Associate Director of Facilities and Utilities Engineering
- Employer
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Location
- Concord, North Carolina
- Posted date
- Oct 14, 2026
View more categories
- Discipline
- Administration, Facilities
- Required Education
- Associate Degree
- Position Type
- Full time
By clicking apply, your email address will be shared with the employer.
Job Details
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.
#WeAreLilly
Company
Science has been our calling from the beginning. Colonel Eli Lilly founded the company in 1876 and charged employees to “take what you find here and make it better and better.” More than 147 years later, we remain committed to his vision through every aspect of our business and the people we serve, starting with discovering the best treatments for those who take our medicines and extending to health care professionals, employees and the communities in which we live. Moreover, you can also count on the team at Lilly to be incredibly civic-minded, supporting our communities through philanthropy, volunteerism, and a creative and innovative can-do spirit.
When you’re on a mission to do what’s never been done before, you seek people willing to challenge the status quo of medicine. Those willing to relentlessly pursue what’s next, all in the name of health above all. #WeAreLilly
