Technical Manufacturing Chemist I

Abbott•Westbrook, ME

4d•Onsite

About The Position

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. 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.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

Pipette
Spectrophotometry
HPLC
pH meters
Gel Electrophoresis
SDS Page
ELISA assays

Responsibilities

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.