Deputy Project Controls Lead

Eli Lilly Eli Lilly · Pharma · Houston, TX

This role is for a Deputy Project Controls Lead at Eli Lilly, focusing on managing project controls for large capital programs in manufacturing facilities. The responsibilities include establishing cost and schedule baselines, managing resources, change control, risk management, and financial policy compliance. It requires experience in project controls on major industrial or manufacturing projects and proficiency with project management systems.

What you'd actually do

  1. Partner in leading project controls teams to deliver large capital programs of at least $500MM USD or more that are business-critical in nature.
  2. Serve as an independent lead for project controls to ensure compliance with standard processes, driving consistency.
  3. Help manage and direct all aspects of project control on major capital projects including, establishing cost, schedule and resource plan baselines, managing resources, influencing good contract strategy, establishing change control and risk management, monitoring actual costs, auditing pay applications, contracts management, forecast and cashflows.
  4. Lead and train project control teams to deliver business objectives.
  5. Ensure proper application of Lilly finance policies on capital projects.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's in business management, finance, engineering, construction, or other related area or equivalent experience.
  • Minimum 8+ years of experience in project controls on major industrial or manufacturing projects.
  • Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Nice to have

  • Professional certification from a project control body such as RICS, AACE, or PMI.
  • Proficiency with project management systems, specifically SAP, Oracle Unifier, Primavera P6, Deltec Acumen Fuse, @Risk, etc.
  • Advanced understanding in financial concepts and estimating, cost management theory, project change and risk management, project planning and scheduling, and work and cost breakdown structures.
  • Capacity to lead through influence to achieve results
  • Ability to lead others through coaching
  • Capacity to think strategically, taking a long view at how to achieve objectives.
  • Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Self-disciplined, motivated, and able to work with limited supervision.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and innovative thinking
  • Willingness to relocate and/or travel to locations outside of home state/country.