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Form of workFor 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.
We are looking for a Facility Supervisor to join our Charles River Accelerator & Development Labs team in San Diego, CA.
How will you have an impact?
This is the moment to use your talents and imagine those talents contributing to improving global health and peoples' lives. In the Facility Supervisor role, you can do that by providing direct supervision of daily activities and employees of Charles River Accelerator & Development Labs (CRADL) facilities.
Why work at Charles River?
We offer an excellent onboarding program for our new employees, internal career development, and competitive benefits!
What you will do!
In the Facility Supervisor role, you have the responsibility of supervising daily husbandry activities. This involves not only overseeing employee work directly but also managing it through others. You will play an essential role in planning, creating, assigning, and monitoring work schedules for staff, including assignments for daily husbandry tasks, as well as coordinating weekend, holiday, and on-call coverage. You'll conduct routine quality assurance inspections to verify staff adherence to established room, cage, rack sanitation schedules, and environmental parameters to ensure security measures are met and exceeded. In collaboration with a Human Resources team, you will participate in various personnel-related tasks, including conducting interviews, and investigating personnel issues. You will travel site-to-site during your work shift as needed to fulfill your responsibilities.
As the Facility Supervisor, you'll investigate concerns as directed by the Animal Welfare Team or Attending Veterinarian. Your role will involve proposing and implementing appropriate solutions to active concerns while also taking steps to prevent future recurrences. Monitoring the acquisition, receipt, storage, and issuance of supplies and animals will be conducted daily. Additionally, you will coordinate the movement of animals within the facility and assign housing locations for new arrivals. Asset management and inventory tracking for CRADL equipment will be important for reporting purposes. You'll also be responsible for generating work orders and ensuring all corrective and preventative maintenance procedures are documented and resolved in a timely manner, with updates provided to management.
Who are we looking for?
A candidate that possesses a high school diploma or equivalent required. Bachelor's degree in animal or life sciences field preferred. A minimum of 4 years in a laboratory facility of which 2 years is supervisory or lead technician experience required. LATG certification from AALAS or Certified Supervisor (CS) certification is a plus. An equivalent combination of education, experience, and certifications may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.
The pay range for this position is $75K-80K USD per year. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.
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 and BE THE DIFFERENCE!
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 supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, veteran or disability status.
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 [email protected]. 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.
