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.
We are currently recruiting a Biologics Manufacturing Operator at our facuilty in Alderley Park, Cheshire.
The Operator will be responsible for the planning and execution of in-house and contracted programme's of work for the manufacture of High Quality (HQ) DNA as assigned to them.
The Role
Working within a Production environment, the role will be varied. The main duties and responsibilities will include:
- To adhere to proper compliance with Health and Safety of all operations within the team, in accordance with the company’s Health, Safety and Environmental policies and procedures
- To work within the company’s policies for purchasing and timesheet allocation codes for assigned programmes of work and in house activities
- To execute and complete assigned programmes of work both in house and contractually in a timely manner
- To record data and communicate results through verbal and written work.
- To ensure that all operations and procedures are performed after appropriate training; that training is maintained for performing all operations and procedures and regularly updated in job training manuals
- To assist in the transfer of standardised processes, unit operations or techniques within the team and to other areas of the business as assigned
- To ensure laboratory notebooks and production documentation is completed in a timely manner and maintained to high standards as per company policies
- To form part of multidisciplinary teams working within all areas of the HQ production process
- To perform manufacturing operations within the appropriate High-Quality standards, ensuring compliance is maintained, as defined in the HQ procedure documentation
- Perform other duties that from time-to-time management will assign.
About You
You will be educated to A level or equivalent, a BSc or equivalent degree level qualification. Relevant laboratory experience is desirable but not essential.
Candidates who do not have academic qualifications but can demonstrate extensive experience in this area will be considered.
You must be flexible in your approach to work and willing to work additional hours to accommodate processing.
In addition, you will be fully conversant with Microsoft Office; the enthusiasm to learn and the ability to interact and communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels within the organisation are also essential.
This role will be based at Alderley Park, Cheshire, however, a willingness to travel within the Group will be required.
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.