Technician RD II Vivarium

AbbVie; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Technician II in Comparative Medicine to provide animal care and perform in vivo and in vitro procedures in a GxP environment. The role supports husbandry, health monitoring, and SOP documentation.

You will gain experience with various species (mice primary) and contribute to model development and maintenance while ensuring regulatory compliance and welfare standards.

Qualifications

• ALAT certification with required experience in laboratory animal field, or LAT/ALAT with related degree and experience.
• Able to lift up to 50 pounds and perform repetitive procedures.
• Adaptable and flexible to evolving workload.
• Able to troubleshoot issues and communicate solutions to team.
• Understands and follows detailed written instructions.

Responsibilities

• Handle and restrain research animals (mice predominately; may include rats, dogs, and non-human primates).
• Perform PO, IV, ID, IP and SC injections and other survival/non-survival procedures.
• Collect blood, weigh animals, identify specimens, and harvest tissues.
• Conduct euthanasia when required and assist with necropsy.
• Support animal care/husbandry, maintain inventories, and validate equipment.

Skills

ALAT certification

LAT certification

Lift 50 pounds

Attention to detail

Troubleshooting

Education

AS/BS in Laboratory Animal Science

High School Diploma with ALAT/LAT

Job description

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 at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Job Description

Purpose:

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 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 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 manyfactors 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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