Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer

Eli Lilly and Company • Houston, TX

2d • $66,000 - $189,200 • Onsite

About The Position

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. 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 40,000 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. Lilly is currently constructing an advanced manufacturing facility for production of API molecules located in Houston, TX. This facility is intended to provide APIs for current and future products, including new modalities. This is a unique opportunity to be a part of the startup team for a greenfield manufacturing site, and the successful candidate will help to build the processes and facility to enable a successful startup into GMP manufacturing operations. Main Purpose and Objectives: The Sr. Principal/Principal Electrical Engineer will support the Lilly Houston API manufacturing site and will be responsible for the site power distribution systems and electrical supply and distribution equipment.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering (Electrical Preferred)
• 7+ Years of relevant experience in Electrical Design / Manufacturing Operations

Nice To Haves

• Deep technical interest and understanding in the field of Electrical Engineering
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a process team consisting of a diverse group of management, production, science, and engineering professionals
• Creativity to identify improvement opportunities and the tenacity/initiative to see them implemented
• Menoring/guidance of others in technical processes
• Flexibility to meet business needs

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support to the Global Facility Delivery Team (Lilly’s global large scale capital delivery team) with a strong focus on right first time and on-schedule facility start-up. This includes design reviews, process safety assessments, user requirements, C&Q support, unit operation shakedown and start-up, facility operational readiness.
• Define and own relevant aspects of the overall integrated operational readiness plan (e.g. SOP development, maintenance strategy, automation optimization, pre-startup safety reviews, alarm requirements, performance qualification requirements, protocol development, etc.)
• Own the qualified state of equipment for respective area of responsibility
• Support initial operations training requirements as the equipment and area SME
• Monitor, assess, and document equipment performance to maintain ongoing qualification
• Develop and maintain the basis of safety for equipment as required
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities related to equipment and processes as core member of cross-functional process team
• Utilize root cause analysis techniques to investigate process and equipment issues and deliver robust and sustainable corrective and preventative actions
• Collaborate with maintenance teams to plan and execute scheduled maintenance activities, including equipment calibration and testing

Benefits

• Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance).
• 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).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal