Associate Operations Specialist

Charles River; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 37,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Charles River seeks an Associate Operations Specialist for the Insourcing Solutions Department in Seattle to provide ongoing support across sites. Base at CRADL Facility in Seattle with assignment to various sites as needed.

Responsibilities include animal care, health observations, administrative support, and staff training. Bachelor's preferred; LAT/LATG/CVT/LVT encouraged. Monday-Saturday shift noted; base hourly range $27–$29.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or GED; Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Experience: Two plus years in animal care within a research laboratory program.
• Certification/Licensure: LAT/LATG/CVT/LVT/RVT certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitor animal health and welfare.
• Perform daily animal health observations and animal husbandry duties; include equipment checks, feeding and watering, cage changes/cleaning, and recording health concerns.
• Provide environmental enrichment appropriate to species.
• Assist with breeding and weaning procedures as needed.
• Assist with administrative needs including cage card management, data entry, and census data management.

Skills

Animal care

Technical procedures

Staff training

Education

High school diploma or GED

Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Animal Science, Life Sciences or related discipline preferred

Job description

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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

We are seeking anAssociate Operations Specialistfor our Insourcing Solutions Department to providecontinuing support services to our Charles River clients throughout the Seattle areawhere you will be assigned to various sites based upon need.The AOShome base is our CRADL Facility in Seattle.

The AOS willprovide support in the following areas: animalcare, technical, training to include:

• Monitor animal health and welfare
• Perform daily animal health observations and animal husbandry duties: daily equipment checks; providing appropriate food and water; performing cage changing and/or cage cleaning; recording animal health concerns
• Provide environmental enrichment appropriate to species
• May be tasked to assist with breeding and weaning procedures
• May be tasked to assist with administrative needs including cage card management, data entry and review, manage census data.
• Provide client support and handle inquiries on separations and transfers
• Provide instruction toothers on husbandry and technical procedures.
• Attend and participate in on-the-job and classroom training sessions
• Act as subject matter expert in all animal husbandry and routine technical skills
• Perform trainingofstaffon husbandry
• May perform technical training of surgical techniques: intravenous or intradermal dose administration, manage breeding operations, perform comprehensive necropsy and tissue collection, perform routine assays or laboratory support.
• Perform surgical preparation, anesthesia administration and monitoring and post-surgical observations and associated record keeping

Job Qualifications

The following are minimum qualifications related to the Associate Operations Specialistposition:

• Education:High school diploma or General Education Degree (G.E.D.). Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Animal Science, Life Sciences or related discipline preferred.
• Experience:Two plus years of animal care, handling and technical experience within a research laboratory program
• Certification/Licensure: AALAS certification at the LAT; LATG, CVT, LVT, RVT certification preferred

The hourly range for this position is $27-$29/hour. The schedule is Tuesday through Saturday 7AM-3:30PM

About Insourcing Solutions
Charles River Insourcing Solutions can streamline research by delivering operational and cost efficiencies through the strategic insourcing of GMP, GLP and non-GLP research services from discovery through safety assessment. Insourcing Solutions provides you with the ability to maintain control of your facility and expertise while leveraging available space.

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.

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, 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.

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