Senior Scientist II, Occupational & Environmental Toxicologist
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Job Location:
North Chicago, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
4 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Senior Scientist II Occupational & Environmental Toxicologist
Genetic Environmental and Occupational Toxicology (GEO Tox) is a diverse team of scientists with the goals of supporting patient environmental and employee safety. The candidate will complete risk assessments supporting occupational environmental manufacturing and regulatory filings. The position will support programs across AbbVies therapeutic areas and involve a broad range of modalities across all stages from early discovery throughout development to marketed products.
We are seeking an experienced toxicologist with a risk assessment background to join our team in Development Sciences Pre-clinical Safety.
Responsibilities:
- Critically evaluate literature and toxicology reports/summaries and utilize tools such as read-across and in silico data to generate toxicology product risk assessments. This includes toxicology support for extractables and leachables health-based exposure limits (HBELs) including permitted daily exposure limits (PDEs) and occupational exposure limits (OELs) and environmental risk assessments (ERA) and other contaminants.
- Successful collaboration with multi-functional teams to align on safety banding for implementation throughout the company.
- Engage in related external working groups to help drive industry standards and stay informed of upcoming regulations.
- Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members in GEO Tox and adjacent departments
- Plan and monitor studies at contract research organizations (CROs) for environmental assessments and biocompatibility studies to support regulatory filings.
- Plan and monitor studies at contract research organizations (CROs) for worker safety studies to occupational safety.
- Support evaluation/implementation of relevant new approach methodologies (NAM)
- Provide technical support for occupational health (hazard) categorizations and chemical registrations including Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals GHS/CLP and Safety Data Sheets (SDS).
Qualifications :
- Bachelors Degree and typically 12 years of experience OR Masters Degree and 10 years of experience OR PhD and 4 years of experience.
- Previous experience in a pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical or GMP/GLP industry setting providing risk assessments preferred
- Proven record of successfully evaluating safety risks
- Excellent collaboration multi-tasking and communication skills
- Excellent writing skills and attention to detail with work
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet project deadlines
Desired skills:
- Occupational Exposure Banding Performance-based exposure control limits or evaluating toxicity data for Safety Data Sheets.
- Risk assessment authoring
- In depth knowledge and experience with regulatory guidance i.e. ISO-10993-X ICHQ3C ICHQ3D ICHQ3E.
- Toxicity data mining in databases and both internal and external literature
- Broad range of software proficiency as well as in silico predictive tools for toxicity
- Board-certification preferred but not required
Additional Information :
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.
This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be 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 Companys sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion consistent with applicable 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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Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
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- Toxicology Experience
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About Company
AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on creating medicines and solutions that put impact first for patients, communities, and our world. We aim to address complex health issues and enhance people's lives through our core therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuro ... View more
