Maintenance Tech - Night Shift

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At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose. For more than 140 years, we have worked tirelessly to discover medicines that make life better. These discoveries start in Lilly Research Laboratories, where our scientists work to create new medicines that will help solve our world’s greatest health challenges.

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for equipment maintenance strategy deployment, providing front line support to production processes, as well as supporting area engineering initiatives, process improvements, and project implementation. This position will require the development of expertise in production processes, verification requirements, and equipment controls system technologies. The Maintenance Tech will ensure that equipment is maintained in a qualified state, can be operated safely, and maintenance is properly performed on the systems.

Key Objectives/Deliverables:

• Maintain Device Assembly and Packing (DAP) area equipment and uphold safety and quality processes and controls to ensure operation runs reliably and in compliance with requirements.
• Perform activities in accordance with cGMPs and applicable procedures.
• Accurately document all maintenance activities, work orders, and equipment records in accordance with cGMP and site procedures.
• Identify opportunities to improve quality using equipment performance data and by assuring maintenance is performed appropriately.
• 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, participate in and sometimes lead 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.
• Provide technical support for process and engineering teams.
• Transfer knowledge of equipment capabilities and operational techniques to operators, engineering, and maintenance.
• Contractor and Vendor coordination.
• Provide leadership on manufacturing floor ensuring high level of safety, quality, and productivity to maintain reliable supply of products to patients.
• Technical leader: Key resource for troubleshooting and functions as the primary point of contact for issue escalation from the shop floor.

Requirements (Education, Experience, Training):

• Associate's degree (or high school degree with equivalent work experience)
• Experience in GMP manufacturing environment.
• Completion of Post Offer Exam or Completion of Work Simulation if applicable.

Preferred attributes but not required:

• Demonstrated Team contributor.
• Basic computer skills (desktop software) are required.
• Demonstrated ability to work safely.
• Strong equipment/process troubleshooting, documenting and reporting skills.
• Ability to understand automation, controls and electrical schematics.
• Ability to effectively communicate (written and verbal)
• Previous experience with highly automated equipment (PLC/DCS/SCADA).
• Previous experience with Computerized Maintenance Management System (GMARS – Maximo)
• Previous experience directly supporting highly automated manufacturing.

Additional Information :

• Ability to wear safety equipment (safety glasses, safety shoes, protective gloves etc.)
• Role will be responsible to work 12-hour shifts on nights (2-2-3 schedule).
• Competitive premium pay for night and weekend shifts.

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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

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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