R&D Chemist II

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

R&D Chemist II

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll 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 high employer contribution.

• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

Abbott Rapid Diagnostics is part of Abbott’s Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies to support diagnostic testing which provides important information for the workplace, healthcare providers, and individuals.

The position of R&D Chemist II is within our Toxicology Laboratories located in Gretna, LA. Primary duties include documentation of validation projects for laboratory testing methodology for the determination of drugs and metabolites in biological matrices. This role will be instrumental in providing accurate and timely test results to our clients.

What You’ll Work On

• Assist R&D Manager with designing studies for method development

• Perform method validation activities following laboratory policies and applicable regulatory guidelines (NLCP, CAP, etc)

• Research and present literature and its applications to applicable method development opportunities

• Collaborate with R&D Chemists at other Abbott laboratory sites

• Perform statistical evaluation and cost analysis to justify method development and improvement projects

• Draft and collaborate on validation plans and validation approval documents

• Perform IQ, OQ, and PQ on new instruments

• Programming new methods on instruments

• Training of personnel on new sample prep methods, basic method development and troubleshooting

• Preparation of solutions for validation experiments

• Extraction of drugs from biological matrices

• Submission of samples on LC-MS/MS, GC/MS and AU Screening instrumentation

• Review of validation data using software such as Sciex Analyst and MultiQuant

• Data entry of validation results

• Performing basic statistical analysis with Microsoft Excel

• Properly documenting sample prep procedures

• Analyzing data from validation batches

• Determining success of validation experiments

• Review of Standard Operating Procedures and Validation Reports to ensure consistency

• Support production team with solutions and sample preparation

• Present project results and recommendations to department management

• Proactively and cooperatively communicate with peers and management to ensure awareness of progress and issues; recommend solutions when issues arise

• Maintain and meet the highest standards in quality and regulatory compliance

• Follow, understand and comply with SOP’s and safety policies

• Perform any other duties as designated by the Manager, Technical and Instrumentation, or dictated by the needs of the laboratory

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in chemistry, biochemistry or related field

• 2 years of experience

• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point

• Experience with electronic document control systems such as Agile

• Experience with Hamilton Automated Liquid Handler instruments

• Experience with MultiQuant and Analyst Quantitation software

• Experience with LC-MS/MS & GC/MS

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in chemistry, biochemistry or related field

• 2 years of experience within R&D

Competencies:

• Analytical Skills (e.g. statistical, risk analysis, engineering analysis)

• Team player

• Interpersonal Skills

• Drives for results

• High level of attention to detail

• Adaptability

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The base pay for this position is

$55,300.00 – $110,700.00

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

     

JOB FAMILY:

Operations Quality

     

DIVISION:

TOX ARDx Toxicology

        

LOCATION:

United States > Gretna : 1111 Newton Street

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

No

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday), Work with human blood or other potentially infectious materials

     

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