Technical Support Scientist I

Title: Technical Support Scientist I

Location: Des Plaines, Illinois

Duration: 7 Month

Job description:

This position will be primarily responsible for initiating and managing change control packages for device master records to support product end-of-life documentation and supplier change notifications, as well as project managing various activities including product design history file IVDR remediation, UDI activities, and change packages.

Key Responsibilities:

• Change Control Management: Handle various document types including Manufacturing Procedures, Quality Control Procedures, Certificates of Analysis, Material Specifications, and occasionally Labels/Package Inserts.
• Impact Assessment: Create thorough and well-drafted change impact assessment documents, ensuring quality documents are properly redlined and in-process revisions are controlled prior to approval.
•  Document Review: Conduct detailed reviews of changes for documents before submission to supervisors/approvers, ensuring all necessary documents for routing change requests are in place.
•  Compliance: Ensure documentation is appropriate, justified, and approved by responsible functional areas within the timeline and in compliance with established procedures.
•  Project Tracking: Assist with project management for various activities including product design history file IVDR remediation, UDI activities, and change packages. Utilize Smartsheet to track project progress, ensuring timely updates and efficient management of change control activities.
• Collaboration: Work with scientists to problem-solve technical documentation issues and learn the Quality System, document change control, and technical impact assessments.

Qualifications:

• Experience with project management.
• Familiarity with Quality Systems and document change control.
• Ability to conduct technical impact assessments.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to collaborate with scientists.

Consultants Eligible Benefits Upon Waiting Period:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account (for High Deductible Health Plans)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health, Limited Purpose, Dependent Care, Commuter Parking and Commuter Transit)
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability (coverage varies by state)
• Long Term Disability
• Critical Illness, Hospital coverage, Accident Insurance
• MetLife Legal, MetLife ID Fraud, and MetLife Pet Insurance
• 401(k)

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, nutritional and branded generic medicines.

Working together, Abbott and Talent Solutions partner to deliver top talent for contingent roles at Abbott, building better and healthier lives. Abbott believes all employees are essential to creating life-changing breakthroughs, performing key duties to create life-changing breakthroughs.