Associate Director Project Engineering

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Lilly is currently constructing an advanced manufacturing facility for production of API molecules located in Lebanon, IN. This facility is Lilly’s largest investment in manufacturing capacity and is intended to provide APIs for current and future products, including new modalities. This is a unique opportunity to be a part of the site team for the startup of a greenfield manufacturing site, and the successful candidate will help to build the organization, the facility and the culture to enable a successful startup into GMP manufacturing operations.

The Project Engineering Associate Director at Lebanon API Manufacturing provides leadership and direction to the Project Engineering team within the site engineering organization. The position works with the Site Leadership Team, the Manufacturing Plants (Small Molecule and Peptides) leadership to develop local capital projects for new installations and capabilities as well as recapitalization projects to meet production goals and the business agenda.

In the project delivery phase and startup phase of the project (startup expected 2025 to 2027), leadership roles will be fluid and dynamic as we endeavor to support and deliver the new project delivery, build a new organization, develop and implement the necessary systems and business processes required to support GMP operations, and build the site culture. This will require significant collaboration, creativity, and resilience as the site grows to a full scale GMP manufacturing through start up and beyond.

• Deliver the site capital projects from concept through close‑out, typically $1M to $10M in value, and represent Lebanon API Manufacturing for major capital projects with Lilly global facilities initiatives.

• Establish disciplined project implementation best practices and benchmarking, utilizing sound engineering principles, based on Lilly policies and procedures.

• Lead both Lilly and non‑Lilly professionals and project teams to safely achieve project objectives from idea to design to execution, construction, commissioning & qualification, operational readiness, and turnover.

• Ensure capital project documentation, including business cases, financials, estimates, electronic Capital Investment Requests (eCIR) are met. Coordinate reviews/approvals including prioritization, design reviews and specifications, user requirements, procurement, permitting, etc. Develop the scope of work, budget, and schedule for capital projects and non‑capital projects as assigned. Deliver local capital projects meeting time, budget, and scope requirements.

• Ensure compliance with Lilly corporate engineering and finance policies, actively work with the Lilly global engineering / technical center network to ensure alignment with corporate initiatives and utilization of best practices.

• Responsible for supervising and coaching Project Managers/Engineers to deliver the capital project portfolio. Coordinate construction related activities and construction schedule, working with site facilities, maintenance, and operations teams. Enhance Project Engineering team with engineering and construction service providers.

• Works with site and global finance to manage the overall site capital project budgets and tracking of spending for capital projects. Provides updates to management routinely.

• Engages Quality and Safety to capture regulatory strategy and local requirements. the maintenance supervisors, reliability engineers, and other staff, including completing performance reviews and development planning.

• Provide project portfolio execution coordination in support of all…