Associate Director - Engineering (facilities)

Eli Lilly Eli Lilly · Pharma · Houston, TX

Associate Director of Engineering (Facilities) for a new API manufacturing facility in Houston, TX. This role will lead strategic planning, development, and execution of all facilities management aspects, including maintenance, reliability, and compliance with GMP operations. The position involves supervising engineers, managing external contracts, and ensuring site facilities meet business needs during the startup and operational phases.

What you'd actually do

  1. Responsible for supervising and coaching site facilities engineers and other staff, including completing performance reviews and development planning.
  2. Delivering site facility services and their supporting systems and operations.
  3. Manage external contracts, resources as well as internal technical and project management resources, as required.
  4. Provide site facilities maintenance work coordination in support of all manufacturing areas and site objectives and provide maintenance input to key functional groups and partners.
  5. Ensure site facilities maintenance planning, scheduling, and work completion meet the site business needs.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering preferred)
  • 3+ years’ experience in leadership role supporting manufacturing, preferably in an API or chemical manufacturing facility.

Nice to have

  • Ability to collaborate with a team, make independent decisions, and influence diverse groups.
  • Ability to instill teamwork within the department and demonstrate key interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to provide innovative solutions to plant, divisional, and corporate issues, and leverage ideas from other functional areas.
  • Be a role model for team members in terms of performance and behaviors. Help people improve their performance and close performance gaps with appropriate training, professional development, and coaching interventions.

What the JD emphasized

  • startup of a greenfield manufacturing site
  • build the organization, the facility and the culture
  • support the site technical team