Lilly

Lead Specialist-Maintenance Standard Room

Puerto Rico, Carolina Full time

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.

Job Responsibility:

Manage and coordinate tasks related to secondary standards and special tools, including suppport in the selection of contractors and suppliers, obtaining quotes, documentation, and contract approval. Oversee and coordinate the execution of work orders, maintain control of billing and documentation, and ensure compliance with operational processes for equipment and instrumentation systems. Identify when it is necessary to purchase new standards, obtain quotations, and communicate the needs to supervision to proceed with the purchase. Coordinate and perform preventive and corrective maintenance, inspect and send standards and special tools for calibration, and document diagnostics and solutions in work orders. Generate work orders, document work orders following cGMPs and ALCOA+ principles. Evaluate preventive and corrective certifications. Generate deviations and communicate secondary standard certification failures. Complete investigations of technical events or deviations related to standards on time. When required, participate in the Deviation Review Board for technical investigations.  Maintain control and organization of the Secondary Standards and Special Tools Room, verify instrument conditions, and participate in internal and external audits. Look for innovation in order to maintain the compliance of the Secondary Stadards. Communicate/train staff for continuous improvement. Participate in and complete assigned training, verify compliance, and apply acquired knowledge in daily work.  Join safety, operational excellence, and metrics teams, attend meetings, and contribute to action plan follow-up.  Properly dispose of hazardous waste, ensure use of approved containers, label and transport waste, and notify supervision of spills. 

Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electronics with a concentration in Instrumentation or
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Technology or Science is preferred; alternatively, an Associate’s degree in Instrumentation or a technical area with five or more years of experience in a related field.
  • Between 3 to 5 years of experience in maintenance of pharmaceutical equipment operations in general, is preferred.

Additional Skills and Preferences

  • Proficiency in Spanish (verbal and written communication) and basic proficiency in English (verbal and written communication).
  • Read and interpret specifications, drawings, procedures in both English and Spanish
  • Teamwork oriented
  • Good interpersonal and customer service skills internally and externally.
  • Communicate effectively with all levels within the company.
  • Candidate must have a strong compliance (safety, environmental and quality) mindset and sound judgement
  • Ability to handle multiple priorities and work under minimal supervision

Important Notice: In order to maintain the excellent reputation of our company, the quality of our products, and the safety of our working environment, the company will take all reasonable measures to ensure that drug abuse by employees or other persons does not jeopardize the safety of our operations or the quality of our products or adversely affect in any way the company or its employees. The company recognizes that drug use both on and off the job can be detrimental to the company and its efforts to provide a drug-free workplace. Even if prescribed under a state medical marijuana law, marijuana remains illegal under federal law. Marijuana is considered unauthorized by Lilly.

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 Network, Black Employees at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN), Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our groups.

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

$21.63 - $31.73

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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