Engineer - Reliability - Lilly Medicine Foundry

Job Details
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 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 Reliability Engineer increases the reliability of process and utility equipment in support of manufacturing research requirements for capacity, dependability, quality, safety, environmental and costs. As part of the center for advanced manufacturing research, this role contributes directly to the supply of innovative medicines for clinical trials, ensuring that critical equipment and systems perform optimally to enable ground breaking pharmaceutical development. The primary responsibilities of the Reliability Engineer are to provide support, direction and domain expertise on equipment reliability issues. The engineer also reviews our current equipment performance to prevent potential reliability issues & implement reliability monitoring programs to provide maximum availability of equipment. The Reliability Engineer will also keep up to date with current technologies available for optimum reliability results including analytical methodologies, predictive technologies, and best practices for equipment design, installation, operation, and servicing.
Responsibilities
In line with the job outlined above, the following are typically the key tasks that would be expected of the role:

• Provide engineering support to both maintenance and equipment owners in your area of expertise.
• Ensure Maintenance program is appropriate for reliable operation of equipment.
• Technical expert in the proper use of the CMMS for documenting equipment history.
• Help ensure CMMS data accuracy and structure
• Determine spare parts identification and stocking strategy
• Ensure Job Plans are correct and contain sufficient detail.
• Provide training to Maintenance personnel on new equipment, reliability principles & techniques.
• Mentor process engineers and others on equipment reliability principles and processes.
• Identify & support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the Maintenance program in the short & medium term to maintain a reliable plant.
• Participate, raise, investigate & complete HSE & Quality observation/deviations write-ups as appropriate.
• Analyze predictive & condition-based monitoring data to identify follow-up actions and prioritize implementation
• Apply appropriate techniques and tools (RCA, RCM, failure analysis) to reduce equipment issues (downtime, deviations, health and safety and expenses)
• Ensure the local maintenance procedures are in line with Global Engineering Standard & Engineering Best Practices including developing, reviewing & owning Departmental SOP's.
• Determine equipment criticality based on business requirements around quality, health and safety, mechanical integrity, manufacturing capacity and financial impact. Ensure proper equipment criticality ranking is maintained in the CMMS.
• Ensure the correct application of predictive maintenance technologies across the site. This includes proper equipment coverage, assisting with interpretation of data, and assisting the Process Engineer for planning corrective actions when needed.
• Owner of Lilly Medicine Foundry Preventative, Predictive and Corrective Maintenance programs
• Interact with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), vendors, and regulatory bodies to keep up to date with upcoming changes, improvements, or new regulations that may affect equipment reliability.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or
• HS Diploma or Associate's degree in a technical field with 10+ years of applicable industrial maintenance and reliability experience

Additional Preferences:

• Certified Reliability Engineer or Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional
• Solid understanding of Maximo/GMARS and Business Objects
• Solid understanding of FDA GMPs, ISO standards, deviation management and change controls
• Knowledge of automation systems/software to facilitate data collection (e.g., data historians)
• Level 1 or higher certifications in predictive technologies (e.g., vibration, thermography, oil analysis, motor current, and ultrasonic)
• Training in RCM, FMEA, and/or RCFA facilitation
• Six Sigma Green Belt
• Knowledge of Weibull analysis, Life Cycle Cost analysis, JMP software, TPM practices
• Proficient in English

Other Information:

• Initial location at Lilly Technology Center, Indianapolis.
• Permanent location at the new Lilly Medicines Foundry in Lebanon, Indiana.

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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate's education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is
$64,500 - $167,200
Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly's compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.
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Company
Science has been our calling from the beginning. Colonel Eli Lilly founded the company in 1876 and charged employees to "take what you find here and make it better and better." More than 147 years later, we remain committed to his vision through every aspect of our business and the people we serve, starting with discovering the best treatments for those who take our medicines and extending to health care professionals, employees and the communities in which we live. Moreover, you can also count on the team at Lilly to be incredibly civic-minded, supporting our communities through philanthropy, volunteerism, and a creative and innovative can-do spirit.
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Location 893 S Delaware St
Indianapolis
Indiana
46285
United States
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