QC Chemist I

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: Job Description

QC Chemist I

Carlsbad, CA

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. Youll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelors degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

The position of QC Chemist I is within our Cardiometabolic Business Unit located in Carlsbad, California. This role is responsible for supporting raw material, in-process material, and finished product lot release, stability studies, engineering evaluations, and any relevant investigation by performing required analytical testing under the GMP environment.

What Youll Work On

• Performs routine analysis using approved test methods in a timely manner.
• Prioritizes assigned workload to meet the customers needs.
• Maintains current status on all training requirements.
• Understands and follows GMP requirements with respect to laboratory operation, testing, results generation, and documentation.
• Carries out change requests/change controls as needed under the supervision of senior laboratory staff.
• Recognizes OOS, OOT, and exception events.
• Initiates and conducts investigations under the supervision of senior lab staff.
• Maintains a safe working environment in accordance with established procedures and requirements.
• Begins developing a network of internal resources to facilitate the completion of tasks.
• Individual influence is typically exerted at the peer level.
• Completes daily work to meet established schedule with guidance from supervisor on prioritization of task.
• May exercise authority within pre-established limits and approval.
• Failure to achieve results can normally be overcome without serious effect on schedules and programs.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Scientific fields such as Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• 2 years of related work experience with a basic understanding of specified functional areas such as analytical chemistry, laboratory investigations, non-conformances, method development, validation, root cause analysis, CAPA, and other facets of an established quality management system
• Exposure to Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) or Regulated environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of a quality systems environment
• Experience running analytical instrumentation which includes HPLC, Mass Spec, ELISA, UV-Vis, SDS PAGE/Densitometry, Western Blot among others
• Works well independently, as well as in a cross-functional team environment, able to communicate effectively with peers, interdepartmentally and with management, have meticulous attention to detail, strong troubleshooting skills, and the ability to solve technical issues
• Perform tasks related to QC functional responsibilities such as, quality requirements, stability, validations, inventory maintenance, and continuous improvement efforts.
• Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.
• Learns to use professional concepts and company policies and procedures to solve routine problems
• Works on problems of limited scope
• Minimal independent decision-making

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The base pay for this position is

$72,100.00 $114,700.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY: Operations Quality DIVISION: CMI ARDx Cardiometabolic and Informatics LOCATION: United States > Carlsbad : 2251 Faraday Ave ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: Not specified MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday), Routine work with chemicals, Work in a clean room environmentAbbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.EEO is the Law link - English: EEO is the Law link - Espanol: