Scientist Technical Support

Job description

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 103,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Primary Job Function:

• Proactively contribute to design control or process/product improvement activities and investigations.
• Perform or support test/process method modifications; recognize adverse trends/emerging issues; and propose/implement solutions.

Core Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system.
• Project Management - Manage product and process improvements independently using established principles and procedures.
• Design Control & Risk Management - By standard practice (Operating Procedures) independently develops; and maintains risk management files and organizes data for risk management evaluation and decisions.
• Complaint and Internal Investigations - Manage investigations; identify root cause and drive to resolution with minimal supervision. 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 and may present externally to customers and Third Party Manufacturers (TPM). Shares 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.

Position Accountability / Scope:

• Receives general direction. Identifies; understands and resolves technical problems and operational issues.
• Utilizes appropriate experimental; statistical and project management tools. Capable of resolving different but recurring problems.
• Thinking is innovative but guided by standard practice/precedent.
• Requires some specialized knowledge.
• Requires specialized knowledge of product or process design; standardization; performance anchors and modes of control.

Minimum Education:

• Higher Certificate; Ordinary or Honors Bachelor degree in scientific and technical field is desired or relevant combination of education and experience.

Minimum Experience / Training Required:

• 2 years' related work experience. (Advanced degree(s) may offset required years of experience).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior QIMS authoring or lab experience preferred.
• Background/understanding of bio-analytical test methods and environmental monitoring knowledge is a plus.

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