Technical Manufacturing Chemist I

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology. We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.

The Opportunity

The position of Technical Manufacturing Chemist within our Infectious Disease Developed Markets business unit located at Scarborough, Maine. In this role you will produce material for use in immunology-based chromatography and enzyme tests.

What You'll Work On

• Maintains and supports the production schedule

• Investigates problem areas and areas of desirable improvement

• Undertakes new procedures and observes proper safety precautions

• Responsible for in-process QC testing of manufacturing material as it relates to qualifications, quality inspections and titration.

• Maintains quality systems and proper GMP/GLP

• Creates and follows protocols designed around product improvement

• Responsible for making critical and non-critical bioreagents for use in product and manufacturing processes using Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

• Works in a team setting and coordinates manufacturing efforts based upon a set production schedule and maintaining the raw bioreagent supply as needed to support this schedule.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Chemistry, Life Sciences, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior Experience in the following areas:

• Pipette

• Spectrophotometry

• HPLC

• pH meters

• Gel Electrophoresis o SDS Page

• ELISA assays

WHAT WE OFFER

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:

• Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance.

• Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives, and retirement plans.

• Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness, and occupational health programs.

• Paid time off.

• 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match.

• The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and a history of being actively involved in local communities.

An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.The base pay for this position is

$20.50 – $41.00/hour

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Operations Quality

DIVISION:

ID Infectious Disease:

LOCATION:

United States > Westbrook : 5 Bradley Drive

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

No

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Routine work with chemicals

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

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