Reliability Engineer Lilly Medicine Foundry

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Lilly recently announced a $4.5 billion investment to create the Lilly Medicine Foundry, a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development. The first-ever facility of its kind, combining research and manufacturing in a single location, the Medicine Foundry will allow Lilly to further develop innovative solutions to optimize manufacturing processes and increase capacity for clinical trial medicines, while also reducing costs and environmental impact.

The Reliability Engineer will work as a member of the Maintenance team and is accountable for the equipment reliability and maintenance strategy of the site's production equipment. This is achieved by the monitoring of equipment operational performance and identifying and taking action on to make improvements. These improvement actions will be a combination of installation set-up, utilization, and maintenance including spare parts, Job Plan/Preventive Maintenance (PM), and work standardization., etc. Deep understanding of the manufacturing equipment, its processes, and the impact of the processes on the equipment are key to success.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, track and maintain reliability metrics such as, but not limited to, Mean Time Before Failure (MTBF), Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), downtime, costs, emergency work orders, obsolete parts, Events, etc.

• Provide field support to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve equipment issues. Support may occasionally be required outside of normal working hours including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Assess/find opportunities to improve the equipment reliability, recommend solutions, and manage implementation. These opportunities will be a combination of, but not limited to, equipment installation, equipment set-up instructions, operation/utilization of the equipment, maintenance procedures, maintenance servicing issues, spare parts, reducing MTTR, etc.
• Develop, implement, and maintain equipment maintenance strategies to optimize its safe operation, HSE & cGMP compliance (Health, Safety, Environmental (HSE) & Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), cost, and efficiency/effectiveness of LP1 assets.
• Perform Root-Cause Analysis (RCA) and remediation plans related to because of, but not limited to, events, abnormal condition during preventative maintenance, late maintenance activities, costs, etc.
• Provide engineering support for change controls, event investigations, and other relevant activities.
• Perform continuous improvement of maintenance instructions (JP's) for accuracy, efficiency, and in support of compliance with applicable regulations.
• Perform continuous improvement of our assets spare parts list (ASL's) for accuracy.
• Serve as the technical expert and site mentor in the proper use of the Maximo CMMS system for developing the maintenance strategies, maintenance execution, and for documenting equipment history.
• Collaborate with Process Engineering team for design, selection, construction/installation to improve reliability and maintainability of new or modified equipment in order to improve reliability and maintainability.
• Collaborate with Process Engineering in the equipment classification process, defining Maximo Location hierarchy, populating asset information, developing Return-to-Service instructions, and acquisition of equipment manuals.
• Effectively communicate with key internal partners and support multi-functional groups regarding equipment reliability, maintenance activities, and improvement efforts.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Engineering Technology
• 5+ years of related experience in a manufacturing environment with relevant technical experience in the field of equipment reliability.

Additional Preferences:

• Experience working in a cGMP/regulated environment.
• RMIC - Reliability & Maintainability Implementation Certification or CMRP - Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional
• Maximo CMMS experience

Other Information:

• Initial location at Lilly Technology Center, Indianapolis.
• Permanent location at the new Lilly Medicines Foundry in Lebanon, 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.

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