Associate Director - Visual Inspection & Robotics Engineering

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.

The Associate Director of Visual Inspection & Robotics Engineering is responsible for the staffing, training, and leadership of the visual inspection and robotics engineering group (process engineering, automation engineering, and technicians supporting visual inspection and robotics) supporting commercial operations, asset delivery, commissioning, qualification, validation, and on-going continuous improvement.

The Associate Director of Visual Inspection & Robotics Engineering is responsible for supporting the day-to-day engineering activities as well as planning for the 3 - 6-month horizon.  The Associate Director is expected to lead by example and provide coaching to others in the areas of safety, quality, engineering, and continuous improvement.

Key Objectives/Deliverables:

• Provide leadership and develop objectives to deliver Business Plan Goals as it relates to safety, quality, and equipment/process effectiveness and efficiency.
• Maintain metrics to measure performance against business objectives and make necessary changes to improve performance; manage prioritization agenda for continuous improvement initiatives locally and in alignment with the Global Platform.
• Deliver the visual inspection and robotics and supporting systems through user requirements, design, build, commissioning, qualification, validation, and subsequent operation.
• Participate in the development and implementation of strategies associated with the area sponsoring or supporting the following initiatives: Continuous Improvement, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and Failure Modes Effect Analysis (FMEA).
• This role has direct interaction with Regulatory Agencies during site inspections.
• Understand and influence the manufacturing control strategy for their area.
• Represent their staff on the Plant Flow Team.
• The Director is responsible for a professional staff of approximately 10-15 individuals supporting both process engineering and automation.
• Build a diverse and capable site organization based in engineering first principles.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering
• At least 7 years of automation and/or engineering experience.
• Previous management or leadership experience including leading or working effectively with a cross functional group

Additional Preferences:

• Solid understanding of basic requirements of regulatory agencies such as the FDA, EMEA, DEKRA, and OSHA.
• Previous experience with highly automated equipment.
• Previous experience with combination products, device assembly, pharmaceutical packaging, drug product formulation and/or filling in aseptic environment.
• Previous equipment qualification and process validation experience.
• Previous facility or area start up experience.
• Previous experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems and electronic batch release.
• Previous experience with deviation and change management systems including Trackwise.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Strong technical aptitude and ability to train and mentor others.

Additional Information:

• Ability to work 8-hour days – Monday through Friday
• Ability to work overtime as required

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