Engineer, IT Manufacturing QC Labs in Hook

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals! As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success.

Grow your career internally at Elanco, our best talent comes from within! As an Engineer at Elanco, you will be a key technical contributor to the digital heart of our production facilities. You will specialize in implementing and supporting our Laboratory Execution Systems (LES). This hands-on role is the critical bridge between our physical manufacturing processes and the digital systems that control and document them, ensuring our operations are efficient, compliant, and reliable.

This includes four strategic enterprise priorities:

• Pipeline Acceleration: Optimize the search and approval of high impact medicines with a focus on speed, cost and precision.
• Manufacturing Excellence: Improve the efficiency, quality and consistency of core manufacturing processes, specifically execution and equipment effectiveness.
• Sales Effectiveness: Simplify the process to find, trust and consume relevant customer insights that drive sales growth and improved engagement.
• Productivity: Expand operating margin through efficiency by systematically reducing our operating expenses across the company, improving profitability.

Your Responsibilities:

• System Design and Configuration: Contribute to the design and be responsible for the configuration and implementation of LES solutions. This includes building and modifying system workflows and configuring equipment integration based on defined requirements.
• Process Optimization: Collaborate with operations and quality teams to analyze manufacturing and laboratory workflows. You will use LES capabilities to help implement process improvements, reduce production cycle times, and enhance data integrity at the shop-floor level.
• System Management and Support: Provide frontline technical support for LES platforms. You will act as a key technical resource to troubleshoot and resolve system issues, ensuring high availability for our manufacturing and lab teams.
• Integration: Assist with the integration between LES and other critical systems, such as our ERP (SAP), LIMS, and shop-floor equipment (PLCs/SCADA), ensuring a reliable flow of data.
• Validation and Compliance: Execute validation protocols (IQ/OQ/PQ) for LES enhancements and new implementations. You will be responsible for generating validation documentation and ensuring systems are maintained in a validated state, compliant with GxP and data integrity requirements.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with Manufacturing Operations, Quality Assurance, and Process Science teams to gather system requirements and provide updates on technical activities.
• User Knowledge and Enablement: Develop knowledge materials and inform users to ensure that manufacturing and lab personnel are proficient in using the LES systems effectively in their day-to-day roles.

What You Need to Succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

• Educational Background: A Bachelor's degree in Engineering (e.g., Industrial, Chemical, Manufacturing, Computer Science) or a related technical field or equivalent experience.
• Required Experience: Prior hands-on experience with the configuration, and support of an LES platform (e.g., LabVantage, Waters Empower, SoftMax etc.).
• Manufacturing Environment Experience: Experience working directly in a manufacturing environment, preferably within the pharmaceutical, biologics, animal health, or another GxP-regulated industry.
• Regulatory Knowledge: A working knowledge of GxP (Good Manufacturing Practices) and familiarity with computer system validation (CSV) principles.
• Process Control Understanding: Familiarity with industrial automation concepts, including PLCs, SCADA, and how they integrate with higher-level manufacturing systems.
• Database and SQL Skills: Experience with SQL for data queries to support troubleshooting, data extraction, and report generation.
• Programming & Scripting: Proficiency in Python, Javascript, or similar languages.
• AI Literacy: Proficiency in using approved GenAI tools to improve engineering productivity, including effective prompting, output validation, and secure handling of regulated data.

What Will Give You the Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):

• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to systematically diagnose and resolve technical issues.
• Process Analysis: A solid understanding of business process analysis and workflow design. Ability to read and interpret process maps and requirements documents.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Good communication and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to work effectively in a team environment with operators, scientists, and management.
• Cloud Platform Proficiency: Familiarity with Public Cloud platforms, specifically Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP), is a plus.
• DevSecOps: Familiarity with the concepts of DevSecOps, including Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) and source control (Git), is desirable.
• Communication Skills: Good verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively within a technical team.

Additional Information:

• Location: UK - Speke / Hook
• Number of Positions: 1
• Travel: Minimal – Some periods of increased travel during discovery/design/implementation of new platforms is anticipated.