TechnicalManufacturingChemist

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:** **About Abbott** Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology. We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people. **The Opportunity** The position of **Technical Manufacturing Chemist** within our Infectious Disease Developed Markets business unit located at Scarborough, Maine. In this role you will produce material for use in immunology-based chromatography and enzyme tests. **What You 'll Work On ** * Maintains and supports the production schedule * Investigates problem areas and areas of desirable improvement * Undertakes new procedures and observes proper safety precautions * Responsible for in-process QC testing of manufacturing material as it relates to qualifications, quality inspections and titration. * Maintains quality systems and proper GMP/GLP * Creates and follows protocols designed around product improvement * Responsible for making critical and non-critical bioreagents for use in product and manufacturing processes using Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). * Works in a team setting and coordinates manufacturing efforts based upon a set production schedule and maintaining the raw bioreagent supply as needed to support this schedule. **Required Qualifications:** * Bachelor’s Degree in a Chemistry, Life Sciences, or related field