Planning and Scheduling Engineer, Project Control

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Role Summary

The Global Planning & Scheduling Lead is responsible for defining, authoring, and enforcing world-class standards for planning and scheduling capital projects across the organization. This role will mentor teams, lead compliance audits, deliver training, and drive continuous improvement, ensuring that best practices are consistently applied across all projects and regions. The successful candidate will be a strategic partner, change agent, and technical authority, enabling the organization to achieve predictable, efficient, and high-quality project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and Author Global Standards

Develop, maintain, and continuously improve Project Delivery Work Instructions (PDWI), Best Practices (BP), and Resources (RS) for planning and scheduling.

Lead, mentor, and coach planning and scheduling professionals globally, fostering a culture of excellence and accountability.

Design and lead a robust audit and assurance program to monitor compliance with standards and best practices.

Develop and deliver comprehensive training programs (in-person and virtual) on standards, tools, and methodologies.

Facilitate strategic schedule reviews and constructability workshops, leveraging data and lessons learned to drive innovation and efficiency.

Establish and curate a global schedule benchmarking repository, enabling data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement.

Provide expert oversight and guidance on schedule development and schedule risk analysis, ensuring robust, realistic, and achievable project plans.

Collaborate with cross-functional and international teams to harmonize planning and scheduling practices across regions and business units.

Regularly communicate progress, challenges, and successes to senior leadership, providing strategic recommendations for improvement.

Basic Qualifications

Preferred Attributes

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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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