Automation Technician - Warehouse and Logistics

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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 Warehouse and Logistics Automation Technician is responsible for logistics automated equipment performance, including but not limited to AS / RS, AGVs, pallet exchangers, conveyors, and scanners.

This position will provide first-line support to logistics and production supply processes, as well as supporting area engineering initiatives, process improvements, and project implementation.

This position will require the development of expertise in logistics processes, commissioning, qualification, validation requirements, and equipment-specific code / system technologies.

The Automation Technician will help ensure that equipment is maintained in a qualified state, can be operated safely, and maintenance is properly performed on the systems (performing maintenance activities on equipment is not in the scope of this position).

Key Objectives / Deliverables :

• Assure that operational and maintenance procedures and practices reflect safety concerns.
• Perform activities in accordance with cGMPs and applicable 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 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.
• Provide technical support to engineering in : Investigating and resolving issues that create production delaysTransferring 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 diploma / GED
• Minimum 2 Years of Automation experience
• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.

g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment position

Must satisfy background check and drug screening requirements.

Additional Preferences :

• Demonstrated ability to work safely in a participative environment.
• Experience in a GMP manufacturing environment.
• Previous experience with automated logistics equipment (AS / RS, AGVs ...).
• Experience in instrumentation, PLC and / or HMI programming.
• Factory talk view SE programming experience.
• Experience in CAD Software.
• 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.

Lilly is an EEO / Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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