgeable of Parenteral or Packaging Maintenance operations and processes or other GMP manufacturing experience
  • Formulation, Filling, Device Assembly or Packaging Knowledge
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate both written and verbally with multiple levels within the organization
  • Demonstrated ability to provide coaching and feedback
  • Demonstrated ability to prioritize, set objectives and meet targets
  • Demonstrated ability to provide high-level customer service
  • Demonstrated ability to work without close supervision
  • Demonstrated ability in problem solving
  • CMMS experience desired
  • General understanding of PLC, HMI, and networking
  • Understanding of electrical concepts
  • Experience with Device Assembly and Packaging equipment


Additional Information:

  • Position supports a 24/7 operation and is expected to be flexible in maintaining availability for support in decision making and issue resolution as necessary to operate the facility.
    • Must be willing to work overtime during peak periods (shutdowns, etc.)

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