Associate Technician, Stability

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.

Support the Stability Program to assure studies are place in chambers and that samples are dispensed accurately and in a timely manner. Support the Reference Standard Program to ensure standards are stored, inventoried and dispensed in an accurate and timely manner. Ship samples domestically and international following requirements for shipping dangerous goods and/or controlled substances. Accurately, legibly and contemporaneously document these activities following current Good Manufacturing Practice guidelines and applicable procedures. Perform and verify visual inspections of reserve samples as part of complaint investigations, annual product reviews or other exception events. Maintain a neat and orderly work environment in a continuously audit ready.

Responsibilities

• Dispense stability samples and reference standards from storage and deliver them to local testing laboratories or ship samples domestically and internationally, coordinating with Global Trade Compliance, the recipient and the shipping vendor to ensure all documentation such as invoices are completed correctly to prevent customs delays.
• Maintain inventory of stability materials, reserve samples and reference standards, placing them into their assigned environmentally controlled locations as well as purging these materials from inventory per retention schedules.
• Maintain environmentally controlled chambers, dispensing laboratories and own work space in a continuous orderly audit-ready state.
• Performance and/or verification of physical inspections of reserve samples in support of product complaints, investigations or annual reviews.
• Maintain accurate, legible, contemporaneous and thorough documentation of recordable stability, reserve sample and reference standard activities.
• Function as a Controlled Drug Analyst
• These responsibilities will sometimes require walking over one mile per day and will routinely require standing in place for prolonged periods of 2 hours or more per day. Lifting of heavy objects up to 50 lbs. will be required when occasionally handling large shipments of samples. In addition, handling of hazardous material will be required with proper used of personal protective equipment

• Minimum of High school graduate; Bachelor's degree or Associate degree desired.
• 2+ years of overall experience in Manufacturing, Quality or Engineering. Knowledge of GMP regulations and standards affecting pharmaceutical products.
• Must be able to achieve goals in a compliance regulated and performance driven environment.
• Some analytical or visual inspection experience with evidence of strong attention to detail.

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 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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