Assistant Chemist I, 3Rd Shift, Tuesday-Saturday

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Assistant Chemist 1, 3rd shift, Tuesday-Saturday

Quality Full time United States - Ohio - Columbus Internal/External

Nourish the world and your career as part of the Nutrition team at Abbott.

Our Nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow, to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, Glucerna® and ZonePerfect® – to help get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest life.

The Columbus Plant is Abbott’s oldest nutrition manufacturing plant in the world. Working here, you’ll feel part of a family – a family of 400 that works together to help nourish the world.

Major Responsibilities:

• Properly sampling ingredients and packaging materials, including certified supplier quarterly and annual monitoring as applicable
• Minor trouble shooting of equipment with some assistance from Incoming Chemist III and supervision
• Analytical analysis of the ingredients and physical evaluation of the packaging materials as defined by testing procedures
• Routine interactions with inventory planning and materials management receiving areas, to assure ingredients and packaging materials are evaluated and released to meet the production schedule
• The incumbent will recognize and report method procedure problems out of specification conditions, or other anomalies to be brought to the attention of supervision
• Responsible for sampling and testing ingredients and packaging materials, as to comply with quality procedures and assuring specifications and quality guidelines are met
• Submitting Supplier Event Notifications to Supplier QA
• Input of quality data into quality/inventory computer systems including MITS, AMAPS, and LIMS
• Monitoring the schedule and releasing ingredients and packaging materials before they are needed for production or on the line
• Updating plant procedures to meet new Policies and accurately reflect practices
• Implementing the effectiveness of the quality system including maintaining commodity lot trace file labels for and Kosher schedule A updates, and new ingredients for Kosher schedule B compliance
• Placing commodities on hold where called, maintaining a hold list and pursuing final disposition of commodities on hold through destruction or release based on justification and approval

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE, YOU’LL BRING

Required:

• High school diploma (or equivalent) required plus 1 year of college science (e.g. chemistry) with appropriate labs and 1 year of college math (algebra, geometry, trigonometry or calculus)
• Or B.S. or B.A. Degree with a science minor
• Or High school diploma (or equivalent) plus 2 years of equivalent plant QA lab experience at an Abbott Nutrition facility

Preferred:

• Bachelors Degree in Chemistry, Biology, Math, or closely related technical field
• Knowledge of applicable regulatory standards and requirements for infant formula and nutritionals

The base pay for this position is $18.07 – $36.13 per hour. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.