
Technician, Pilot Plant II
North Chicago, ILJob$23.8/hrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
The Pilot Plant Technician II supports manufacturing operations by following department procedures, documenting process data, identifying quality and safety issues, and maintaining equipment and material status. The role also assists with equipment implementation and validation, coordinates supply staging, and may provide backup team leadership. Candidates need a high school diploma and at least five years of manufacturing experience; a scientific associate or bachelor’s degree is desirable.
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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
Responsibilities:
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Learn and follow department policies, procedures, and guidelines. Complete documentation and supporting data per current good manufacturing process policies and guidelines.
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Note quality issues and address with appropriate people.
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Review procedures and batch records and make suggestions for improvements. During pre runs, post runs and when reviewing direction sets identify issues (safety and process) and help to correct them.
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Inspect equipment for cleanliness and sign off equipment per procedure at the end of the process. Consistently give an accurate and complete material and equipment status report when handing off manufacturing process.
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Assist with engineering and validation groups to implement new equipment into operations.
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Communicate with warehouse to ensure timely and proper staging for process.
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Acknowledge commodity needs and order needed supplies.
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Assist as back up Team Leader, if applicable.
Qualifications
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High School diploma required; Bachelor’s or Associate’s Degree in scientific related field desirable.
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Minimum of 5 years of manufacturing experience, pharmaceutical, or similar environment as an Operator or Technician required.
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Experience with validation, technical troubleshooting and document management required.
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Basic technical or mechanical background and knowledge.
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Ability to read, understand and follow verbal and written operating instructions and the process and flows described on equipment and computer monitors.
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Write at a level sufficient enough to thoroughly explain deviations or mistakes in process.
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Ability to add, subtract, divide, multiply, use decimals and fractions, recognize and measure proportions and do basic algebraic math at an intermediate level of competency.
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Proven problem solving skills and ability to work independently and make decisions on almost all problems independently.
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Consistently execute technician tasks successfully for which training has been completed.
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: $23.8
How this job compares
Set against the 1,571 open Manufacturing Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$23.8/hr
- Illinois median$25–28/hr23 hourly ranges
- US median$24–29/hr753 hourly ranges
This rate, $23.80/hr, is 10% below the Illinois median midpoint ($26/hr) — in the middle half of Manufacturing Technician hourly ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 33 open Manufacturing Technician jobs in Illinois and 1,571 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- AbbVie (this employer)4 open
- Aerotek4 open
- Continental AG3 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience — more than three in four Manufacturing Technician postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 869 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 766 of the 1,571 open Manufacturing Technician jobs (49%) ask for a high school diploma 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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