Automation Technician - 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. 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. 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. Lilly is entering an exciting period of growth and we are committed to delivering innovative medicines to patients around the world. Lilly is investing over $1 billion to create a new state-of-the-art manufacturing site, in Concord, North Carolina. The brand-new facility will utilize the latest technology to increase the company's manufacturing capacity in parenteral (injectable) medications, device assembly and packaging operations. This is an exciting once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help build and operate a new site. The Lilly Concord site will be built using the latest high-tech equipment, advanced highly integrated and automated manufacturing systems, and have a focus on minimizing the impact to our environment. This is an opportunity you don’t want to miss! Responsibilities: The Automation Technician - Night Shift is responsible for equipment performance, providing first-line support to production processes, as well as supporting area engineering initiatives, process improvements, project implementation, performing mechanical repairs and adjustments, and executing routine PMs. This position will require the development of expertise in production processes, commissioning, qualification, and validation requirements and equipment-specific code and/or control system technologies. The Automation Technician - Night Shift will help ensure that equipment is maintained in a qualified state, can be operated safely, and maintenance is properly performed on the systems. Key Objectives/Deliverables: Assure that operational and maintenance procedures and practices reflect safety concerns. Perform activities in accordance with cGMPs and applicable procedures. Must possess a good mechanical aptitude to troubleshoot and repair equipment while, following departmental rules and regulations. Troubleshoot the root causes of machine problems (e.g., excessive vibration or temperature, bearing failures, abnormal noises, and poor performance). Identify opportunities to improve quality using equipment performance data and by assuring maintenance is performed appropriately. Setup equipment to design specifications (e.g., timing, leveling, alignment) Operate precision alignment equipment (e.g., Roma-align, lasers, etc.) 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 document the 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 Experience in instrumentation, PLC and/or HMI programming. Effectively communicate with all levels to ensure all projects and repairs are well planned and coordinated with minimal disruption to that area involved. Working with the process team, including engineers and operations personnel, participating in and sometimes leading the development of equipment design, procedures, engineering studies, and maintenance practices that will enable the process to operate as required. Seek out and identify opportunities to improve equipment operational effectiveness and reliability. Must be able to effectively use business software programs, such as, Maximo, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office Suite etc. Provide technical support to engineering in: Investigating and resolving issues that create production delays Transferring knowledge of equipment capabilities and operational techniques to operators, engineering, and maintenance. Implementing tools for operations and engineering to learn and work more proficiently. Create maintenance action plans as needed to support maintenance and troubleshooting activities. Participate in periodic reviews of equipment state. Plan and execute small projects for process or equipment improvements or changes. Minimum Requirements: High School Degree/ GED Visa Sponsorship: 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: Demonstrated ability to work safely in a participative environment. Experience in a GMP manufacturing environment. Studio 5000 and Factory talk view SE programming experience. Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel; proficient at typing and writing technical documents. Demonstrated ability to work independently with strong organizational skills and attention to detail and ability to adapt to rapidly changing priorities Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills and communications skills with a customer service attitude. Responsible for maintaining a safe work environment, working safely and accountable for supporting all HSE Corporate and Site Goals. Previous experience with highly automated equipment Experience with B&R platform is a plus. Knowledge of Parenteral / Packaging equipment and manufacturing operations Experience with Maximo or similar computerized maintenance management syste