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Location: Tranent, Scotland, United Kingdom
Overview
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.
Responsibilities
* Deploy to support peaks in operational workload across multiple functional departments.
* Support formulating and dispensing test items for use in scientific studies.
* Deliver essential care to Laboratory animals including husbandry duties.
* Administration of regulated procedures.
* Document animal behaviour and clinical signs on relevant data systems.
* Manage lab equipment and apparatus including reporting equipment faults and completing relevant forms to resolve issues.
* Prepare study files, label pots and vials and assist with the set-up of scientific studies.
* Conduct quality control checks when required.
* Carry out necropsy procedures on laboratory animals.
* Undertake relevant training across the division to support key functions.
* Maintain required skills for flexible deployment on an ongoing basis.
* Collaborate with colleagues and teams across the business on a regular basis.
* Work toward obtaining a home office licence where applicable.
* Commit to an unpredictable work schedule across various activities.
Minimum requirements
External candidates
* Minimum of five National 5 grades or equivalent.
* Comfortable with changes to the working environment on a day-to-day basis.
* Flexible and adaptive approach to suit the needs of the operation.
* Clear and effective communication with a wide range of colleagues.
* Ability to use initiative and take ownership for delivering tasks across the operation.
* Demonstrated experience and commitment in a fast-paced environment.
* Experience in a multidisciplinary role.
Internal candidates
* Track record of flexibility within Technical Operations, with experience in a minimum of 2 departments within Tox Operations (Necropsy, Slide Production, In-Vivo Operations, Dispensary).
* Experience working in an unpredictable environment and willingness to work across departments.
Salary
£23,842 - £27,951 depending on skills and experience.
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. Our Safety Assessment facilities conduct hundreds of programs each year to support safe and effective drug development.
About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO) that provides a broad portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, GLP and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. We also provide products and services to support clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Our global presence enables coordination of resources and multidisciplinary perspectives to help clients speed time to market.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion and welcome all talent to apply.
Job details
* Seniority level: Entry level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Other
* Industries: Automation Machinery Manufacturing
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