AbbVie · 3 days ago
Instrument Technician
North Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$35K/yr - $172K/yr
2+ years expAbbVie is a company dedicated to discovering and delivering innovative medicines and solutions. They are seeking an Instrument Technician responsible for the installation, maintenance, calibration, and repair of instrumentation and controls systems used in production manufacturing areas.
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Responsibilities
Responsible for compliance with applicable policies and procedures
Applies engineering experience to ensure that instrumentation and controls systems used in assigned facilities are properly specified, installed, programmed and calibrated to perform design function. This includes periodic assessment of field device calibration frequencies, and addressing out of tolerance (OOT), accessing instrument performance for replacement/upgrade
Troubleshoots analog/digital hardware related problems on process control systems and instrumentation, including distributed control systems (DCS), programmable logic controllers (PLC's) and single loop analog controllers. This includes related peripherals such as data loggers, scanners, recorders, field I/O devices etc
Assists support instrumentation technicians in role as facility instrumentation/controls technical authority. Or analytical instrumentation such as: High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Gas Chromatography (GC), Mass Spectrometry (MS), Ultra-Violet Visible Spectroscopy (UV-Vis), including other types of analytical laboratory instrumentation
Assists engineering in development of functional specifications for controls programming on major equipment systems including the design of process controls systems. Acts as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on various calibration procedures including training and qualifying calibration technicians. Must effectively communicate, document, and schedule all work activities
Responsible for maintaining instrumentation and controls equipment in a validated environment including all GxP areas. Assures that instrumentation and controls are of appropriate calibration designation and that red tagged and status coded instrumentation are addressed and repaired within allowable time constraints. Must effectively communicate the status of job activities to management and applicable production support personnel
Other responsibilities and duties as assigned by Group Leader, Supervisor, or Senior Supervisor
Qualification
Required
High School diploma or GED required
Associates Degree in electronics technology or equivalent is strongly desired
Minimum of two years' experience as a Senior Instrument Technician or the equivalent
Must manage activities to meet restrictive timelines
Must have skills in working with people, with good written and verbal communication skills
Must possess knowledge of validated systems, applicable engineering standards and an ability to work with facility specific software applications is critical to the job function
Ability to work within and promote a team environment
Benefits
Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
Medical/dental/vision insurance
401(k)
Company
AbbVie
AbbVie is a biopharmaceutical company focused on immunology, oncology, neuroscience, virology, and aesthetics. It is a sub-organization of AbbVie.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$15B2024-02-27Post Ipo Debt· $15B
2023-03-08Post Ipo Equity· $0.25M
2012-12-20IPO
Leadership Team
Robert Michael
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Micah Bregman
Vice President, Global Strategy and Pipeline, Allergan Aesthetics
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