Lab Manager

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

Job Description

Purpose:

Responsible for supporting Process Chemistry and Engineering operations within the Pharmaceutical Products Group - API at AbbVie Lake County. The Lab Manager will work directly with organizing laboratory spaces, managing chemical and equipment inventories, and assisting department chemists in optimizing lab usage. The incumbent should possess working knowledge of laboratory equipment such as HPLC and apply this expertise to maintain efficient laboratory operations and support ongoing research activities.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain laboratories in clean, safe, and functioning state. Transition the labs to be more efficient using the principles of 5S.
• Maintain department shared instruments, including UPLC and LCMS systems. Ensure they are in working order through periodic routine maintenance.
• Compile and maintain an inventory of active equipment and instruments.
• Schedule and organize repairs on broken instruments.
• Assist in relocation of equipment and belongings during ongoing lab renovations.
• Manage laboratory equipment and chemical inventories including organizing periodic clean-outs and chemical disposal events.
• Participate and lead lab safety walkthroughs and manage any action issues that arise.
• Coordinate routine maintenance of isolators and other potent handling equipment and supplies of personal protective equipment for R14 potent lab.
• Develop and maintain inventory system and periodic defrost cycles for department freezers.
• Serve as a point of contact for IT, Calibration, Instrumentation Concierge and Facilities teams. Submit and manage service requests for said departments.
• Coordinate installation and calibration of new equipment and instrumentation, along with decommissioning of old items.
• Create work aids for operating equipment and train new users.
• Promote and enforce safe work practices in the laboratories.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s in chemistry or related field with laboratory experience.
• Working knowledge of HPLC is highly desirable.
• Excellent written and oral communication, organization, and multitasking skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree, or equivalent education.
• Theoretical and practical knowledge to carry out job functions.

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 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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