Process Analytical Technology (PAT) Technician

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Company: Eli Lilly and Company

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.

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is
$28.12 – $46.88

Position Brand Description:

Provide daily maintenance and technical support of process analytical instrumentation for control of production processes in Indy API Operations.

Key Objectives/Deliverables:

Compliance

• Understanding and knowledge of local and divisional procedures.
• Good documentation techniques for logbooks and work orders.
• Provide information for root cause investigations.
• Maintain training at defined levels.
• Identification and follow up of compliance gaps.

Safety

• Drive a safety culture that will influence behavior for an injury free environment.

Customer Service

• Proactively perform daily routine checks of the installed on-the-floor production analytical instrumentation to ensure proper operation.
• Established knowledge and understanding of process to adequately troubleshoot and correct issues related to analytical instrumentation.
• Share team responsibilities to provide 24 hour on-call support of PAT instrumentation.
• Effective communications – includes communication with supervision, Operations, various support staff, and other PAT techs.
• Influence decisions to resolve issues based on objective information and data.

Technical Excellence

• Support the development of PAT instrumentation by applying PAT knowledge and theory.
• Support variability reduction activities.
• Comfortable troubleshooting and attempting to resolve issues independently.

Basic Requirements:

• 2 yr. degree or equivalent experience relating to analytical instrumentation or chemistry, with an understanding of software application.
• Troubleshooting skills to resolve issues based on objective information and metrics.
• High attention to detail.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Good customer service skills.

Additional Preferences:

• Language: English
• Understanding and / or experience with the following technologies: HPLC / UPLC / GC, UV / VIS / Mass Spec, pH, conductivity, turbidity, refractive index, and TOC.

Education Requirements:

• 2 yr. degree or equivalent experience.

Other Information:

• Job requires rotational 12hr. day shift which involves weekend, holiday and 24 hr. on-call coverage.
• Flexibility to adapt to schedule changes according to production schedule / coverage needs.
• Potential limited exposure(s) to known allergens, hazardous chemicals.
• Tasks may require working in environments of varying climate conditions.
• Job is fast-paced with changing priorities.
• Required to move about freely in production environment that contains catwalks, open stairs, stepping over and around pumps, process lines and equipment.
• The ability to lift 10L of liquid (~25 lbs) is required.
• Prior analytical instrument maintenance experience desired.

The job specification is intended to provide a general overview of the job requirements at the time it was prepared. The job requirements of any position may change over time and may include additional responsibilities not specifically described in the job specification. As always, you should consult with your supervision regarding your actual job responsibilities and any related duties that may be required for the position.

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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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