
Technician, Pilot Plant III
North Chicago, ILJob$23.8/hrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
The Technician, Pilot Plant III supports chemical or pharmaceutical manufacturing operations by following procedures, maintaining a safe and clean work environment, reviewing batch records, and communicating process and material status. The role also identifies safety and process issues, suggests improvements, coordinates material staging, and applies new knowledge and skills. A high school diploma or GED and at least two years of relevant manufacturing experience are required.
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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
Responsibilities:
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Learn and follow department policies, procedures, and guidelines. Complete documentation and supporting data per current good manufacturing procedures policies, procedures, and guidelines.
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Maintain a safe and clean work environment. Note quality issues and address with appropriate people.
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Utilize systematic work habits that show effective organizational skills.
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Ability to foresee process requirements and prepare for them.
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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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Consistently give an accurate and complete material and equipment status report when handing off manufacturing process Communicate with warehouse to ensure timely and proper staging for process.
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Looks for ways to improve efficiencies and reduce costs. Understands changes in work tasks, situations, and environment.
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Actively seeks new information about work situations and adapts to change in work schedule and environment with little or no disruption.
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Puts new knowledge, understanding, or skills to practical use on the job. Effective in demonstrating new skill and knowledge and does not persist in ineffective behavior.
Qualifications
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High school diploma or GED equivalent required; Bachelor’s or Associate’s Degree in a scientific related field is desirable.
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At least 2 years manufacturing experience in a chemical, pharmaceutical, or similar environment as an operator or Technician is required.
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Knowledge and use of various tools, machines, instruments, and safety devices utilized in chemical or pharmaceutical operations is desired.
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Basic technical or mechanical background and knowledge.
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Must have ability to read, understand, and follow verbal and written operating instructions and the processes and flows described on equipment and computer monitors.
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Write at a level sufficient enough to explain deviations or mistakes in the process. 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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Consistently execute tasks successfully for which training is 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 1,513 open Manufacturing Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$23.8/hr
- Illinois median$25–27/hr22 hourly ranges
- US median$24–28/hr731 hourly ranges
This rate, $23.80/hr, is 9% below the Illinois median midpoint ($26/hr) — in the middle half of Manufacturing Technician hourly ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 30 open Manufacturing Technician jobs in Illinois and 1,513 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- AbbVie (this employer)4 open
- Aerotek3 open
- Continental AG3 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Manufacturing Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (831 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 739 of the 1,513 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 3, 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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