Instrument specialist

Job title: Instrument specialist

Job description: 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 Instrument specialist for our Equipment and Systems Validation department site located in Laval (Greater Montreal area) in Canada.

The Instrument Specialist is experiences in dealing with the support of the equipment used and is a resource to the technical group. This person will performs basic and specialized maintenance procedures with little or no supervision and participates in the training of staff for the operation of equipment.

The following are responsibilities related to the Instrument specialist :

• Competent in the verification, calibration, and maintenance of equipment;
• Handles requests for equipment or supplies for studies with minimal supervision;
• Conducts training of staff with respect to the operation of specific equipment and instruments;
• Performs troubleshooting of problems or potential problems with the scientific and technical staff, where appropriate, to establish and implement solutions as quickly as possible;
• Participates in instrument software validations in a supporting rôle for technical expertise or workflow improvement;
• Participates as System Administrator in all tasks associated to validated instrument and software administration;
• Prepares and/or participates in maintaining SOP’s for equipment and instruments;
• Ensures that system maintenance, repair, archival of equipment data are performed in compliance with SOP’s, safety procedures and biosafety protocols, and GLP regulations.

The following are minimum qualifications related to the Instrument specialist position:

• Education: CEGEP;
• Experience : An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above;
• Reading English is required, bilingualism (French / English) is préférable;
• Capable of being autonomous and making effective decisions.

Working environnement

• Work in a highly regulated environnement (GLP);
• General laboratory or vivarium working conditions; the noise level can vary;
• Required to wear appropriate clothing and safety devices for either vivarium or laboratory work, due to risk of electrical shock, radiation, biohazards, or toxic chemicals;
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to converse and and communicate with internal and external sources, and work/type at a computer;
• The employee is regularly required to lift items weighing up to ~20kg;
• Available for occasional overtime or weekend work.

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 Corporate Functions
The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.

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.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Disabled/Vet.

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 crrecruitment_US@crl.com. 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.

Company: Charles River Laboratories

Expected salary:

Location: Laval, QC

Job date: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 07:22:29 GMT