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Technician, Research & Development

Employer
AbbVie
Location
Lake County, Illinois
Start date
Aug 26, 2021

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Job Details

About AbbVie
AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Our expanding In Vivo Tumor Biology group has an opening for a motivated individual who is dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative therapeutics, both small molecule and biologics. As part of a multidisciplinary team, the primary role of this individual will be to support in vivo studies for the pharmacological evaluation of novel agents.  Additional responsibilities will be to independently perform in vivo studies and to interact with other AbbVie research teams to coordinate delivery and testing of study derived samples.  

Key Responsibilities

  • Excellent animal skills;
    • Perform MTDs; record animal weight, observe and record clinical observations on small laboratory animals in a regulatory environment
    • Small animal restraint, dosing (e.g. oral, intravenous, intraperitoneal, subcutaneous drug administration), surgery, collection/processing of blood/tissues, formulation of drugs and calculation of the appropriate quantities to ensure proper administration
  • Compliance with all applicable local, federal, GLP, FDA, and USDA regulations
  • Apply and maintain safety procedures 
  • Will be required to work on some weekends and holidays
  • Effectively collaborates across all intra and cross functional teams

 


Qualifications

Qualifications

  • Associate or B.S. in Biology or related field with 1+ yr  small animal care experience
  • Must be a team player in a matrixed environment with excellent communication skills, both oral and written
  • Detail-oriented, with excellent organizational and record-keeping skills is required
  • Enthusiastic individual motivated to learn new techniques, ability to troubleshoot/improve as needed
  • Experience with basic sterile techniques as well as rodent micro-surgical experience are a plus
  • Basic computer skills

Preferred:

  • Experience in small animal tumor biology studies is preferred
  • Previous IACUC laboratory animal training/experience is a plus
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite is a plus
  • Pharma industry experience is a plus
  • Familiarity with trial designs is a plus

 

 


Significant Work Activities
N/A
Travel
No
Job Type
Experienced
Schedule
Full-time
Job Level Code
IC
Equal Employment Opportunity
At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Company

AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

Stock Symbol: ABBV

Stock Exchange: NYSE

Company info
Website
Phone
1-800-255-5162
Location
1 North Waukegan Road
North Chicago
Illinois
60064
US

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