Project Engineer
Eli Lilly & Company
Develop and execute projects in parenteral packaging area. Projects ranged in size from little to no capital up to over $8 million.Took many projects from concept formation to project justification and approval, line design, packaging material design, procurement, to factory acceptance testing through commission, qualification, validation and startup, and support.Projects includedOver a dozen major line upgrades with new machines installations including cartoners, vial labeling machines, case labeling machines, bundling, sleeving, checkweighing, material handling, online coding including hot stamp, laser, inkjet, inkjet cartridge, thermal transfer printingProcesses have ranged from manual to highly automated high speed (>400 packages per minute)Custom packaging solutions including pick and place/robotic integration with cartoning and protective packaging.Over 20 vision system inspection installations/upgrades including OCR/OCV, color detection, counting, with Cognex, Systech SystemsAutomation projects lead including line performance, domain authentication, print-apply server integration, manufacturing execution system interface lead