Technician, R&D II Vivarium

BioSpace; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Short-term incentive programs

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Technician II in Comparative Medicine to provide animal care and support regulatory compliance while advancing research needs in a GxP environment.

The role focuses on in vivo and in vitro procedures, including injections, tissue harvests, and SOP development, with responsibilities for husbandry, inventories, and equipment maintenance. The position requires ALAT/LAT certification with relevant experience.

Qualifications

• ALAT or LAT certification with required years and high school diploma.
• Able to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Able to perform repetitive procedures.
• Able to troubleshoot and follow detailed instructions.

Responsibilities

• Handle and restrain research animals (mice, rats, dogs, non-human primates).
• Perform PO, IV, ID, IP and SC injections.
• Conduct survival and non-survival procedures including blood collection, weighing, etc.
• Perform euthanasia.
• Tissue harvest/necropsy and sample processing.
• Support animal care and husbandry; keep inventories.
• Perform in vitro bench top techniques including formulation prep and pipetting.
• Support animal health monitoring and environmental monitoring.
• Equipment validation and maintenance.
• Write and revise SOPs and training documents.
• Other duties as needed.

Skills

ALAT certification

Lift 50 pounds

Troubleshoot

Adaptable & flexible

SOP writing

Education

ALAT or LAT certification with required experience

Job description

About AbbVie

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onLinkedIn,Facebook,Instagram,XandYouTube.

Company Description

About AbbVie

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onLinkedIn,Facebook,Instagram,XandYouTube.

Purpose

Job Description

Comparative Medicine is responsible for providing animal care and assuring regulatory animal compliance, while meeting and advancing the scientific needs of our researchers with consideration for the well- being of our research animals. We are a scientifically integrated organization within R&D, working to provide solutions for in vivo and invitro research groups through technical support and model development, maintenance, and on-going refinements.

The Technician II is responsible primarily for technical procedures (in vivo and invitro) but will also support husbandry/animal care and the operational aspects of Comparative Medicine in a GxP environment.

Responsibilities

• Handling and restraint of research animals (primarily mice but can include but not limited to rats, dogs, and non-human primates)
• Perform PO, IV, ID, IP and SC injections.
• Perform other survival and non-survival procedures including blood collection, identification, body weights, etc.
• Perform euthanasia.
• Tissue harvest/necropsy
• Support and help with animal care/husbandry.
• Keep inventories.
• Perform in vitro bench top techniques including preparation of formulations, pipetting, etc.
• Support and help with animal health and environmental monitoring.
• Equipment validation and maintenance
• Writing and revising SOPs and training documents
• Other duties as needed.

Qualifications

• ALAT certification with High School Diploma and 5 years experience in laboratory animal field, or ALAT with AS/BS and 3 years experience, or LAT certification with High School Diploma and 3 years experience, or LAT with AS/BS and 1 year experience.
• Able to lift 50 pounds.
• Able to perform repetitive procedures.
• Must be adaptable and flexible to meet the demands of an ever-changing work environment.
• Must be able to troubleshoot.
• Advises co-worker and/supervisor of issues (and provides solutions)
• Understands and acts on detailed instructions.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law.

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes ingood 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.
• 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 payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.Theamountandavailabilityof anybonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or anyother form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremains in the Company'ssoleandabsolutediscretion unless and until paid and may bemodified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer

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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