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Technical Manufacturing Chemist I

Abbott
Scarborough, ME Full Time
POSTED ON 1/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/1/2026
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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Job Description

Technical Manufacturing Chemist I

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to :

  • Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
  • Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
  • An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
  • Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
  • A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
  • A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

Abbott Rapid Diagnostics is part of Abbott’s Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies to support diagnostic testing which provides important information for treatment and management of diseases and other conditions.

The position of Technical Manufacturing Chemist I is within our Infectious Disease Developed Markets business unit located at Scarborough, Maine. In this role you will produce material for use in immunology-based chromatography and enzyme tests.

What You’ll Work On

  • Maintains and supports the production schedule.
  • Investigates problem areas and areas of desirable improvement.
  • Undertakes new procedures and observes proper safety precautions.
  • Responsible for in-process QC testing of manufacturing material as it relates. to qualifications, quality inspections and titration.
  • Maintains quality systems and proper GMP/GLP.
  • Creates and follows protocols designed around product improvement.
  • Responsible for making critical and non-critical bioreagents for use in product. and manufacturing processes using Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
  • Works in a team setting and coordinates manufacturing efforts based upon a set production schedule and maintaining the raw bioreagent supply as needed to support this schedule.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a Chemistry, Life Sciences, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Prior Experience in the following areas : Pipette, Spectrophotometry, HPLC, pH meters, Gel Electrophoresis, SDS Page, ELISA assays

COMPETENCIES :

  • Ability to work successfully as a member of a team and independently with moderate supervision.
  • Skill in using computer applications including spreadsheet, database, manufacturing, and word processing software.

Apply Now

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives : www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott, and on Twitter @AbbottNews.

The base pay for this position is $20.50 – $41.00 per hour. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Salary : $21 - $41

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