Associate Director-Engineering

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.

Position Brand Description:

Maintenance and reliability professional with deep expertise in Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and Computer Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), specializing in IBM Maximo. This is an individual contributor role within DME Digital Engineering Platforms — it is grounded in the maintenance, reliability, and asset management domain, not a traditional IT or people management position. The ideal candidate brings hands-on understanding of maintenance business processes, equipment reliability programs, and physical asset lifecycle management within regulated manufacturing environments. Equally important, they must be a strong analytical thinker who can extract, analyze, and present maintenance and reliability data to drive operational decisions. They will leverage this combination of domain knowledge and data proficiency to drive adoption, utilization, and continuous improvement of Lilly's global Maximo platform (GMARS), ensuring it delivers measurable value to site maintenance and engineering operations worldwide.

Key Objectives/Deliverables:

• Serve as a global subject matter expert for GMARS (Maximo), providing discipline leadership and business process oversight for maintenance engineering. This includes asset management, work order management, preventive maintenance, calibration and metrology, planning and scheduling, and maintenance materials management.
• Drive adoption and effective utilization of GMARS across all Lilly manufacturing sites by partnering directly with site maintenance and reliability teams to understand their operational needs, resolve system issues, and champion best practices.
• Consult with site engineering and maintenance groups globally on maintenance assessments, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and productivity improvements to enhance maintenance effectiveness and equipment reliability.
• Develop, manage, and continuously improve dashboards, KPIs, metrics, and reports using Power BI, Tableau, SQL, and Excel to provide actionable operational insights. This includes querying Maximo data directly via SQL, building self-service reporting solutions, and translating raw maintenance data into meaningful narratives for site leadership and global stakeholders.
• Analyze maintenance and reliability trends — such as work order backlog aging, PM compliance, equipment failure rates, and material usage patterns — to identify improvement opportunities and support >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.

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

  $117,000 - $171,600

  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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