Senior Scientist, Quality Control
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 . Purpose Performs laboratory testing within a GMP environment in support of one or more of the following areas; raw materials, in-process product, finished product, stability, and/or validation. Uses scientific education and/or experiences to generate results in accordance with GMP/procedural requirements and scientific principles. Interprets data output to determine conformance with product specifications. Reviews and verifies data generated by others to determine conformance with product specifications. Understands internal business process, to make appropriate prioritization of their assigned work duties. Has experience and command of multiple laboratory techniques to perform them with minimal error. Can train other laboratory personnel on any technique they currently have in their training matrix.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Science, preferably Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry or Bio-Chemistry with 6 years of experience in related field.
- Master's Degree in Science, preferably Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry or Bio-Chemistry with 4 years of experience in related field.
- PhD in Science, preferably Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry or Bio-Chemistry with 2 years of experience in related field.
- Manages multiple priorities and comply with deadlines.
- Maintains their certifications as needed for assigned job tasks.
- Demonstrates strong analytical skills and logical thought process.
- Strong background in Technical Writing skills is required for this role.
Nice To Haves
- Background in test method validation, investigations, and troubleshooting is desired.
Responsibilities
- Understands, implements,and maintains GMP with respect to laboratory records, procedures, and systems in accordance with procedural requirements.
- Proposes and implements changes to maintain procedural requirements.
- Performs analytical test methods as written to support product/material release with minimal error.
- Proposes and implements changes to improve laboratory techniques and methodology.
- Can independently troubleshoot and resolve analytical techniques and instrument issues.
- Interprets experimental data for conformance with product/material specifications.
- Understands and identifies laboratory technique or instrumental performance in accordance with scientific principles.
- Initiates appropriate exception documents in accordance with procedural requirements.
- Implements and ensures improvement ideas are completed to facilitate team objectives.
- Proposes and implements scientific protocols to determine exception event cause.
Benefits
- paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
- medical/dental/vision insurance
- 401(k)
- short-term incentive programs
- long-term incentive programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
