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 Overview:
The Global Facilities Delivery (GFD) Organization, part of Corporate Engineering, delivers new and renovated capital assets around the world. Our mission is accomplished through a highly leveraged organization of design, construction, and qualification contractors.
Many of the assets delivered focus on manufacturing medical innovations and delivering innovative solutions to patients. Some of the assets delivered support an expansion in the supply of existing medicines.
Responsibilities:
The Planning and Scheduling Engineer is part of the global Project Controls organization and serves as the central process owner and subject matter expert for planning and scheduling GFD capital projects. Responsibilities include:
- Develop and maintain Project Delivery Work Instruction (PDWI), Best Practices (BP), and Resources (RS) related to planning and scheduling.
- Partner with GFD project delivery teams to ensure consistent and proper use of planning and scheduling systems, processes, and resources.
- Conduct periodic audits to ensure compliance with GFD standards and best practices.
- Lead teams of planners and schedulers, ensuring compliance with Lilly Red Book and GFD standards.
- Provide training on SoP, specifications, and Best Practices related to scheduling and progress measurement.
- Lead schedule optimization and constructability exercises to enhance efficiency, quality, and reliability.
- Maintain a database of schedule benchmarks.
- Support the development of schedules and schedule risk assessments.
Basic Requirements:
BS in business management, finance, engineering, construction, or other related field, or equivalent experience.
At least 5 years' experience in capital project planning, scheduling, and project controls.
Additional Skills/Preferences:
- Professional certification from a project control body such as RICS, AACE, or PMI.
- Advanced experience implementing project planning, scheduling, and controls methods, techniques, and systems.
- Advanced proficiency with project management and planning software (e.g., SAP, Oracle Unifier, MS Project, Primavera P6, Primavera PowerBI/Tableau, etc.).
- Capacity to achieve results and influence people.
- Strong analytical and numerical skills.
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Self-disciplined, motivated, and able to work with limited supervision.
Additional Information:
• May require up to 25% travel
• Position is located in Indianapolis 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.