Eli Lilly and Company · 3 months ago
Engineer - Automation Engineering – Historian Admin and Data Architect
US, Lebanon IN
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$64K/yr - $167K/yr
5+ years expEli Lilly and Company is a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, focused on discovering and delivering life-changing medicines. The Engineer - Automation Engineering will provide automation support and serve as the main Data Architect, ensuring proper data contextualization and operational data management for compliance and analytics. Responsibilities include collaborating with various teams, maintaining data historian systems, and developing standard operating procedures.
BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Technical Expertise
Mentor process control team, including design, controls philosophy, implementation and commissioning
Process control work implementation and coordination
Develop and implement the Automation Engineering Project Plan
Operational Excellence
Technically collaborate with Site Area leads and System Integrator including Functional Requirements, Design Specifications, DCS Application Software, Test Specifications to ensure Data historization and architecture is considered
Provide periodic status updates to Project Management
Work with Engineering, Operations and many cross functional groups to trouble shoot issues, making changes to the site data historian system (OSI PI) in line with site change control procedures and site standards, responding to system events and performing routine system maintenance checks
Maintain Data Historian System health and respond to issues as they arise
Develop standard operating procedures, work instructions and other job aids to ensure the appropriate level of documentation is in place to train on, maintain and operate OSI PI, alarm management and alarm notification systems
Provide subject matter expertise on data historian systems design, development, installation, testing, validation, and lifecycle support
Ensure solutions are delivered by system Integrators, equipment vendors and others that can be integrated to the site data historian per the site standards and data management strategies. This includes developing requirements for the system in line with industry and Lilly standards
Design, configuration, and testing of the platform (OSI PI). This includes:
OSI PI Server Infrastructure
OSI PI Integration with Emerson DeltaV DCS solution
OSI PI Interfaces with other systems (e.g. BMS, PLCs, Remote IO)
OSI PI Asset Frame design and build
Other OSI PI related solutions such as PI Vision
Implement and support electronic systems (such as plant historians) used to capture process automation related production data
Maintain the validated state of the site control systems in line with Lilly quality standards including the development and execution of validation strategies and associated documentation
Automation support for capital projects including new product introductions
Promote the use of automation to improve productivity, operational efficiency and compliance
Developing a ‘network’ of corporate contacts and leveraging corporate expertise when needed
Organizational Capability
In coordination with automation and compliance consultants, set and reinforce standards for appropriate rigor in automation work products
Demonstrated initiative, good planning and organizational skills, ability to prioritize tasks, commitment to task completion and timelines
Possess a keen technical curiosity and has demonstrated strong problem-solving skills and a desire for continuous improvement
Demonstrated ability to influence peers and business partners
Good written and verbal communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences
Knowledge of GMP, regulatory requirements, computer system validation
Qualification
Required
Minimum B.S. in Engineering and experience in Automation Engineering, preferably in major pharmaceutical manufacturing
5+ years working experience in Biopharma engineering, operations, or manufacturing
Experience in design, development, commissioning and qualification of highly automated greenfield manufacturing sites utilizing SCADA, DCS and MES systems (DeltaV, Rockwell, Syncade, etc)
Experience with OSI PI and related applications
Cybersecurity and IOT considerations when managing systems
Awareness of integrating other process automation systems such as DeltaV, BMS, PLC/HMI and similar control systems in a manufacturing environment
Industrial communication protocols such as BACnet/IP, modbus, HART, OPC DA & UA, Profibus, Ethernet/IP, RIO
Systems performing backup and restore, disaster recovery
Experience of developing documents with electronic document management system (Kneat, Valgenesis, ALM)
Configuration and support of alarm management systems such as LogMate, Win911
Experience with Root Cause Analysis methodologies
Benefits
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
Well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities)
Company
Eli Lilly and Company
We're a medicine company turning science into healing to make life better for people around the world.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.5M2024-02-12Post Ipo Debt· $6.5M
1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
David Ricks
Chair, CEO
Lucas Montarce
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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