Reliability Engineer

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We're looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

For 140 years, Lilly has manufactured medicines that improve people's lives around the world. We produce our medicines using some of the most sophisticated manufacturing technologies and rigorous quality standards. Lilly Manufacturing strives for excellence in its process, standards, procedures and behaviors to develop medicines with safety first and quality always.

Position Brand Description:

Provides support for the maintenance and optimization of the process and utility equipment across Indianapolis Device Assembly and Packaging (IDAP) to ensure reliable and compliant performance. This individual will work closely with all levels of operations, maintenance, engineering, and quality to identify, prioritize, and analyze critical equipment downtime, develop/adjust maintenance plans, and leverage process and equipment metrics to solve equipment reliability and maintenance problems. Field support may be required to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve equipment issues. The engineer may be required to perform unique component and system analyses to identify reliability improvements and risk reduction improvements through design modifications and/or various reliability improvement strategies.

Key Objectives / Deliverables:

• Supports Process Engineers in the collection, compilation, and interpretation of data from various sources to determine the significant contributors to manufacturing downtime.
• Communicate to a broad audience the interpretation of manufacturing data and establish or facilitate an improvement plan.
• Perform structured problem solving independently or through facilitation with other engineers, technicians, crafts people, and operators.
• Communicate to various levels of the organization the results and recommendations of problem solving.
• Understand the manufacturing equipment and processes and the impact of equipment performance within the manufacturing system.
• Leverage and support leaders, engineers, technicians, and crafts persons, to implement solutions to identified manufacturing downtime.
• Maintain Manufacturing Capability and Efficiency
• Promote proper use of the CMMS system and ALCOA+ principles for developing maintenance strategies, maintenance execution, and documenting equipment history.
• Supports Process Engineering spare parts identification and stocking strategy.
• Supports Process Engineers in determining causes of performance degradation of equipment as required.
• Utilize appropriate techniques and tools (RCA, RCM analysis, failure analysis, etc.) to investigate and reduce equipment-related deviations and downtime.
• Lead and/or support deviation investigations.
• Seek and implement new technologies to enhance equipment performance and availability.
• Follow safety rules and help improve the safety culture.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related technical field or Associate's Degree in related technical field with minimum of 3 years experience in a regulated industry

Additional Preferences:

• Experience using and directing the use of FMEA and RCA processes.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently without close supervision.
• Adequate interpersonal and communications skills to be able to work effectively in a team-based environment.
• Strong computer skills in a variety of software packages (Microsoft Office, etc).
• Ability to work in a safe manner to ensure the safety of self and others.
• Responsible for maintaining a safe work environment, working safely and accountable for supporting all HSE Corporate and Site Goals.
• Previous experience in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
• Ability to troubleshoot equipment or process problems.
• Knowledge of automation systems/software to facilitate data collection
• Working knowledge of FDA Regulations including cGMP and GLP.
• Working knowledge of ISO standards, IEC standards and industry best practices.
• Working knowledge of Preventive and Predictive Maintenance techniques, including but not limited to Tribology, Vibration Analysis, Thermography, Life Cycle Cost Analysis, equipment installation requirements, etc.
• Ability to make individual, small group and large group presentations.
• Must be able to lead, interact with and coach wide variety of individuals: shop floor mechanics to senior operations and maintenance management.
• Excellent problem solving, teamwork and interpersonal skills and looks for win-win solutions to challenging business and operational issues.
• Ability to make and communicate verbally and in writing, logical decisions using data.
• Experience using IBM-Maximo software application or other CMMS system
• Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) and/or Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) Certification

Other Information:

• 8 hour days, after-hour support.
• Occasional travel may be required for training, conferences, capital projects, etc.

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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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