Sr. Process Engineer - ADN Ramp Team

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The Lilly API/Dry Product Network is expanding rapidly to meet demand for new products. Several greenfield sites are under construction and will start up in the coming years. The new sites are staffed for full‑scale, steady‑state production, but additional surge capacity is needed to support start‑up and quickly ramp to full capacity rates.

The ADN RAMP (Rapid Access to Medicines for Patients) team is a cross‑functional group that brings deep manufacturing expertise and supports each site start‑up through operational excellence knowledge, rapid troubleshooting, problem‑solving capability, and surge capacity resources. Team members will work at our new sites, build a larger Lilly network, develop technical skills, and learn leadership skills through formal training and on‑the‑ground experiences.

The team will also build strategies to help other new Lilly sites start up faster, accelerating Lilly’s vision of serving more patients.

• Provide process engineering support to the Global Facility Delivery team and the Site Process Engineering team, focusing on safe, right‑first‑time delivery and on‑time facility start‑up through application of process engineering fundamentals.
• Partner with the site engineering team to provide additional capacity for tasks such as operational readiness, C&Q support, on‑floor process support, document reviews, deviation investigation, and change controls.
• Coach and develop local technical team capabilities to accelerate operational excellence and technical skills.
• Utilize root cause analysis techniques to investigate process and equipment issues and deliver robust and sustainable corrective and preventative actions.
• Monitor, assess, and document equipment performance to maintain ongoing qualification of assets.
• Maintain the basis of safety for process equipment.

• BS degree in Engineering with a minimum of 3 years of process team experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing, preferably API/Dry Products.
• Deep technical interest and understanding in manufacturing operational excellence principles.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to coach others.
• Ability to influence without authority.
• Ability to clarify and simplify complex issues.
• Strong trust building with peers and leaders.
• Willingness to work off‑shift hours as needed to support project milestones and training of new employees.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Collaborative skills with operations, automation, and other process team members.

The ADN RAMP team will support multiple new API/Dry Products sites in various locations (US and OUS). Significant travel may be required to start‑up sites and for short‑term assignments across the network, potentially including international relocations. Candidates must be mobile and flexible.

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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 $66,000 – $171,600.

Full‑time employees will also be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including a company‑sponsored 401(k), pension, vacation benefits, medical, dental, vision, prescription drug benefits, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, death benefits, certain time off and leave of absence benefits, and well‑being benefits (e.g.,…