Associate Director

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Position Brand Description:

The Associate Director-Utilities, Facilities and Project Engineering will lead and supervise the Facilities and Utilities Department ensuring processes are compliant, efficient, and effective.

The scope includes Utilities Process Teams, Facilities Organization, and capital projects. Lead Facilities, Capital Projects & Utilities area to maintain operational excellence, optimization and improvement of process, and technical leadership.

Assure the company's compliance with required policies and procedures, regulations and applicable federal and state laws including quality, health and safety and environmental aspects of the business.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in the Flow Lead Team and engage in other site developed teams (e.g. Quality teams, HSE teams, CAPA and Deviation Review Boards, etc.)

• Lead the Utilities and Facilities Process Team by providing leadership and oversight of the plant assets and making sure equipment and facilities are always fit for use and available to deliver high quality medicines on time.

• Maintains/ promotes/ facilitates integration throughout all functional areas at all levels.

• Maintains a good balance between the function and plant priorities.

• Provide supervisory functions for Utilities & Facilities areas including utilities supervisors, employees (exempt and none exempt) and contractors managed under roles scope

• Develop job description and individual training plan for all personnel.

• Be accessible to Utilities Management, Operators, Shift Supervisors, TS/MS, QA/QC, automation, and Process Engineers for consultation on Utilities process issues.

• Support and lead site shutdown activities that could impact routine operations. Provide mitigation plans and strategies to minimize site impact due to utilities interventions and environmental events (e.g. storms, hurricanes and other nature events including earthquakes).

• Support BCP action plan development and execution to avoid business interruptions as well as develop a Catastrophic Failure Recovery plan and Fit and Finish Oversight plan for the site

• Review and approve all necessary documentation needed to support Utilities & Facilities Operations such as operational procedures, change controls, events and validations protocols etc.

• Approve and manage contracts.

• Manage and expand IFM model defined for site services (including buildings and grounds maintenance, cafeteria equipment, uniforms/laundry, pest control, landscaping, security processes, among others as applicable under current model).

• Evaluate equipment changes and/or modifications to identify possible impact on qualifications and performance in order to provide appropriate recommendations.

• Comply with all quality and engineering standards impacting and assigned to the Evaluate equipment changes and/or modifications to identify possible impact on qualifications and performance in order to provide appropriate recommendations.

• Comply with and make sure the assigned team complies with process safety program. Provide required resources to comply with the program.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering with major in Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical or equivalent.

• Experience in pharmaceutical regulations (e.g., cGMP's, HSE, FDA and other applicable regulations).

• Minimum of five (5) years engineering experience in manufacturing site. Managing and/or supervising fields related to utilities, facilities, manufacturing or other related managerial discipline within a manufacturing facility.

• Experience in project management and site start ups

• Experience in facility management, inclusive of contracted services.

• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities

Additional Preferences:

• Engineering Professional or EIT License, preferred.

• Effective leadership, teamwork, interpersonal and communication skills

• Excellent technical writing skills

• Knowledge on Pharmaceutical regulations (e.g., cGMP's, 21 CFR Part 11, Computers Systems FDA and other applicable regulation areas)

• Knowledge of software engineering and design principles

• Practical knowledge in Process Safety and Environmental regulations

• Knowledge of infrastructure operations and design principles

Additional Information:

• Self-starter, teamwork oriented with excellent leadership skills

• Strong self-management

• Good organizational skills

• Availability to travel (within and outside the country)

• Availability to work irregular hours, weekends, holidays when necessary

• Availability to provide on call support during weekends and after working hours

• General work to be performed in building's interior with normal temperature, air condition, good illumination, clean areas and minimum hazard. Work duties and responsibilities will involve occasional visits to exterior area, and include high elevations, use of stairs, cold room environments, etc. Frequently enter locations where there is exposure to gases, background noise, dust, chemicals, solvents, grease, flammable substances, and machinery.

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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

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.