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.

Lilly’s global purpose is to create medicines that make life better for people around the world. We help people get better, feel better, and live better. It’s been our purpose for more than 140 years.  Within our Manufacturing and Quality 
organization, we strive to hire talented, diverse and committed people to achieve our mission of delivering reliable supply of these innovative medicines to patients, with safety first and quality always. 

This recruiting initiative allows us to hire long term for our Lebanon, IN operation with an immediate assignment in one of our Puerto Rico manufacturing sites.  More detail on this focus will be provided through the interview process.

Outline of Role:
The mission of the Process Engineer – API Manufacturing is to utilize sound engineering principles to safely create, qualify, maintain and continuously improve the processes, facilities and equipment needed to deliver our product 
pipeline across batch and continuous API production and development. These results are accomplished by utilizing various elements of the engineering discipline including, but not limited to: first principles, lean manufacturing, and 
simulation/modeling.

Key Responsibilities: 

Provide process engineering support in batch or continuous API platforms through application of chemical engineering fundamentals.Monitor, assess, and document equipment performance to maintain ongoing qualification.Develop and maintain the basis of safety for process equipment.Integrate mechanistic modelling, process simulation, and analysis into current and future processes to enhance process understanding and control.Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities related to equipment and processes as a core member of a cross-functional process team.Lead/support the tech transfer of new processes and unit operations across batch and continuous processing platforms.Utilize root cause analysis techniques to investigate process and equipment issues and deliver robust and sustainable corrective and preventative actions.Share learning and knowledge across business functions and units through the publication of technical reports and presentation of project results.

Basic Qualifications

BS in Chemical, Bioprocess, or Process Engineering2+ years’ experience in a cGMP environmentCandidate must be mobile to Puerto Rico

Additional Skills/Preferences:

Ability to work independently, self-sufficiently, and pro-actively in the performance of work duties.Ability to resolve conflict and promote good decision making among team membersStrong written and verbal communication skillsStrong problem solving skillsAbility to work within and lead diverse, multi-functional teams (i.e. engineering, manufacturing operations, TS/MS, etc.).Demonstrated problem solving, project management, interpersonal, and communication skills.Analysis and PC skills including appropriate modeling and math capabilitiesAbility to identify and resolve issues with minimal direction.

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