Project Manager - Utilities - Gfd

Eli Lilly Eli Lilly · Pharma · Richmond, VA

Project Manager for a Utilities - GFD role at Eli Lilly, focusing on leading and managing teams to deliver a large-scale greenfield Utilities program ($500MM+ USD) for a biotech/bioconjugate campus. Responsibilities include managing all phases from planning to handover, ensuring interface and communication with stakeholders, and maintaining compliance with cGMP and regulatory standards. Requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or technical field, 10+ years of capital project delivery experience in industrial/manufacturing facilities, and experience managing greenfield projects.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead and manage teams to deliver a greenfield Utilities program of $500MM USD or more in capital assets that are highly business-critical in nature.
  2. Ability to lead from a regional distance from corporate headquarters while developing and maintaining effective communication with GFD leadership, the project team, governance teams, business partners, and other stakeholders.
  3. Lead with a disciplined, structured approach to project management based on compliance with Company Policies and Procedures, cGMP requirements for clean utility systems serving manufacturing and lab operations, and applicable regulatory and code standards (FDA, ISPE Baseline Guides, ASME BPE, USP, NFPA, local AHJ).
  4. Develop and maintain safety and environmental execution plans for projects.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor of Science in Engineering or a technical related field
  • 10+ years previous experience in capital project delivery in industrial or manufacturing facilities
  • Previous experience managing greenfield projects
  • Willingness to relocate and/or travel to locations outside of home state/country
  • Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis

Nice to have

  • Biotech, biologics, or bioconjugate manufacturing experience
  • Capital Project Management experience delivering Central Utility Plants (CUPs) and clean/gray utility distribution on greenfield pharma or biotech campuses
  • Direct experience with clean utility systems (WFI, Pure Steam, Clean Steam, USP/Purified Water, Process Gases, Clean Compressed Air) including ASME BPE design and construction standards
  • Experience delivering site-wide gray utilities (chilled water plants, boiler plants, electrical substations and distribution, emergency power, process and wastewater systems)
  • Experience commissioning and qualifying utility systems to cGMP standards (IQ/OQ/PQ), including impact assessment and system boundary definition per ISPE Baseline Guides
  • Experience coordinating utility delivery across multi-building campuses (manufacturing, lab, administrative, warehouse) with sequenced tie-ins and phased turnover
  • Experience in the following areas: GMP manufacturing, LEAN, automation, construction, construction quality, project controls, the engineering disciplines, safety, and scheduling
  • The capacity to achieve results and influence through people
  • Demonstrated ability to work from long distances with little supervision
  • Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Ability to influence personnel and organizations without having direct administrative responsibility for them
  • Competency in a foreign language(s)
  • Professional Engineer (PE) or equivalent technical certification
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
  • Experience in working and/or living outside the U.S.
  • Demonstrated willingness to embrace the concept of continuous improvement and be an agent for change

What the JD emphasized

  • cGMP requirements
  • safety and environmental execution plans