Engineer - Design Lead

Eli Lilly Eli Lilly · Pharma · Richmond, VA

Lead the design delivery for capital projects in pharmaceutical manufacturing, ensuring compliance with engineering standards, regulatory requirements, and project specifications. Coordinate with A/E firms, manage design schedules, and resolve design-related issues.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead in the identification of the applicable Engineering Design Standards, Engineering Functional Standards, Engineering Specifications and Regulatory requirements and guidance (both internal and external).
  2. Be responsible for the overall design delivery for capital project(s).
  3. Coordinate all design for the Project Manager during all design phases of the project and be responsible in delivering the conceptual design review and basic design review.
  4. Direct the development of the design requirements.
  5. Assist in development and maintenance of the design schedule to meet the project needs.

Skills

Required

  • BS in Engineering (Chemical or Mechanical preferred)
  • Minimum of 5-years manufacturing and/or engineering experience in support of pharmaceutical or API (active pharmaceutical ingredient) networks
  • Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Nice to have

  • Pharmaceutical process or project engineer experience
  • Strong project management skills
  • Ability to effectively facilitate conflict to resolution
  • Ability to influence all levels of the project and site personnel
  • Understanding of the capital project delivery process, A/E design activities, and the understanding of the available Lilly technical resources (user reps, Engineering Tech Center resources, and design specialists)
  • Demonstrated values that are consistent with the Lilly values
  • Able to frame complex decisions/analyses, facilitate to a decision, and implement according to the plan
  • Ability to create creditability and influence to align decision agreements between site(s), corporate engineering, A/E firm decision-makers, and stakeholders who have differing opinions
  • Experience facilitating issue resolution, anticipating scope changes, and implementing projects safely with quality, speed and value
  • Willingness to relocate and/or travel to locations outside of home state/country and have the demonstrated ability to work from long distances with little supervision

What the JD emphasized

  • pharmaceutical or API (active pharmaceutical ingredient) networks
  • capital project delivery process