About AbbVie
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com.
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Process Support Scientist, Microbiology
North Chicago, IL, USA
Full-time
USD 84500 to USD 162000 / yearly
Company Description
About AbbVie
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com.
Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.
Job Description
Support the AbbVie Technical Operations Function at the North Chicago AbbVie site. Provide technical process ownership, continuous improvement, and problem solving associated with commercial APIs and drug products. Provide technical expertise on aseptic processing and contamination control.
Accountable for data analysis, project reports and experiments in support of process development, validation activities and Technical Transfers while maintaining and meeting the highest standards in quality, customer service and regulatory compliance.
Responsibilities
- ✓Evaluates and integrates relevant microbial control and bioprocess design best practices into commercial manufacturing processes.
- ✓Understands the business implications of assigned products and processes and identifies technical solutions compatible with business needs.
- ✓Designs and executes experiments to test hypothesis related to project outcomes.
- ✓Applies scientific knowledge to projects; determines priorities for experiments. Independently designs and executes experiments.
- ✓Assures experimental quality through sound, independent, experimental design.
- ✓Mentors less experienced team members and provides technical direction and feedback to others.
- ✓Present results of projects, both, internally and externally. Participates in project planning, process update; contribute to experimental design.
- ✓Develops productive collaborations and communications across functions.
- ✓Responsible for timely project completion. Designs experiments and documentation independently.
- ✓May act as lead scientist, project leader, or project contributor.
Ideal candidate profile
This individual should be able to independently plan and execute scientifically sound experiments, evaluate results, test hypotheses, and translate technical findings into practical solutions aligned with business needs. They should also understand the operational and commercial implications of product and process decisions.
Strong collaboration and communication skills are essential. The person will work across functions, present project results to internal and external audiences, contribute to project planning, and provide technical direction and mentorship to less experienced colleagues. The ideal candidate is organized, accountable for timely project completion, comfortable serving as a lead scientist or project contributor, and committed to maintaining high standards of quality, customer service, and regulatory compliance.
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- ✓BS in Chemical Engineering, Microbiology, Biochemistry, or related field with 3-5 years relevant experience
- ✓MS in Chemical Engineering, Microbiology, Biochemistry, or related field with 1-3 years relevant experience
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The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this roleat the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on manyfactors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount isearned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that areallocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolutediscretion, consistent with applicable law.
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