Quality Control Chemist I

Abbott • San Diego, CA

11d • $73,900 - $116,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Control Chemist I will support raw material, in-process material, and finish product lot release, stability studies, engineering evaluations, and any relevant investigation by performing required analytical testing under the GMP environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Minimum 2 years’ related work experience with a good understanding of specified functional area.
• Will perform this job in a quality system environment.
• Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable factors.
• Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
• Has a broad knowledge of technical alternatives and an understanding of their impact on the systems environment.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree a plus.
• 2-5 years of related work experience with a good understanding of specified functional area.
• Working technical knowledge and application of concepts, practices and procedures.
• General understanding of business unit/group function.

Responsibilities

• Performs routine analysis using approved test methods in a timely manner.
• Prioritizes assigned workload to meet the customer’s needs.
• Maintains current status on all training requirements and supports training activities for other laboratory personnel.
• Understands and follows GMP requirements with respect to laboratory operation, testing, results generation, and documentation.
• Carries out change requests/change controls as needed and be able to provide necessary explanations or justifications to the change.
• Recognizes OOS, OOT, and exception events.
• Initiates and conducts investigation under the supervision of senior laboratory staff.
• Carries out method development, validation, verification, and transfer by following established protocols whenever required.
• Prepares technical protocols and reports as needed under general supervision.
• Maintains a safe working environment in accordance with established procedures and requirements.
• Cultivates a wide range of internal networks and begins to develop an extensive external network of resources to facilitate completion of tasks.
• May lead a project team of moderate scope.
• Provides guidance to less experienced staff.
• Acts as a mentor to lower-level individual contributors.
• Influence exerted at peer level and occasionally at first levels of management.
• Plans, organizes, and prioritizes own daily work routine to meet established schedule.
• Exercises authority and judgment within defined limits to determine appropriate action.

Benefits

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level