Aseptic Lead

Company Description

Abb Vie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions 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, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about Abb Vie, please visit

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Purpose: Leverage scientific expertise and experience to execute the MEC monitoring program and conduct testing within a Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) environment. Ensure the generation of high-quality data from the MEC program to support accurate data interpretation and assess compliance with internal standards and regulatory requirements. Provide training to laboratory personnel on established techniques and methodologies, and demonstrate accountability by effectively prioritizing and completing assigned tasks to meet organizational objectives and deadlines.

• Learn and become proficient with the use of Thermo Sample Manager 21 Laboratory Information Management (LIMS) system.
• Perform visual assessment of colony growth recovered from monitoring and accurately enumerate the results into the LIMS system.
• Perform MEC testing per the established procedures without errors for routine and non-routine operations.
• Perform MEC testing during final bottling operations.
• Work with department leadership to participate in the continuous improvement strategy as it pertains to changes in SOP, documentation, reporting, and technological improvements.
• Drive completion of assignment task and project assigned such as trend report generation, review and approval on a quarterly basis.
• Operate as an extension of management to lead, organize, and provide guidance to analysts in the EM team.
• Independently troubleshoot and resolve EM technique and instrumental issues.
• Understand the EM techniques and instruments' performance in accordance with scientific principles.
• Develop knowledge of the sample excursion workflows and what impact these events have on the facility. Escalate excursions and work with manufacturing to assess required actions and support investigations related to contamination and environmental monitoring.
• Lead the EM team’s Tier meeting and effectively communicate any escalations and action items.

• Bachelor’s degree with 5-7 years of laboratory experience;
  Associate degree with at least 8 years of experience.
• Ability to work independently and effectively manage their own time to multi-task based on their complete training matrix.
• Participate and contribute to assigned teams to achieve broader business objectives.

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range.
  
  This range may be modified in the future.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our short‑term incentive programs.

Note:

No amount of pay is considered wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

Abb Vie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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