Cage Wash Operator

**Req ID #**:222426**Location**:Fleurimont, Quebec, CA, J1E 0B5- 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**

**Cage Wash Operator (STUDENT) - On site training - No experience necessary**
As a Cage Wash Operator (Student position) for our Toxicology team in Sherbrooke (QC), you will be responsible for ensuring the equipment used to maintain the animals’ living conditions is cleaned according to the highest wellbeing standards in the industry.

In this role, key **responsibilities** include:

- Operating and performing daily checks on cage washer machines;
- Monitor the use of soaps and various needs of the cage washers,
- Clean all types of animal housing and accessories (cage, toys, bowl, waterbottle, etc )
- Perform basic maintenance on all cages and accessories to ensure that everything is safe for the animals

**Key Elements**
If you possess the following **qualifications**, we will train you in the rest:

- Organized and self-driven.
- Being able to work physically (lift up to 20 kg, walk, stand, stoop, etc.).
- Understanding of written English.
- DES (high school diploma) or equivalent experience.
- Please note that upon being hired, you will have to undergo an annual tuberculosis test at the expense of the company_.

**Role Specific Information**:

- Location: easily accessible using Sherbrooke’s public transit system. Free parking. Electric vehicle charging station.
- Pay: Starting at 16,25$/hrs.
- Schedule: Student position mostly for the weekend ($2.75/hour) and Holiday, Full time during summer period.

**Why Charles River?**
- Personal days.
- On site and free Gym
- Many social activities

If you want to contribute to the wellbeing of our communities across the country and around the world, join our team 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. 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, national origin, veteran or disability status.- **Job Segment**:Pharmaceutical, Laboratory, Biotech, Toxicology, Science, Research