Reliability Engineer, Lilly Medicine Foundry

About the Role

The Reliability Engineer will increase the reliability of process and utility equipment to support manufacturing research requirements for capacity, dependability, quality, safety, environmental, and costs. This role contributes to the supply of innovative medicines for clinical trials by ensuring critical equipment and systems perform optimally.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support to maintenance and equipment owners.
• Ensure maintenance programs are appropriate for reliable equipment operation.
• Act as a technical expert in the proper use of the CMMS for documenting equipment history.
• Help ensure CMMS data accuracy and structure.
• Determine spare parts identification and stocking strategy.
• Ensure Job Plans are correct and contain sufficient detail.
• Provide training to Maintenance personnel on new equipment, reliability principles, and techniques.
• Mentor process engineers and others on equipment reliability principles and processes.
• Identify and support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the Maintenance program.
• Participate, raise, investigate, and complete HSE & Quality observation/deviations write-ups.
• Analyze predictive and condition-based monitoring data to identify follow-up actions and prioritize implementation.
• Apply appropriate techniques and tools (RCA, RCM, failure analysis) to reduce equipment issues.
• Ensure local maintenance procedures align with Global Engineering Standard & Engineering Best Practices.
• Develop, review, and own Departmental SOPs.
• Determine equipment criticality based on business requirements (quality, health and safety, mechanical integrity, manufacturing capacity, financial impact).
• Ensure proper equipment criticality ranking is maintained in the CMMS.
• Ensure the correct application of predictive maintenance technologies across the site.
• Assist with interpretation of predictive maintenance data and planning corrective actions.
• Own Lilly Medicine Foundry Preventative, Predictive and Corrective Maintenance programs.
• Interact with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), vendors, and regulatory bodies.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• CMMS
• HSE & Quality
• RCA
• RCM
• Failure analysis
• Global Engineering Standard & Engineering Best Practices
• SOPs
• OEMs
• Lilly Medicine Foundry Preventative, Predictive and Corrective Maintenance programs

Qualifications

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering OR HS Diploma OR Associate’s degree in a technical field with 10+ years of applicable industrial maintenance and reliability experience.
• Authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Additional Preferences

• Certified Reliability Engineer or Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional.
• Solid understanding of Maximo/GMARS and Business Objects.
• Solid understanding of FDA GMPs, ISO standards, deviation management, and change controls.
• Knowledge of automation systems/software to facilitate data collection (e.g., data historians).
• Level 1 or higher certifications in predictive technologies (e.g., vibration, thermography, oil analysis, motor current, and ultrasonic).
• Training in RCM, FMEA, and/or RCFA facilitation.
• Six Sigma Green Belt.
• Knowledge of Weibull analysis, Life Cycle Cost analysis, JMP software, TPM practices.
• Proficient in English.