For 75 years Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development, and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales, or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we will help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.
Job Summary
We are seeking a Technician I - Technical Operations for our Safety Assessment site located in Ashland, OH. This is a full-time position that requires 5-9 weeks of training, Tuesday-Friday, 6am-4:30pm, at 19 hours. After training, the WEEKDAY shift is Tues-Fri, 6am-4:30pm, every 4th weekend, every other holiday. We also have weekend shifts available. The weekend schedules are Friday-Sunday or Saturday-Monday, 6am-6:30pm, every other holiday, after training. There is a 10 pay differential for Saturday-Sunday hours only.
A Technician I is in training to perform and become proficient in on-boarding skills, procedures, and cooperating in a team environment. The technician is learning basic skills required to support a study, which may include animal handling, husbandry, observations, basic physiological indices, and data collection and recording to support each skill. The technician may occasionally perform basic skills independently but continues working under supervision to gain proficiency on skills still in development.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The fundamental competencies, skills, and responsibilities of the role include:
• Ensure good welfare and humane care for all animals worked with through gentle, positive human-animal interactions. • Train in on-boarding skills, which may include animal handling, husbandry, observations, basic physiological indices, and data collection and recording to support each skill. • Specific tasks will be based on each areas training plan and business needs. • Collect document reviews and verify data on forms or in electronic data capture systems. • Ensure high levels of study quality to meet study goals. • Follow all PPE safety, cleaning, and cross-contamination elimination practices. • Maintain appropriate communication with other personnel. • Support team-mates, technicians, and members of other departments. • Follow direction from team leaders, trainers, research associates, and supervisors. • Use and maintain instrumentation and equipment according to SOPs. • Perform all tasks per SOP, BOP, and/or protocols. • Perform all other related duties as assigned.
Starting Pay
The starting pay for this position is $19.00 per hour. Please note that starting salaries vary based on factors, including but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.
Job Qualifications
Knowledge, experience, skills, and abilities required to accomplish the essential functions include but are not limited to:
• Education: High school diploma or General Education Degree (G.E.D.) preferred. • Experience: No previous experience required. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above. • Certification: None. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills. • Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities to achieve goals. • Computer skills, e.g., Microsoft Office Suite, commensurate with essential functions, including the ability to learn a validated system. • Ability to ensure that a safe working environment is maintained by observing all safety procedures and working methods by making proper use of protective clothing and equipment and by reading, understanding, and following all safety documents issued or notified of. • Ability to ensure the integrity of the studies and fulfill the regulatory agencies requirements by performing the activities according to the Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Business Operating Procedures (BOP), and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) rules. • Ability to work extended hours beyond normal work schedule, including but not limited to evenings, weekends, extended shifts, and/or extra shifts sometimes on short notice. • Ability to work under specific time constraints. • Must be authorized to work in the United States without a sponsor visa now or in the future. • Physical Demands: • Employees must be able to lift, move, manipulate, and/or hold heavy objects up to and including 50 pounds, this includes work materials, equipment, and/or animals. • Must be able to perform laboratory procedures which require talking, hearing, standing, or sitting for long periods of time, entering data into a computer using appropriate instruments, reaching with hands and arms, working in narrow spaces, and wearing safety equipment, PPE, according to OSHA regulations and company standards. • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
Work in a research environment which requires use of sharp objects, working around mechanical parts, working with or near known or unknown toxic or caustic chemicals and/or biological hazards, exposure to fumes and airborne particles, working at noise levels ranging from moderate to loud.
Comments
This position requires overtime, weekend, holiday, and/or after-hours shift coverage as needed.
About Safety Assessment
Charles River is committed to helping our partners expedite their preclinical drug development with exceptional safety assessment services, state-of-the-art facilities, and expert regulatory guidance. From individual specialty toxicology and IND enabling studies to tailored packages and total laboratory support, our deeply experienced team can design and execute programs that anticipate challenges and avoid roadblocks for a smooth, efficient journey to market. Each year, approximately 300 investigational new drug (IND) programs are conducted in our Safety Assessment facilities.
About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity, and effectiveness, to increase speed to market.
With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our clients unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies, and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of peoples lives. Our mission, our excellent science, and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80 of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.
We are committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position, these may include bonuses, incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work-life balance flexibility.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an email message to crrecruitment_US@criver.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
For more information, please visit www.criver.com.