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Technician, R&D II Vivarium

AbbVie · North Chicago, IL · Full time · Research

Posted Aug 7, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 29, 2026

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About your past

You would also do bench work including preparing formulations and pipetting. How do you keep accuracy up switching between animal work and bench work in a day?

What they are checking: Context switching between two very different kinds of precision.

This is a level two technician role in Comparative Medicine at North Chicago and mentions certification through the laboratory animal technician program. Where are you on certification, and what draws you to this work?

What they are checking: That they read the credential and have a real reason for choosing animal research work.

What would you do

You notice an animal that does not look well during a study. What do you do?

What they are checking: Welfare escalation, the most important judgment in this role.

How do you decide a procedure should stop rather than continue?

What they are checking: Willingness to halt, which regulatory compliance depends on.

This work is regulated and inspected. How do you prepare for someone reviewing what you did six months ago?

What they are checking: Compliance as a daily habit rather than an event.

About the work

This role handles and restrains research animals, primarily mice. How do you handle an animal in a way that keeps both the animal and the data sound?

What they are checking: Technique and welfare together, which are not separable in this work.

The posting names oral, intravenous, intradermal, intraperitoneal and subcutaneous injections. Which route is hardest to do consistently in a mouse, and why?

What they are checking: Real hands-on experience rather than a list of abbreviations.

You would perform blood collection, body weights, identification and tissue harvest. How do you keep records accurate when you are working through a large study group?

What they are checking: Documentation discipline where a transcription error ruins data.

You would support environmental and animal health monitoring. What do you watch for in a room day to day?

What they are checking: Husbandry awareness alongside the technical procedures.

You would write and revise standard operating procedures and training documents. How do you write a procedure someone can follow without you standing there?

What they are checking: Writing for a technical audience performing a physical task.

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The full job description

As published by AbbVie.

Purpose: Comparative Medicine is responsible for providing animal care and assuring regulatory animal compliance, while meeting and advancing the scientific needs of our researchers with consideration for the well-being of our research animals. We are a scientifically integrated organization within R&D, working to provide solutions for in-vivo research groups through technical support and model development, maintenance, and on-going refinements. The Technician II is responsible primarily for technical procedures (in vivo and invitro) but will also support husbandry/animal care and the operational aspects of Comparative Medicine in a GxP environment. Responsibilities: • Handling and restraint of research animals (primarily mice but can include but not limited to rats, dogs, and non-human primates • Perform PO, IV, ID, IP and SC injections. • Perform other survival and non-survival procedures including blood collection, identification, body weights, etc. • Perform euthanasia. • Tissue harvest/necropsy • Support and help with animal care/husbandry. • Keep inventories. • Perform in vitro bench top techniques including preparation of formulations, pipetting, etc. • Support and help with animal health and environmental monitoring. • Equipment validation and maintenance • Writing and revising SOPs and training documents • Other duties as needed. • ALAT certification with High School Diploma and 5 years’ experience in laboratory animal field, or ALAT with AS/BS and 3 years’ experience, or LAT certification with High School Diploma and 3 years’ experience, or LAT with AS/BS and 1 year experience. • Able to lift 50 pounds. • Able to perform repetitive procedures. • Must be adaptable and flexible to meet the demands of an ever-changing work environment. • Must be able to troubleshoot. • Advises co-worker and/supervisor of issues (and provides solutions) • Understands and acts on detailed instructions. 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 manyfactors 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. ​ 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. US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more: https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html