Senior

Project Controls Lead

Houston, United States of America · On-site

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.

Position Brand Description:

The Global Facilities Delivery (GFD) Organization, part of Corporate Engineering, delivers new and renovated capital assets around the world. Our mission is accomplished through a highly leveraged organization of design, construction and qualification contractors.

Many of the assets delivered focus on manufacturing of medical innovations and delivering innovative solutions to patients. Some of the assets delivered support an expansion in supply of existing medicines.

Key Objectives/Deliverables

Project Control Management: Partner in leading project controls teams to deliver large capital programs of at least $500MM USD or more that are business-critical in nature. These teams will consist of both Lilly and Non-Lilly professionals, working to safely achieve project objectives from front-end planning (conceptual design) in a Brownfield or Greenfield site through operational qualification (cradle to grave). Project objectives are defined as delivering asset capability or capacity with safety, cost, schedule, and quality assurance.
Serve as an independent lead for project controls to ensure compliance with standard processes, driving consistency.
Help manage and direct all aspects of project control on major capital projects including, establishing cost, schedule and resource plan baselines, managing resources, influencing good contract strategy, establishing change control and risk management, monitoring actual costs, auditing pay applications, contracts management, forecast and cashflows.
Lead and train project control teams to deliver business objectives.
Ensure proper application of Lilly finance policies on capital projects.

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor's in business management, finance, engineering, construction, or other related area or equivalent experience.
Minimum 8+ years of experience in project controls on major industrial or manufacturing projects.
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 Preferences:

Professional certification from a project control body such as RICS, AACE, or PMI.
Proficiency with project management systems, specifically SAP, Oracle Unifier, Primavera P6, Deltec Acumen Fuse, @Risk, etc. ).
Advanced understanding in financial concepts and estimating, cost management theory, project change and risk management, project planning and scheduling, and work and cost breakdown structures.
Capacity to lead through influence to achieve results
Ability to lead others through coaching
Capacity to think strategically, taking a long view at how to achieve objectives.
Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
Self-disciplined, motivated, and able to work with limited supervision.
Excellent problem-solving skills and innovative thinking
Willingness to relocate and/or travel to locations outside of home state/country.

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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 $66,000 - $171,600

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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