Research Scientist/Analytical Food Chemist R&D - Nutrition - Columbus, OH at Abbott Laboratories

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.

Research Scientist/Analytical Food Chemist R&D

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow, to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest life.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and 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.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• An excellent retirement savings plan with 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Columbus, OH location in the Nutrition Division.

In Research & Development (R&D) our ambition is to provide innovative high-quality products, creating sustainable value, delivering superior user experience, and enhancing health outcomes at all stages of life.

What You’ll Work On

Primary Job Function

• Serve as a scientific leader in development, validation, transfer, and maintenance of analytical methods in protein and food chemistry for testing of products and ingredients.  Methods facilitate understanding of physical characteristics of Abbott Nutrition products such as emulsion stability, protein stability, powder solubility, and shelf-life stability, to name a few. 
• Conceives, plans, designs, conducts, or applies advanced research/scientific direction/scientific leadership in increasing complexity.  May establish research strategy.
• Lead identification and evaluation of new technologies in the space and development of predictive models for shelf-life physical stability using data generated or at hand.
• Work very closely with Product Development and Engineering groups to support product development, scale-up, and troubleshooting. 

Core Job Responsibilities

• Act as lead scientist, project leader, or project contributor.  Provides scientific and technical direction and feedback.   Provides consultation to others on technical issues.  Interacts with other groups and shares information.  May supervise technical personnel. 
• Scientific partner to drive business strategy.  Translate strategic needs of the division into executable programs and projects.  Develops expertise in strategic areas  and contributes to the generation of new product ideas consistent with division strategy. 
• Design, conduct and lead advanced independent or multidisciplinary research driven by strategic business needs.  Responsible for the accuracy, quality, and timeliness of experimental results. Produce reports and other documents of increasing complexity. Analyze results from multiple experiments, formulate conclusions and design future experiments.
• Scientific Consultation: Provide consultation to other scientists and  business units on technical issues;   Provide top line review of experimental results to large and diverse groups both internally and externally.  
• May conduct routine testing of commercial and research samples.

Accountability

• Strategy: Project goals are broadly defined; defines project milestones; responsible for timely project completion.  Designs experiments and documentation independently.
• Quality of Work:  Responsible for documentation and for the accuracy, quality, and timeliness of experimental results. 
• Read, understand, and comply with all applicable Division, area, and group-specific safety and employee health procedures.  Comply with all applicable quality procedures.
• Work Performance: Successfully summarizes data and analyzes results; formulates conclusions and determines future experiments.  Actively participates in routine maintenance, lab safety, GMP implementation as appropriate.  Based on area, may assume training role.
• Complete documentation of experiments in laboratory notebook. Primary contribution to project reports summarizing results, conclusion, and recommendations as appropriate. Regularly communicate project status to management. Provide managers with periodic reports summarizing activities and progress within area of responsibility.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE, YOU’LL BRING  

Required:

• Ph.D. in a scientific related field
• 3+ years’ experience in research or industry laboratory. 
• BS/MS in a scientific related field with 16+ years’ experience in research or industry laboratory.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with separation science (LC and CE), food science, protein chemistry, emulsions, and design of experiments (DOE) are required.  Experience with milk-based systems and both liquid and spray drying formulations is required.

MISC

This position is located onsite here in Columbus, OH.

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* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

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.

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The base pay for this position is $95,000.00 – $190,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.