Scientist Technical Support
About the role
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.
This position works out of our Abbott Park, IL
The Scientist, Technical Support
What You’ll Work On
- Perform microbiology testing including performing serial dilutions, plating of microorganisms and plate counting.
- Perform production of microbiological media.
- Project Management - Manage product and process improvements independently using established principles and procedures.
- Proactively contribute to design control, process and product improvement activities, and investigations.
- May perform or support test and process method modifications.
- Recognize adverse trends and emerging issues.
- Provides audit inputs and support as required.
- Technical Support - Develop and design experiments, analyze data and recommend next steps.
- Sharing Knowledge - Presents technical information to management. Share's knowledge and expertise with others in work group.
- Mentors or teaches others to facilitate timely resolution of product and process technical issues.
- Strategic and Results Orientation - Demonstrates fiscal responsibility through support of product availability and improvements.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in scientific and technical field; or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
- Associate degree with 8 years of relevant experience
- Minimum 2 years' experience in related work
Preferred Qualifications
- Microbiologist that has performed successfully in an industrial or hospital microbiology laboratory.
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to identify and rectify lab errors.
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