Lilly Posted October 10, 2026

Associate Director of Facilities and Utilities Engineering

Concord, North Carolina, United States of America FULL_TIME
Manufacturing & CMC Associate Director
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About this opportunity

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work, but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

Responsibilities:

The Associate Director of Facilities and Utilities Engineering is responsible to provide technical and administrative coordination for Lilly site engineering, engineering systems, and GMP utility services. The role will have Lilly site utility engineers, utility automation engineers, and system engineers as direct reports. The role will report to the Sr. Director – Engineering Concord.

Key Objectives/Deliverables:

Provide technical and administrative oversight for all Lilly site engineering and GMP utility needs. This includes the transition from project to site ownership (e.g. qualification) and ongoing sustainment (maintaining in qualified state). Examples of systems include (but are not limited to): BMS, QBMS, HVAC, Purified Water, WFI, Clean Steam, PCA and supporting equipment that processes and maintains these utilities.

Provide technical and administrative oversight for all engineering systems. This includes completion of all equipment and engineering system periodic reviews as well as ongoing compliance with internal standards (e.g. LQS, GQS) and external regulatory requirements.

Provide technical and administrative oversight for any changes or deviations in site engineering, engineering systems, and/or GMP utilities. Conduct robust root cause investigations ensuring appropriate CAPA.

Ensure practice matches procedure

Champion continuous improvement

Represent site engineering, engineering systems, and GMP utility capabilities beyond the Lilly Concord site (e.g. other Lilly sites and global functional groups).

Develop and maintain metrics to measure performance against business objectives and make necessary changes to improve performance.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

At least 5 years engineering experience in a manufacturing site

Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization or visas for this role, including but not limited to F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, J-1, H-1B, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, or L-1

Additional Skills/Preferences:

Site start up experience preferred

Solid understanding of basic requirements of regulatory agencies

Previous experience in operations and engineering

Previous experience with highly automated equipment

Previous equipment qualification and process validation experience

Previous experience with deviation and change management systems including Trackwise

Experience in site engineering, engineering systems, and GMP utilities

Ability to handle multiple competing priorities

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 (AMECA), Black Employees at Lilly (BE@Lilly), Chinese Culture Network (CCN), EnAble, Evolve, Lilly Indian Network (LIN), Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), Pride (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN) and Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL).

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is

$123,000 - $180,400

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.

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Job details

Seniority
Associate Director
Function
Manufacturing & CMC
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Concord, North Carolina, United States of America
Employment type
FULL_TIME

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