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Job Description

Purpose:

Comparative Medicine is responsible for providing animal care and assuring regulatory animal compliance, while meeting and advancing the scientific needs of our researchers with consideration for the well-being of our research animals. We are a scientifically integrated organization within R&D, working to provide solutions for in-vivo research groups through technical support and model development, maintenance, and on-going refinements.
The Technician II is responsible primarily for technical procedures (in vivo and invitro) but will also support husbandry/animal care and the operational aspects of Comparative Medicine in a GxP environment.

Responsibilities:

• Handling and restraint of research animals (primarily mice but can include but not limited to rats, dogs, and non-human primates

• Perform PO, IV, ID, IP and SC injections.

• Perform other survival and non-survival procedures including blood collection, identification, body weights, etc.

• Perform euthanasia.

• Tissue harvest/necropsy

• Support and help with animal care/husbandry.

• Keep inventories.

• Perform in vitro bench top techniques including preparation of formulations, pipetting, etc.

• Support and help with animal health and environmental monitoring.

• Equipment validation and maintenance

• Writing and revising SOPs and training documents

• Other duties as needed.

Qualifications

• ALAT certification with High School Diploma and 5 years experience in laboratory animal field, or ALAT with AS/BS and 3 years experience, or LAT certification with High School Diploma and 3 years experience, or LAT with AS/BS and 1 year experience.

• Able to lift 50 pounds.

• Able to perform repetitive procedures.

• Must be adaptable and flexible to meet the demands of an ever-changing work environment.

• Must be able to troubleshoot.

• Advises co-worker and/supervisor of issues (and provides solutions)

• Understands and acts on detailed instructions.

Additional Information

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

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role atthetimeofthis posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on manyfactors including geographiclocation,andwemay ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may bemodified in thefuture.

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.

• This job is eligible toparticipate in our short-term incentiveprograms.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.Theamountandavailabilityof anybonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremains in the Company'ssoleandabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

AbbVie 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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