Instrument Technician II

AbbVie; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie seeks an Instrument Technician II to maintain and calibrate laboratory equipment, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. The role requires a high school education and relevant experience, with responsibilities ranging from repairs to administrative tasks. Join a company dedicated to improving health outcomes through innovative solutions.

Benefits

Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k) plan

Short-term incentive programs

Qualifications

• Requires a high school diploma and significant experience in related fields.
• Knowledge of GMP/GLP laboratory practices required.
• Ability to work within and promote a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintains, calibrates, and repairs measuring and test equipment.
• Handles electronic work orders and administrative activities supporting daily functions.
• Ensures compliance with safety policies and procedures.

Skills

Knowledge of laboratory instrumentation

Troubleshooting skills

Ability to learn quickly

Education

High school education with 4 years of related work experience

Job description

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Base pay range

$23.00/hr - $41.50/hr

Company Description

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.

Job Description

Purpose

To maintain, calibrate, service, troubleshoot and repair measuring and test equipment (M&TE), analytical laboratory equipment, and process control systems used in manufacturing, quality assurance, research and development and plant utilities areas. May be required to work on a variety of electrical, electronic, mechanical, process control systems, optical types, and or analytical laboratory equipment of M&TE.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for compliance with applicable policies and procedures.
• Performs skilled calibrations/services on M&TE according to written policy and procedures.
• Performs repairs on all types of M&TE.
• Processes electronic work orders, house requisitions, miscellaneous purchase orders and various other administrative activities that support daily job functions. Appropriate documentation of calibration work orders with accuracy and timeliness.
• Communicates, through various means, such as email, voicemail, and maintenance management system (Maximo) the status of ongoing calibration/repair activities.
• Completes all necessary qualifications on documents including calibration procedures and standard operating procedures in a timely manner. Completes all necessary training requirements including scheduled training, computer based, and any other training identified in development plan.
• Develops recommendations for solving M&TE hardware and measurement problems. Develop techniques as necessary to ascertain that newly acquired or developed M&TE performs in accordance with required specifications.
• Assists in establishing and documenting appropriate job plans, data sheets, and other service protocols that may be required.
• Ensures that GxP and safe work policies and procedures are followed and maintained at all times in accordance with established company policies.
• Other responsibilities and duties as assigned by Group Leader, Supervisor, or Senior Supervisor.
  
  

Qualifications

• Recommend a high school education with a minimum or 4 years of related work experience. Comparable military service training may be acceptable if it is directly applicable to the job assignment. Education, experience and related military service will be evaluated on an individual basis.
• The Instrument Technician II reports to the Group Leader, Supervisor, Senior Supervisor, Section Manager or Department Manager. The Instrument Technician II may obtain guidance and training from other SME's.
• Must have knowledge of various laboratory, research & development, or process instrumentation.
• Expertise in GMP/GLP laboratory practices.
• Must be skilled in troubleshooting various instrumentation utilizing schematics and flowcharts. Ability to learn quickly, the theory and operation of newly purchased M&TE for analytical or process control systems. Capability to work within and promote a team environment.
  
  

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. Salary: $23.00 - $41.50
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs.
  
  

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Biotechnology Research

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