Sample Management - Technician

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

Technician – Sample Management

As a Technician for our Sample Management team at the Sherbrooke location, you will be performing sample management activities and follow directives from the study plans.

In this role, primary responsibilities include:

• Perform reception, verification, storage, data review and sample inventories using the Watson LIMS® computer system;
• Generate study data base in the Watson LIMS® computer system;
• Communicate with clients and testing facilities to inform them of the planned sample shipment schedule as well as all outgoing shipments, to send them the confirmation of receipt of external samples and to provide any other information as needed;
• Perform the preparation of the sample shipments to other locations, the archival preparation or disposition of the samples, as well as all follow-ups attached to these tasks.
• Perform the sample preparation centrifugation and decantation.

Key Elements

We are looking for the following minimum qualifications for this role:

• College or Bachelor diploma in a relevant field;
• Being able to perform repetitive motions such as handling frozen samples several times during the day;
• Being able to move around in the freezer room, the office area and in the shipping area;
• Good working knowledge of computers;
• Ability to quickly adapt to changes based on priorities;
• Flexibility and ability to work independently or in collaboration.
• Understanding written English is required.

Role Specific Information:

• Location: 1580 rue Ida-Métivier, Sherbrooke (Fleurimont), QC, J1E 0B5;
• Transportation: Easily accessible using Sherbrooke’s public transit system. Free parking. Electric vehicle charging station;
• Salary: 21.50$/hrs
• Schedule: Mostly Monday to Friday, depending on the needs, you may have to do overtime and work on Ween-ends (prime 2.75$/h).
• Permanent position, 37.5hrs per week

Why Charles River ?

• We offer competitive benefits and advantages from day one to support your well-being;
• Paid development training;
• Free gym on site;
• Cafeteria on site;
• Employee and family assistance program;
• Access to a doctor and various health professionals (telemedicine);
• 3 weeks’ vacation & 5 Personal days per year;
• 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.