Sr. Manager - Process Control & Automation Engineering

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 is currently constructing an advanced manufacturing facility for production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) molecules located in Lebanon, Indiana, USA. This facility is Lilly’s largest investment in manufacturing capacity and is intended to provide APIs for current and future products. This is a unique opportunity to be a part of the 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 Senior Manager - Process Control and Automation Engineering provides tactical, technical, and people leadership Node-level automation and process control systems in a regulated GMP manufacturing environment. This role is accountable for automation operations, and alignment of continuous improvement initiatives.

The Senior Manager leads multi-disciplinary automation teams, hired automation shift support contractors, ensures compliance with corporate engineering, quality, cybersecurity, and data integrity standards, and partners closely with Manufacturing, Quality, IT, Engineering, and Site Automation organizations to deliver safe, compliant, and reliable automated systems.

Safety, Quality & Compliance

• Champion safety-first culture in all automation activities; ensure safe design, installation, operation, and maintenance of automated systems.

• Ensure automation solutions comply with cGMP, Data Integrity, CSV, and corporate engineering standards.

• Provide leadership for audits, inspections, and periodic system assessments; drive timely remediation and continuous improvement.

• Ensure alignment with SDLC, validation strategies, and lifecycle management expectations.

Automation Strategy & Technical Leadership

• Define and execute site or program-level automation and process control strategy, aligned with enterprise standards and future manufacturing needs.

• Support Automation Platform roadmap development.

• Own Node automation platform roadmap implementation (DCS, PLC, PAT, MES interfaces, data historians, integration layers).

• Implement Node standardization, replication, and reuse of proven solutions.

• Serve as senior technical authority for complex automation topics and critical issue resolution on his operational node.

People & Organizational Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop automation engineers, and technical specialists.

• Build high-performing teams through talent development, succession planning, and capability growth.

• Establish clear roles, responsibilities, and performance expectations.

• Foster collaboration across Central Automation, Operations, Quality, IT, and Engineering partners.

Governance, Standards & Continuous Improvement

• Own and implement automation engineering standards, master specifications, and best practices.

• Drive consistency in automation design, documentation, and execution.

• Promote shared learning, lessons learned, and community-of-practice participation across Nodes.

• Evaluate emerging technologies and lead innovations aligned with business value and compliance.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electrical, Controls, Chemical, Mechanical), Computer Science, or related technical field.

• 7+ years of experience in process automation and control systems within a regulated manufacturing environment.

• Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization or visas for this role, including but not limited to F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, J-1, H-1B, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, or L-1.

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• Demonstrated leadership experience managing engineers and technical leads.

• Strong working knowledge of automation platforms (e.g., DCS, PLC, historian, integration technologies).

• Proven experience with cGMP, CSV, Data Integrity, and regulated system lifecycles.

• Advanced degree in Engineering.

• Professional PE License

• Experience leading automation for large capital projects or greenfield manufacturing sites.

• Strong vendor and system integrator management experience.

• Demonstrated ability to influence across organizational and functional boundaries.

• Experience with enterprise automation standardization and digital manufacturing initiatives.

• Working experience with Industrial Utilities Automation Systems including: Steam Generation and Distribution, Nitrogen Generation and Distribution, Compress Air (Instrument and Process), Chill Water Generation and Distribution, Potable Water Distribution and Process Water Generation and Distribution.

• Working experience with Tank Farm Operations

• Working Experience with Process Wastewater collection and processing

• Solvent Recovery Operations

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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

$99,000 - $160,600

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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