Lab Analyst II, 3rd Shift, (4) 10-hour Shifts

BioSpace; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k) plan

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical company is seeking a laboratory technician in North Chicago, Illinois. This role involves performing laboratory testing while adhering to good manufacturing practices. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and 2-4 years of lab experience or equivalent. Responsibilities include maintaining testing protocols, troubleshooting analytical methods, and ensuring compliance with product specifications. The company offers a comprehensive benefits package and encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds.

Qualifications

• Experience in a pharmaceutical environment is required.
• Ability to manage time effectively and multi-task based on training.
• Effective participation in teams to meet broader objectives.

Responsibilities

• Maintain good manufacturing practices and a safe work environment.
• Perform analytical or microbial test methods to support product release.
• Independently troubleshoot and resolve analytical techniques.
• Owns data generated for material release and completes tasks as committed.
• Troubleshoots instrument issues and analyzes data for conformance.
• Interprets data for conformance with product/material specifications.
• Understands lab techniques and instrumentation performance.
• Designs experiments to determine root causes of exceptions.
• Documents contributors to exception events per procedures.
• Works across multiple lab areas handling diverse techniques with minimal errors.

Skills

Laboratory testing

Analytical techniques

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's Degree with 2-4 years of laboratory experience

Associate's Degree with at least 4 years of lab experience

High School Diploma with at least 7 years of lab experience

Job description

Overview

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 therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care, and in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and TikTok.

Job Description uses scientific education to perform laboratory testing within a good manufacturing practices environment to generate results and interprets the data output to determine conformance. Trains other laboratory personnel on techniques and takes responsibility for completing assigned work tasks and goals by prioritizing their work schedule to meet objectives.

Responsibilities

• Implements, maintains and makes changes to create global solutions for a safe work environment and good manufacturing practices in accordance with procedural requirements.
• Maintains training certifications as needed for assigned job tasks and adds new training diversification to meet broader team objectives.
• Performs analytical or microbial test methods and changes as written to support product and material release with minimal error.
• Accepts responsibility for all data generated to support material release and to complete assigned tasks as committed.
• Independently troubleshoots and resolves analytical techniques and instrument issues.
• Interprets experimental data for conformance with product/material specifications.
• Understands and identifies laboratory techniques or instrumental performance in accordance with scientific principles.
• Proposes and implements experimental designs to determine exception root cause.
• Demonstrates logical thought processes to determine possible contributors to exception events and initiates appropriate exception documents in accordance with procedural requirements.
• Can work in multiple laboratory functional areas as assigned and can effectively perform a multitude of laboratory techniques with minimal error, while adjusting to unforeseen technical or logistical obstacles to accomplish assignments.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree with 2-4 years of laboratory experience; Associate\'s Degree with at least 4 years of lab experience; High School Diploma with at least 7 years of directly related laboratory experience.
• Ability to work with general supervision but effectively manages their own time to multi-task based on completed training matrix.
• Participates and contributes to assigned teams to meet broader business objectives.
• Work within Pharmaceutical 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 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.
• 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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