Technical Specialist / Senior Technical Specialist - High Throughput Analysis

Req ID: 225621

Location:

Saffron Walden, GB, CB10 1XL

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

About the opportunity:

Within Discovery at Charles River, we hold our own large screening libraries of small molecules for delivery of High Throughput Screening campaigns, along with proprietary libraries for our clients. Within the Compound Management Group we manage, curate and analyse the collection, using industry-leading automation and UPLC MS to deliver a fast, efficient, and quality service.

We are currently seeking an individual to join our team in a new opportunity as a Senior Technical Specialist - High Throughput Analysis at our Saffron Walden, Essex site.

The successful candidates will work as part of the Library Management team with the responsibility of ensuring the delivering of quality data through UPLC-MS/HPLC analysis; have a passion for science and technology; experience across a board range of UPLC-MS / HPLC vendors to supporting small molecule analysis would be beneficial. You will collaborate within CRL’s Enabling Platform division alongside our ADME and Cell Culture, striving to accelerate drug discovery.

You will work in a challenging and dynamic environment with the opportunity to develop skills in project planning and advanced robotics, contributing directly to the progression of multiple drug-discovery projects.

Profile and Requirements

Demonstrate significant in-depth technical expertise with a range of UPLC-MS / HPLC instrumentation, ideally within a drug discovery based analytical lab environment.
Experience of multiple vendor software such as Waters MassLynx, Thermo Scientific Chromeleon, Virscidian, for data processing and reporting.
Educated to degree level within a scientific discipline.
Prior experience of working in compound management or compound analysis environments, either from industry or academic settings.
Strong organisation and time management skills alongside an inbuilt flexibility to adapt to change.
Excellent communication skills; these will be essential to engage and inspire our customers and be effective within a multi-disciplinary process whilst working in a matrix environment.
Experience Scheduling / planning workloads for internal teams and liaising with internal / external customers.
Possess project leadership / operational lead experience.
Experience with SQL query writing or a programming language highly advantageous.
Familiarity with LIMS, KNIME and Mosaic for order processing and inventory management desirable.
Open to applicants that do not have all the requirements listed above for recruitment at Technical Specialist level.

What We Offer You:

A very comprehensive benefits package from day one, including a generous pension contribution, and flexible health benefits.
Access to great discounts via our CREDS discount scheme.
Global opportunities and strong career progression.
The chance to work on several varied projects and liaise globally and nationally with other business areas.
To be able make a difference to health and wellbeing of people.
To continue your own career growth.
Parental leave.
Group Life Assurance and Group Income Protection.
Remote GP access 24/7.
Well being support and initiatives.
Cycle to work scheme.

About Discovery
Discovery from Charles River is industry-proven in the successful development of novel therapies, with over 350 patents and 80 preclinical drug candidates delivered to our sponsors in the past 17 years. Backed by more than 650 scientists, our comprehensive, integrated portfolio employs the latest technology and platforms to provide chemistry, biology, and pharmacology services that support clients from the earliest stages of hit identification all the way through to IND. Our client-focused, collaborative approach creates true partnerships that anticipate challenges, overcome obstacles, and move us forward together on the journey of getting new drugs to market.

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.

At Charles River Laboratories, we recognize and recruit all talent. We are a company committed to the principle of diversity and inclusion and work daily in this direction.