Manager, Technical Manufacturing - Reagents

Abbott Laboratories hiring for Manager, Technical Manufacturing - Reagents jobs in Scarborough, ME, US

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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Abbott Rapid Diagnostics is part of Abbott’s Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies to support diagnostic testing which provides important information for treatment and management of diseases and other conditions.

The position of Manager, Technical Manufacturing - Reagents Scientist II is within our Abbott Infectious Disease – Lateral Flow business located in Scarborough and Westbrook, Maine.  This role will include providing advanced technical support toward the accomplishment of manufacturing and product development objectives.  The primary responsibility of the individual is the production and maintenance of the Technical Manufacturing critical reagent supply and managing the staff directly producing the critical reagents. 

SCHEDULE: Day Shift Monday-Friday:

WHAT YOU’LL DO

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensures staff produces high quality critical reagents using Standard Operating Procedures and is the Subject Matter Expert in chromatography.
• Characterizes the performance of materials, processes and products.
• Coordinates the work of manufacturing and/or research engineers/scientists and technicians. 
• Ensures staff Maintains good manufacturing/laboratory practices (GMP or GLP), orderly and accurate paperwork, quality systems, and maintaining the integrity of manufactured product.
• Makes advanced technically based decisions that are important to present and future products and is responsible for disseminating the technical findings to other functional areas of the company.
• Maintains and supports the critical reagents supply; maintains a level of material sufficient to execute the manufacturing schedule.
• Responsible for leading and managing product/process testing projects.
• Ensures staff assists in manufacturing production solutions as dictated by the production schedule and maintaining the raw bioreagent supply as needed to support this schedule. 
• Supports Customer Complaint investigation.
• Supports Tracking and Trending Analysis Program.
• May conduct original research that furthers the objectives of the company.

• May conduct root cause analysis on product failures, including proposals for preventive actions.
• Schedules test programs and management of workload to help assure timely and satisfactory completion of projects.
• Maintains good verbal and written communication skills and provides timely and accurate reporting both internally and externally.
• Monitors scientific/medical literature relevant to innovative research and testing objectives.
• Understands Design of Experiments (DOE) principles and follows the scientific method.
• Consults with and provides technical evaluations for other departments (Manufacturing, Development, etc.)
• Supports R&D/Marketing with product development and consultation.
• May work with test requestors to develop test programs, formulate test protocols, and choose appropriate test equipment.  This will include supervision of fabrication or selection of new equipment as needed.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING  

Required

• Master’s Bachelor's degree (MA or MSBA or BS) in biology, immunology, or chemistry or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 5 years laboratory experience with critical reagents used in diagnostics.

Preferred 

• PhD Master’s degree in biology, immunology, or chemistry.
• 10 years hands on experience with chromatography Familiarity with national and international testing standards related to mechanical and chemical testing.

An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

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The base pay for this position is $95,000.00 – $190,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.