Technical Manufacturing Chemist

Abbott • Scarborough, ME

35d • $21 - $41 • Onsite

About The Position

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. JOB DESCRIPTION: About Abbott 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. The Opportunity 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. WHAT WE OFFER At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer: Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance. Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives, and retirement plans. Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness, and occupational health programs. Paid time off. 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match. The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and a history of being actively involved in local communities. An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce. Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health. The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges. We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings. An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce. Follow Us: Facebook LinkedIn YouTube Twitter

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

• Prior Experience in the following areas:
• 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.

Benefits

• Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance.
• Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives, and retirement plans.
• Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness, and occupational health programs.
• Paid time off.
• 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match.
• The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and a history of being actively involved in local communities.
• An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees