Summer Student, General maintenance assistant

Charles River Labs; Senneville; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in life sciences is seeking a Summer Student to join their Maintenance team in Senneville. The role involves performing various tasks to maintain facilities, including equipment maintenance and painting duties. Successful candidates will receive extensive training and have opportunities to develop their skills in a supportive environment. This is a temporary, full-time position.

Benefits

Paid development training

Free gym on site

Employee and family assistance program

Excellent welcome program for new employees

Many social activities

Qualifications

• No experience required.
• Work independently and show initiative.
• Be able to differentiate colors.
• Ability to work at heights.

Responsibilities

• Assist operations with minor tasks, such as setting up equipment or transporting materials.
• Load, unload and move products and materials.
• Prepare surfaces for painting and apply paint.

Job description

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

As aSummer Student for our Maintenance team at the Senneville location, you will perform a variety of tasks to help keep our facilities in good condition. Responsibilities may include maintaining equipment, minor repairs, applying paint to a building (interior/exterior) and moving materials or equipment.

In this role, primary responsibilities include:

• Assist operations with minor tasks, such as setting up equipment or transporting materials weighing up to 50 pounds;
• Load, unload and move products and materials, by hand or using handling accessories;
• Pack, secure and transport equipment efficiently and without damage;
• Preparing surfaces for painting: Repair cracks, smooth and seal surfaces;
• Mix and match colors of covering products, according to specifications;
• Apply paint to a building and/or various surfaces.

Key Elements

If you have the following qualifications, we'll train you for the rest:

• No experience required;
• Work independently and show initiative;
• Be able to differentiate colors;
• Being able to work in heights.

Role Specific Information:

• Location: 22022 route Transcanadienne, Senneville, QC, H9X 1C1;
• Transportation: We offer a free shuttle service from the Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue train station and John Abbott College to the Senneville site. Free parking. Electric vehicle charging station;
• Salary: 17$;
• Schedule: Monday to Friday, day schedule;
• Temporary position, full-time 37.5hrs per week.

Why Charles River ?

• Paid development training;
• Free gym on site;
• Employee and family assistance program;
• Excellent welcome program for new employees;
• Many social activities!

If you are interested in contributing to the well-being of our communities, not only across the country but around the world, please join us. This is Your Moment.

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 worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.

We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/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 is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression), religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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 [e-mail]. 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.