Lead Maintenance Technician - PAR (Night Shift)

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

Organization Overview:

For 140 years, Lilly has manufactured medicines that improve people’s lives around the world. We produce our medicines using some of the most sophisticated manufacturing technologies and rigorous quality standards. Lilly Manufacturing strives for excellence in its process, standards, procedures and behaviors to develop medicines with safety first and quality always.

Position Description:

The focus of the Lead Maintenance Technician is to provide maintenance expertise to service, repair, and maintain process and utility of pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment currently in service.

The Lead Maintenance Technician is expected to understand the needs and requirements of the customer (Operations); must be able to work effectively with customers, handle customer questions with tact and understanding while displaying good customer service.

Responsibilities:

• This role is expected to improve equipment uptime, line efficiency, and increase overall equipment effectiveness in a production environment by condition monitoring, troubleshooting, and assisting in engineering changes.

• Must possess a good mechanical aptitude to troubleshoot and repair equipment while, following departmental rules, regulations, and GMP/GDP standards.

• Must be willing to work with safety as a primary focus and abide by applicable safety procedures and practices.

• Troubleshoot the root causes of machine problems (e.g., excessive vibration or temperature, bearing failures, abnormal noises, and poor performance).

• Perform repairs and overhaul equipment (e.g., gear boxes, pumps, blowers, fans and drives) to include disassembly, setting tolerances, aligning, and resetting timing (e.g., air compressors, vacuum pumps)

• Setup equipment to design specifications (e.g., timing, leveling, alignment)

• Must possess the ability to plan and schedule urgent or emergency tasks and effectively delegate these responsibilities to a team of maintenance technicians.

• Must have the ability to quickly and accurately diagnose the root cause of a problem and implement the proper corrective actions to minimize downtime.

• Must accurately write, review, workflow, and document actions taken to repair the equipment in the CMMS program.

• Willing to assist in areas outside of their primary responsibility and learn other skills, as required.

Basic Requirements (Education, Experience, Training):

• High school diploma/GED

• Minimum 5 Years of applicable maintenance experience

• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment position.

• Must satisfy background check and drug screening requirements.

Additional Preferences:

• Must be able to speak, read and write English at a sufficient level to communicate technical and business information effectively.

• Must be able to effectively use business software programs, such as, Maximo, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office Suite and other required software programs.

• Must be able to effectively work in a team environment.

• Physical considerations include the ability to work with or around equipment, climb ladders and stairs and use PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). He/she may be exposed to harsh weather conditions as part of the job.

• Good, all-around hands-on experience with repair of equipment.

• Use basic trouble shooting equipment such as multi-meters, calipers etc.

Additional Information:

• Overtime may be required during shutdowns, emergency situations, or periods of heavy workloads.

• The Lead Maintenance Technician will work in and around potentially dangerous and hazardous equipment, powders, liquids and gases. Safety is paramount for this position.

• Night Shift Role. Will start out M-F 0730-1530 until fully trained. Will transition to a night shift 12-hr 2-2-3 (1800 to 0600) schedule in the future.

• Relocation assistance is not offered at this time.

This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the job requirements at the time it was prepared. The job requirements of any position may change over time and may include additional responsibilities not specifically described in the job description. For GMP purposes, the job description should be updated for significant changes. As always, you should consult with your supervisor regarding your actual job responsibilities and any related duties that may be required for the position.

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia (AMECA), Black Employees at Lilly (BE@Lilly), Chinese Culture Network (CCN), EnAble, Evolve, Lilly Indian Network (LIN), Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), Pride (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN) and Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL).

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $33.89 - $49.71

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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