
Senior Associate, Manufacturing
North Chicago, ILJob$75K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
The Senior Associate, Manufacturing supports production leadership with operational planning, coordination, continuous improvement, and technical writing. The role transfers methods into production instructions, schedules work, manages document reviews, directs changeovers, analyzes problems and trends, and implements production improvements. It also coordinates daily operations, provides technical direction and training, and contributes to compliant manufacturing processes.
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Full job description
Company Description
About AbbVie
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, (https://www.linkedin.com/company/abbvie/) Facebook, Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/abbvie/) , X (https://twitter.com/abbvie) and YouTube. (https://www.youtube.com/user/AbbVie)
Job Description
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Support Production Leadership in continuous improvement, operational planning, day-to-day coordination, Operational Excellence initiatives, and technical writing to drive safe, compliant, and efficient manufacturing operations.
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Transfers methods into Production instructions to allow for successful performance of scheduled campaigns.
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Schedules work tasks, without assistance, to support project and campaign timelines.
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Drafts broad scope and complexity documents. Circulates the documents to reviewers and without assistance responds to comments and questions. Manages document review and approval to meet project timelines.
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Directs changeover activities with limited assistance.
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Exercises judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
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Tracks ongoing problems and gathers information for analysis. Uses analysis to develop solutions to broad-level problems. Presents potential solutions to management and senior personnel, and with limited assistance creates an implementation plan.
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Evaluates data for trends, which may impact other systems, projects, or areas.
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Applies knowledge, experience, and technical skills to understand production objectives and evaluate potential changes, implement production initiatives. Executes systems and procedures efficiently and compliantly and evaluates systems for improvement potential. Develops and uses standard practices to ensure inter-group consistency.
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Qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent required.
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At least 6 years’ experience in all aspects of manufacturing and production processes.
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Knowledge of media and buffer preparation, cell culture and purification of biological drugs is required; Computer expertise and scheduling proficiency; In-depth knowledge of safety, quality systems, and current Good Manufacturing Practice is required; Expertise with tech transfer process and familiarity with equipment, facilities validation, and regulatory filings.
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Must be flexible to handle multiple tasks including ability to handle pressure in a professional and positive manner; Effectively works in a team environment; Maintains high level of energy and professionalism on the job; Builds effective working relationships with customers, co-workers, cross-functioned groups, and management.
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Uses problem solving skills when working on complex problems, where analysis of situations requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors.
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Uses discretion and works under general supervision; Follows established procedures. Decisions are reviewed for soundness of technical judgment. Independently decides when to make minor adaptations or modifications.
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Coordinates the completion of daily operational activities across a unit or sub-unit. Decisions, recommendations and actions contribute to the development of suite schedules and personnel allocation.
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Provides technical direction and training to less senior personnel; Coordinates activities of sub-group and actively works with other sub-groups. Acts as advisor to unit or sub-unit becomes actively involved as required. Provides technical direction and training to less senior personnel. Participates in technical investigations and provides on the floor technical expertise; Provides a motivational and team building atmosphere. Acts as a mentor.
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Frequently interacts with subordinates or functional peer groups at various management levels. Interaction normally requires the ability to gain cooperation of others, conducting presentations of technical information concerning specific projects, schedules, etc. Regularly discusses progress, problems, and proposed solutions with colleagues and senior personnel.
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Detailed understanding of current Good Manufacturing Practices as applied to equipment and process steps in area of responsibility. Able to make recommendations for improved compliance at plant level. In-depth knowledge of pertinent regulatory filings.
Additional Information
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:
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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.
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We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
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This job is eligible to participate in our short-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 Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s 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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Salary: $75,000
How this job compares
Set against the 3,250 open Manufacturing jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$75K/yr
- Illinois median$88–126K/yr30 salary ranges
- US median$101–165K/yr941 salary ranges
This rate, $75K, is 30% below the Illinois median midpoint ($108K) — in the lowest quarter of Manufacturing salary ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 92 open Manufacturing jobs in Illinois and 3,250 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- AbbVie (this employer)7 open
- Caterpillar, Inc.5 open
- Sherwin-Williams5 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Manufacturing postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years at the median (1,750 postings).
- Education
- 732 of the 3,250 open Manufacturing jobs (23%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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