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’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.
Job Summary
A senior technician specialist (level 7) is highly specialized and heavily relied upon team member that has tenure (10+years) and demonstrated a high level of competence in their field of expertise (e.g., neurobehavior, rodent estrous cycle determination, unusual/seldom used techniques). As a subject matter expert, the senior technician specialist regularly interacts with scientific personnel and internal/external clients to support study conduct. The technician drives a culture of excellence, quality and is able operate in their assigned areas with no supervision. They act as mentors to less experienced staff, develop and implement training plans for their discipline, and may provide workload coverage when warranted by department labor needs.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Perform and train in advanced skills (e.g., rodent neurobehavior assessments, rodents estrous cycle determination).
- With minimal guidance develop and participate in method development and validation activities.
- Act as central point of contact for technical direction pertaining to individual expertise.
- Provide strategic direction toward implementing department best practice.
- Identify areas for improvement and identify and implements new procedures in collaboration with technical operations and scientific management.
- Review relevant SOPs as assigned by management for consistency in content and update as needed.
- Act as system administrator and/or owner of equipment and associated logbooks in assigned areas (e.g., IPS slide label printer).
- Use and maintain instrumentation and equipment according to SOP's.
- Ensure high level of study quality to meet study goals.
- Maintain appropriate communication with other personnel.
- Support team-mates, technicians, and members of other departments.
- Perform all tasks per SOP, BOP, and protocols.
- Perform all other related duties as assigned.
The pay range for this position is $35-$39/hr. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location
Job Qualifications
- Education: High school diploma or General Education Degree (G.E.D.) preferred.
- Experience: 10 years of relevant experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.
- Certification/Licensure: LAT certification, preferred.
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 client’s 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 people’s 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 supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.
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 e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.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.
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