Associate Director - Corporate Mechanical Engineering

Location: Indianapolis
Posted on: June 23, 2025

Job Description:

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: The Engineering Tech Center is part of the overall Corporate Engineering team for Lilly. This team is responsible for subject matter expertise with several aspects of engineering disciplines along with program ownership for key programs across the corporation. Position Overview: The Associate Director – Corporate Mechanical Disciplines position has overall responsibility for supervision, safety, performance, and development of direct-reporting employees. The team typically consists of multiple Lilly engineers plus additional external contingent workers when needed. This role will manage and monitor business results, compliance, productivity improvement, and overall customer service for the team, while streamlining processes, prioritizing work, and supporting the overall corporate design, delivery, and equipment strategies. The Associate Director role will provide mechanical engineering discipline leadership in technology development, knowledge sharing, mentoring of junior talent, as well as provide technical leadership to sites, support major project delivery, support key initiatives led by the tech center, and network with external benchmarking communities. Key Objectives/Deliverables: 1. Lead HR processes, including performance management, compensation management, reward and recognition, talent assessment, promotion, recruiting, and succession planning for a team of approximately 10-12 individuals. Coach and develop team members. Support and lead diversity and inclusion efforts for the team. 2. Support Engineering Tech Center team strategy, business planning, and team building activities. 3. Mechanical Engineering Discipline and Technical Leadership – Own and manage engineering standards, master specifications, and engineering best practices that relate to the mechanical engineering disciplines at Lilly. The focus for those is within the HVAC and Utilities aspects of this discipline. In addition, lead the Pressure Vessel program including strategy, technical aspects, and detailed execution of program across the company. 4. Knowledge Sharing – Provide technical coaching and mentoring to Lilly engineers. Document learning through peer-reviewed technical documents. Facilitate shared learning forums such as conferences and user groups. 5. Project Delivery Leadership – Support capital project delivery through resourcing of key subject matter experts. Monitor and act on key performance metrics for team performance on project delivery goals. 6. External Influence and Benchmarking - Monitor and influence external industry trends for equipment, system and even digital technologies and solutions. Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related science field Minimum 5 years of manufacturing experience in engineering or related functional area Demonstrated leadership in an engineering field Additional Skills/Preferences: Knowledge in conduct of mechanical engineering principles Knowledge of project management and vendor management Excellent verbal and written communications skills Experience in Capital project delivery cGMP Regulatory knowledge Additional Information: This position supports Lilly’s drug product and drug substance network globally and may require US and OUS travel (up to 15%) as well as off-hour meetings due to time zone differences. Monday through Friday, Day Shift. This is NOT a remote position and requires an onsite presence. 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 Network, Black Employees at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN), Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our groups. Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $118,500 - $191,400 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. WeAreLilly

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