Senior Process Engineer Intralogistic (m/w/d)

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.

Lilly employees embrace Operational Excellence in everything we do, to achieve our mission of Making Medicine with Safety First & Quality Always; following our common purpose under TEAM Lilly and our Manufacturing Standards under the strict code of conduct guided by our Red Book assuring data integrity in all we do in order to deliver a reliable supply of medicine for people around the world.

In Alzey, Germany Lilly is constructing a new and cutting-edge pharmaceutical manufacturing plant. This plant is one of Lilly’s most technically advanced manufacturing site and includes robotic technologies like Automated Guided Vehicles, Autonomous Mobile Robots, Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems and numerous robotics cells that will result in safety improvements, increased productivity, and variability reduction. As a Logistics Process Engineer for the Lilly manufacturing site, you will provide engineering expertise for the implementation and support of these technologies.

Join our Lilly team in Alzey and start as soon as possible as:

Senior Process Engineer Intralogistics (m/w/d)

As the Senior Process Engineer, you will be supporting and managing state of the lines crucial to Lilly's supply chain. This role will be part of the Alzey Site Engineering team responsible for the delivery and stewardship of the Intralogistics Lines.

Key Objectives/Deliverables: 

• Take overall responsibility for the safe design and safe operation of the equipment within the area.

• Provide engineering expertise as active member of area process team.

• Obtain technical expertise of equipment and processes in area of responsibility. This includes clear understanding of equipment flow chart/process flow document, critical process parameters, and master formula instructions for the process.

• Establish & monitor/trend control systems as tool for verifying and optimizing equipment performance.

• Lead troubleshooting efforts to resolve more difficult equipment and operational problems.

• The Maintenance Tech/Engineering Tech is the first line of support in troubleshooting and involves the Process Engineer as needed.

• Utilize formal problem-solving techniques, including Root Cause Analysis, to resolve equipment issues.

• Respond to and implement customer requests related to the equipment.

• Communicate effectively with others, especially process team members, customers, engineering tech, and crafts personnel.

• Provide oversight to Maintenance Tech/Engineering Tech(s) that support the area.

• Evaluate all activities for impact on qualified state of equipment and utilize appropriate tools/processes as necessary (change control, hold, etc.).

• Responsible for system/component classification and maintenance strategy for equipment.

• Implement corrections, corrective actions, and countermeasures arising from CAPA’s.

• Participate in Periodic Reviews for equipment.

• Lead or participate in IQ/OQ/PQ activities (including commissioning activities of new equipment or areas).

• Develop scope for capital projects targeted at both short and longer term needs.

• Act as user representative for capital projects or delivery agent for local projects.

• Understand equipment reliability issues with the objective of improvement.

• Coordinate with site/corporate asset management personnel to replicate improvements and assure alignment of maintenance and other equipment activities.

• Identify and drive improvement opportunities (procedural changes, upgrades, projects, etc.) associated with equipment within the area.

• Compare equipment performance data with that of other operations to determine areas of opportunity.

• Goals/objectives should target world-class levels of operation for safety, quality and customer service.

How do you convince us?

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Technology, Life Science or a related field

• Strong computer skills in a variety of software packages (Excel, JMP, etc.).