Maintenance Supervisor

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Path/Level: B5

Title: Maintenance Supervisor

Lilly is currently constructing an advanced manufacturing facility for production of API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) molecules located in Lebanon, IN. This facility is Lilly’s largest investment in manufacturing capacity and is intended to provide APIs for current and future products, including new modalities. This is a unique opportunity to be a part of the startup team for a greenfield manufacturing site, and the successful candidate will help to build the processes and facility to enable a successful startup into GMP manufacturing operations.

Main Purpose and Objectives of Position:

The Maintenance Supervisor position is responsible for directing the daily activities of a maintenance team. These responsibilities as well as others could include setting priorities, assigning work, being a technical resource, personnel development and working with other departments for a specific production area / shift to ensure manufacturing goals and project deadlines are met while maintaining compliance with current good manufacturing practices (cGMPs), good documentation practices (GDPs) and health safety and environmental (HSE) guidelines.

Key Responsibilities:

• Safety –
  • Ensures that all team members are knowledgeable and compliant regarding safety procedures, policies, permits and practices. Initiates and leads accident, near miss reviews and incident notifications. Ensures proper housekeeping procedures are maintained.
• Quality –
  • Responsible for team’s compliance and meeting the quality standards as defined by cGMPs, the Global Quality Standards, local procedures
• Manage People Effectively –
  • Responsible for managing daily maintenance operations across shifts up to 7 days a week, including attendance, overtime, operational issues, performance management, development planning and reporting of results.
• Maintenance Excellence –
  • Main point of contact for emergency maintenance and responsible for escalation of any issues.
  • Ensuring quality of Maintenance Execution.
  • Responsible for Team Training and Development and ensuring team is current on training prior to assigning work.
  • Responsible for Maintenance KPI’s associated with Team’s performance.
  • Aligns Team Priorities to Support Production Plan.
  • Interfaces with customers to insure alignment.
  • Reviewing executed Work Orders.
  • Owns Week 1 scheduling and work completion processes across their Area.
  • Manage craft allocation to respond to changing priorities.
• Green site Startup -
  • Participate in any start-up activities, including IQ/OQ/PQ/PV/CV, procedure reviews, and training reviews.
  • Lead teams as necessary to accomplish plant start-up and team goals.
  • Flexibility to support other areas within the Maintenance team & participate in Project and best practice initiatives within the Maintenance team.
  • Interviewing, Hiring, and developing Maintenance staff.

Basic Requirements:

• HS diploma/GED required.
• AAS in related curriculum or equivalent experience.
• 2 Years Experience in supervision.
• 3 Years Experience as a Maintenance Craft or Technician.
• Must have experience and knowledge with Lockout / Tagout, Confined Spaces and other Safety Programs such as PSM.

Additional Preferences:

• (CMMS) Maximo experience preferred.
• Experience within a regulated industry; FDA regulated industries preferred
• Must be able to organize workload and prioritize tasks while working in an environment that requires teamwork and flexibility.
• Good assessment and troubleshooting skills (mechanical and electrical) with demonstrated and proven experience and background.
• Good communications skills (both oral and written).

Additional Information:

• Tasks require entering manufacturing areas which require wearing appropriate PPE.
• Position supports a 24/7 operation and is expected to be flexible in maintaining availability for support in decision making and issue resolution as necessary to operate the facility.
• The physical demands of this job are consistent with a Manufacturing environment and will require interaction with production equipment. Travel less than 5% of the time.

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