Associate Director - Engineering – Facilities/Utilities

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Organization and Position Overview

Lilly recently announced a $4.5 billion investment to create the Lilly Medicine Foundry, a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development. The first-ever facility of its kind, combining research and manufacturing in a single location, the Medicine Foundry will allow Lilly to further develop innovative solutions to optimize manufacturing processes and increase capacity for clinical trial medicines, while also reducing costs and environmental impact.

The Associate Director Engineering Facilities/Utilities provides leadership and direction to the engineering team responsible for plant and environmental control utilities.  The Associate Director Engineering Facilities ensures that engineering deliverables are sufficiently resourced and qualified to support the manufacturing production and business agenda.  This role is responsible for the productivity and development of the utilities engineering team with the purpose of ensuring that reliable and compliant equipment and systems are used to support manufacturing at the site.  The role will be a key cross-functional leader and will influence across disciplines to support the utility engineering agenda, business plan priorities, and compliance plan objectives.

In the project delivery phase and startup phase of the project (startup expected 2025 to 2027), leadership roles will be fluid and dynamic as we endeavor to support the project delivery, build a new organization, develop and implement the necessary systems and business processes required to support GMP operations, and build the site culture. This will require significant collaboration, creativity and resilience as the site grows to a full scale GMP manufacturing through start up. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Responsible for supervising and coaching engineering staff for their respective area (Central Utilities, Environmental Control Utilities, Facilities), including completing performance reviews and development planning.
• Oversight of facilities and utility engineering staffing including recruitment, resource planning, and succession planning.
• Provide work coordination and engineering input to key functional groups and partners.
• In coordination with the corporate engineering function, set and reinforce standards for engineering work product and utilization of engineering first principles.  Partner within Engineering and across functional disciplines to influence and implement the technical agenda (including energy and environmental utility initiatives), site business plan objectives, and GMP Quality Plan objectives.
• Identify, track, and report key indicators of functional performance.
• Have oversight of utility engineering related technical issues and improvement initiatives.  Review and approve utility related deviations and change controls. 
• Participate appropriately in site planning processes (capital and resource), representing the interests of the utility engineering team but with a view to the overall site picture.
• Partner closely with Utility Operations function to provide appropriate technical support, project support, and ensure reliable equipment performance.
• Ensure technical review and approval for documents, including investigations, change controls, regulatory submissions, expert opinions, validations, annual product reviews, manufacturing tickets, procedures, process flow documents, personnel qualification strategies, control strategies, technical studies, etc as required. 
• Interact with regulators, customers, or other outside stakeholders on business issues or in support of internal and external agency audits.
• Network globally to share best practices, rationale, and control strategies to ensure harmonization and alignment between sites.

Specifically, during the startup phase of the Lilly Medicine Foundry site (2025 to 2027) leadership will be expected to be collaborative, inclusive, and support the broader team to: 

• Build the organization with the necessary capability, capacity and culture to operate this facility to the highest standards of operational excellence. 
• Develop and implement the systems and processes needed to run the site, leveraging existing Lilly knowledge and