Summer Student

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**:
As a **Laboratory Clerk** for our **Immunology**team at the **Laval**location, you will provide general technical support within the departments.

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

- Wash, dry and store all the equipment used by the technicians and analysts;
- Perform maintenance/cleaning of basic laboratory equipment;
- Order all the disposable material and chemicals through the internal store and/or external supplier using the purchasing software;
- Receive and store chemicals, biological matrices, disposable material and keep inventories up to date;
- Keep the working area and storage room clean and organized.

**Key Elements**:
If you have the following **qualifications**, we'll train you for the rest:

- High School Diploma;
- Current student in Science, Biology or any other related field;
- Team player with a collaborative and positive approach.

**Role Specific Information**:

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Location**: 445 Boul. Armand-Frappier, Laval, QC, H7V 4B3;
- ** Transportation**: Free parking. Near the Montmorency Subway. Electric vehicle charging station;
- ** Salary**: $17/hrs;
- ** Schedule**: Monday to Friday, 8am to 4:15pm;
- Temporary position, full time during summer: 37.5hrs per week;
- Part-time schedule when returning to school (working minimum one weekend on two).

**Why Charles River ?**
- Excellent welcome program for new employees;
- Employee assistance program
- 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.

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.

**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.

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