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Principal Automation Engineer - Building Automation Systems, Lilly Medicine Foundry

Eli Lilly and Company
Indianapolis, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 27 Apr 2025
💰 $167,200/yr($97,500/yr$167,200/yr)

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.

Overview:

At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose. We make a difference for people around the globe by discovering, developing and delivering medicines that help them live longer, healthier, more active lives. Not only do we deliver breakthrough medications, but you also can count on us to develop creative solutions to support communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.

 

About The Lilly Medicine Foundry:

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.

Organizational Overview:

This role will initially be in support of the design and delivery phase of the project as a part of the Global Process Automation & Control Engineering (GPACE) team. As the site nears completion and start-up activities begin, this role will transition into a Lebanon Site role for long term operational support.

GPACE is part of Lilly’s Corporate Engineering Tech Center (ETC), and provides automation, measurement, and process control solutions.  GPACE is a technical resource for training, standards, capital project delivery, and Lilly’s standard automation platforms.  GPACE’s primary customers are global manufacturing and development sites, Corporate IT, and peer groups such as Global Facilities Delivery (GFD).

Responsibilities: 

As the Building Automation System (BAS) Engineer, you will be designing and supporting multiple platforms including building management systems, qualified building management systems, primary and backup monitoring systems, and other site-wide platforms crucial to the manufacturing of medicine.  Our facilities have integrated OT and IT integration enabling advanced data collection that will result in safety improvements, increased productivity, and variability reduction. In addition, you will have the following Key Objectives/Deliverables:

  • Be a champion for health and safety, diversity/inclusion, ethics, and compliance.

  • Partner with Global Facilities Delivery and Architectural and Engineering firms to design, install, and qualify, BAS, Qualified BAS, and other site-wide systems.

  • Lead the design of these systems including sequence of operations, user access controls, automated alarm management, data capture and analysis, and operational procedures.

  • Lead the integration of these systems into the site data collection and SCADA layer.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related science field and a minimum of 5 years of experience in automation or process control

  • Experience with Building Automation System (BAS) platforms such as Rockwell Automation, JCI Metasys, Siemens, Honeywell or similar platforms

  • Ability for design of the BAS control system

Additional Skills/Preferences: 

  • Knowledge related to ISE S95 principles and IT/Automation integration

  • Experience in a pharmaceutical or GMP industry

  • Experience in Microsoft operating systems, virtual environments, and networking

  • General understanding of Air Handling Units (AHU) and Fan Coil Unit (FCU) sequence of operations

  • Installation of platform software on virtual servers

  • Ability to integrate variable frequency drives to the control system

  • Ability to collaborate with mechanical designer on airflow and instrumentation diagrams (AF&ID)

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