Junior Analyst

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.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs all laboratory functions as tasked with high degree of accuracy and strict adherence to Company’s quality requirements.
• Maintains proper records that are compliant with good documentation practices (GDP) and data integrity requirements, for all testing and test-related activities (e.g. raw data sheets, usage logbooks, and all other records).
• To prepare media and other materials used for test services, including washing of glassware and depyrogenation
• To perform Environment monitoring as required
• To perform QC of media and lab consumables as required
• Receives and inspects incoming test samples against accompanying documents and resolves discrepancies prior to accepting the sample in accordance with SOPs.
• Receives and inspect incoming inventory materials against Delivery Order and resolves any discrepancies prior to accepting the material in accordance with SOP.
• Generates reports for all tests performed in an accurate and timely manner, ensuring that targets are met for accuracy and turnaround time.
• Performs good housekeeping and maintenance of the laboratory.
• Supports in laboratory investigations, deviations and CAPAs.
• Provides support during external and internal audits for the areas of responsibility.
• To initiate and/or support improvement within area of responsibility
• Supports in method development and validation of routine and customised testing services with the latest regulatory and/or customer requirements.
• Assist in test demonstrations to clients during site visit or when necessary.
• Documents and reports to immediate superior any event that has occurred at the laboratory which could, in his/her reasonable opinion, potentially result in a hazardous, litigious or quality-compromising situation.
• Adheres to Company Policies and Procedures.
• Ensures relevant Health and Safety requirements are adhered to, including undertaking any mandatory training as required.
• Undertakes any other duty or responsibility, at the request of your manager that may be required within reason within the remit of your role.

Qualifications:

• Diploma / Higher NITEC / ITE or any related field.
• 1 years of working experience in cGMP or ISO17025 regulated laboratory would be advantageous.
• Meticulous, self-starter and motivator.
• Good command of English
• Good technical understanding and judgment.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Team player with ability to work in cross functional teams as well as independently depending on the requirement of task in hand

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 supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.

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.