At Charles River, we are passionate about improving the quality of people’s lives. When you join our global family, you will help create healthier lives for millions of patients and their families.

Charles River employees are innovative thinkers, who are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement. We will empower you with the resources you need to grow and develop in your career.

As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will play a key role in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalized processes. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, when you work at Charles River, you will be the difference every day for patients across the globe.

IMPORTANT: In order to be considered for this position, a resume/CV must be uploaded and submitted during the application process. Please make sure work history and education are added correctly.

Job Summary

We are seeking an Assistant Technician for our Test Item Control Group within Formulation Services located at our site in Elphinstone, Tranent.

The Test Item Control group is responsible for the receipt, storage and control of test Items sent to Charles River for use on pre-clinical studies including the management of processes involved with expired materials, confirming the course of action to be taken and returning or disposing of materials in a safe manner. This role is a customer facing role and is ideal for someone who enjoys laboratory work, working with others and would like to be part of a hardworking team. Practical training will be provided.

Key responsibilities of the Assistant Technician, Test Item Control include:

• Receiving test items and reviewing associated paperwork
• Using a computerized system to record test item details
• Checking data and test item storage
• Administrative duties including the maintaining and updating of records
• Test item disposal and sample shipment
• Corresponding with internal and external customers

The minimum qualifications for the Assistant Technician, Test Item Control are:

• A NAT5/Higher or equivalent qualification in English and a relevant science subject
• IT literate with experience of Microsoft applications
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to work to tight deadlines
• Strong communication skills
• Previous customer service and/or laboratory experience is desirable but not essential as full training will be given

A full driving license is preferred as there will be a requirement to work between our two sites in Tranent.

The starting salary for this role is £20,466 but may vary depending on experience.

Benefits

What you can expect from us:

• A clear career progression
• World Class Training and a structured progression scheme
• Competitive salary
• Private Health Care
• Subsidized electric car scheme open to all employees
• Pension scheme including 8% employer contribution
• Personal life insurance equivalent to 6 times your annual salary
• Employee discount scheme - discounts across hundreds of retailers!
• Paid opportunity to volunteer for one day each year
• Free onsite fitness suite and fitness lessons
• Discounted staff canteen
• Free onsite parking

IMPORTANT: A resume is required to be considered for this position. If you have not uploaded your resume in your candidate profile, please return to upload field and attach your resume/CV.

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 120 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 17,000 employees within 90 facilities in 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. And in 2019, revenue increased to $2.62 billion.

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 ~85% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2019.

For more information, please visit www.criver.com.