Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Operator

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.

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.

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.

Lilly is currently constructing a cutting-edge facility for the manufacture of new modalities including Gene Therapy in Lebanon, Indiana. This facility will be Lilly’s most technically advanced manufacturing site focused on the delivery of the next wave of innovative products at Lilly. It will include next-generation manufacturing technologies and advanced data collection and analysis platforms that will deliver improvements in safety, quality, and process performance. 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 start up the facility for both clinical and commercial supply. 

This is an exciting opportunity to help start up a state-of-the-art facility and build a manufacturing supply chain from ground-up.

The Manufacturing Operator will be responsible for performing routine manufacturing activities across GMP manufacturing areas, including: Cell Culture, Downstream Purification, and Fill & Finish at the Lebanon Advanced Therapies, LP2 site.

Initially, the Operator will be responsible for supporting execution of equipment qualification, developing site operations procedures and setting up production areas. During this initial project delivery/startup phase of the project, roles will be fluid and dynamic. Once the plant is operational, the Manufacturing Operator will be responsible for execution of production activities on their shift under the leadership of the shift supervisor.

As a Manufacturing Operator, your responsibilities will include:

• Work in a cleanroom environment to produce advanced therapies in a safe and quality manner.

• Coordinate production activities with Quality Control, Quality Assurance, and Plant Maintenance to facilitate on-time release of advanced therapies.

• Participate in equipment commissioning and qualification testing and process validation activities in collaboration with other departments.

• Safely work with BSL-2 materials, following site biologics safety program.

• Conduct and appropriately document production of advanced Therapies via strict adherence to digital manufacturing batch records and affiliated SOPs.

• Utilize and monitor manufacturing equipment to ensure performance and safety standards are met.

• Collaborate with maintenance technicians, equipment manufacturers, and quality assurance to ensure that all production equipment is in good working order and is validated for use.

• Provide verbal and written reports to supervisors and other teams in a clear and concise manner.

• Maintain accurate and complete electronic records and logbooks as per cGLP and/or cGMP, as appropriate.

• Adhere to all applicable procedures, cGLP, cGMPs, company policies, and any other quality or regulatory requirements.

• Compliance with cleanroom gowning requirements required for completing specific work in drug substance and drug product.

• Work well in a fast-paced team environment.

Minimum Requirements:

• High School diploma or equivalent

• Direct manufacturing experience with automatic, manual, and semi-automated equipment, following operational procedures.

• 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:

• 3+ years pharmaceutical cleanroom experience or equivalent comparable manufacturing experience

• Drug Substance experience; hands-on expertise working with bioreactors, sums, TFFs, purification, and similar processes

• Technical problem-solving skills.

• Good communications skills (both oral and written).

• Requires learning and understanding Good Manufacturing Practices and strict adherence to GMP regulations.

• Will be expected to adhere to all safety and environmental guidelines and to promote safety and environmental compliance in all areas.

• Good organization skills.

• Ability to work with and learn new digital systems

• Ability to demonstrate attention to detail

Other Information:

• During the start-up phase of the project, the shift will be primarily day shift. As the site nears normal operation, shift work will be required. Anticipated to be 2-2-3 12 hour shift.

• Ability to maintain focus on a complex task for 4-6 hours at a time.

• Adaptable to work in a fast-paced and evolving environment.

• Maintain clear, consistent, and constant verbal communication with one or more team members during performance of duties.

• Some overtime required.

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 $17.30 - $34.38

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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