Senior Scientist II, Occupational & Environmental Toxicologist

AbbVie • North Chicago, IL

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About The Position

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 - immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok. The Senior Scientist II, Occupational & Environmental Toxicologist will be part of the Genetic, Environmental, and Occupational Toxicology (GEO Tox) team, which supports patient, environmental, and employee safety. The candidate will complete risk assessments supporting occupational, environmental, manufacturing, and regulatory filings, and will support programs across AbbVie's therapeutic areas, involving a broad range of modalities from early discovery to marketed products.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and typically 12+ years of experience, OR Master's Degree and 10+ years of experience, OR PhD and 4 years of experience.
• Previous experience in a pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical or GMP/GLP industry setting providing risk assessments preferred.
• Proven record of successfully evaluating safety risks.
• Excellent collaboration, multi-tasking, and communication skills.
• Excellent writing skills and attention to detail with work.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet project deadlines.

Nice To Haves

• Occupational Exposure Banding, Performance-based exposure control limits, or evaluating toxicity data for Safety Data Sheets.
• Risk assessment authoring.
• In-depth knowledge and experience with regulatory guidance, i.e., ISO-10993-X, ICHQ3C, ICHQ3D, ICHQ3E.
• Toxicity data mining in databases and both internal and external literature.
• Broad range of software proficiency as well as in silico predictive tools for toxicity.
• Board-certification preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Critically evaluate literature and toxicology reports/summaries and utilize tools such as read-across and in silico data to generate toxicology product risk assessments.
• Provide toxicology support for extractables and leachables, health-based exposure limits (HBELs), permitted daily exposure limits (PDEs), occupational exposure limits (OELs), and environmental risk assessments (ERA).
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams to align on safety banding for implementation throughout the company.
• Engage in external working groups to help drive industry standards and stay informed of upcoming regulations.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members in GEO Tox and adjacent departments.
• Plan and monitor studies at contract research organizations (CROs) for environmental assessments and biocompatibility studies to support regulatory filings.
• Plan and monitor studies at CROs for worker safety studies to occupational safety.
• Support evaluation/implementation of relevant new approach methodologies (NAM).
• Provide technical support for occupational health (hazard) categorizations and chemical registrations, including GHS/CLP and Safety Data Sheets (SDS).

Benefits

• Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• 401(k) to eligible employees
• Short-term incentive programs
• Long-term incentive programs

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree