Facility Supervisor

Charles River Laboratories; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus incentives

401K

Paid time off

Stock purchase program

Health coverage

Wellbeing support

Work-life balance

Job summary

Charles River Laboratories in Cambridge, MA seeks an experienced Facility Supervisor for the Insourcing Solutions team at CRADL animal facilities. You will plan schedules, supervise staff, ensure animal care quality, and coordinate with clients.

The role includes QA inspections, housing management, ordering supplies, policy development, and ensuring health and welfare of animals. Requires HS diploma, BA in animal or life sciences preferred, LATG or ICPM CS preferred; salary $90k-$100k; Mon-Fri

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Bachelor’s degree in animal or life sciences preferred.
• Minimum four years in a laboratory animal facility with 2 years in a supervisory role.
• LATG or ICPM CS certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan, create, assign, and monitor staff schedules for daily husbandry and study support.
• Supervise animal care staff, including hiring, onboarding, and performance management.
• Monitor staff performance and health concerns; ensure client needs are met.
• Communicate with clients; respond promptly and professionally.
• Provide husbandry or technical backup on dosing and sample collection.
• Inspect housing systems; coordinate movement and housing locations.
• Conduct QA inspections of facilities to meet health and sanitation standards.
• Investigate welfare concerns and implement mitigations.
• Place and receive orders; supervise space usage and supplies.
• Help develop CRADL policies and SOPs.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Staff development

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in animal or life sciences

High school diploma or GED

LATG certification (AALAS) or CS certification (ICPM)

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

We are seeking an experienced Facility Supervisor to join our Insourcing Solutions team, located in Cambridge, MA within the Charles River Accelerator & Development Labs (CRADL) animal facilities.

• Plan, create, assign, and monitor work schedules for staff daily husbandry and study support assignments; assign weekend, holiday, and on-call coverage
• Supervise and develop animal care and support staff, including hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance management, and employee development
• Monitor and analyze staff performance to ensure the highest level of animal care and support, timely reporting of health concerns, and meeting client needs
• Communicate with clients, listen to feedback/concerns and respond promptly and professionally, demonstrating strong organizational skills to manage multiple tasks, prioritize effectively, and ensure that client service operations run smoothly
• Ability to perform or obtain proficiency to provide husbandry or technical backup on dosing, injections, collections
• Inspect animal housing systems to ensure proper setup and function; coordinate the movement of animals within the facility and assign housing locations for incoming animals
• Conduct routine QA inspections of animal holding and support facilities to ensure established levels of animal health, facilities condition, sanitation levels, environmental parameters, and security are being met or exceeded
• Investigate animal welfare concerns, propose and deliver appropriate mitigations to active concerns
• Place & receive orders, monitor acquisition, receipt, storage and issue of supplies/animals; supervise the use of all space within the facility
• Participate in the development and implementation of CRADL organization and site-specific policies and SOPs

Job Qualifications

The following are minimum requirements related to the Facility Supervisor position.

• High school diploma, General Education Degree (G.E.D.) or equivalent required
• Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) in animal or life sciences field preferred
• Minimum four 4 years in a laboratory animal facility of which 2 years is supervisory or lead technician experience
• Laboratory Animal Technologist (LATG) certification from AALAS or Certified Supervisor (CS) certification from ICPM preferred

The salary range for this position is between $90K and $100K. The schedule is Monday through Friday 7AM-3:30PM with weekend coverage once a month.

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.

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, 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 subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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