Team Lead - PK & Acutes

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

We are seeking a Team Lead for our Pharmacokinetics & Acutes department in our Mattawan, MI l ocation.

A Team Lead serves as lead/primary technician within functional areas, provides leadership, technical guidance, serves as a mentor to less experienced staff, and assists management in oversight, daily supervision, and daily scheduling of technical personnel. The individual in this role actively promotes teamwork in all aspects of daily activities and performs management support-related activites up to half of their scheduled time.

The pay for this position is $25.50/hr USD. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform technical functions, focusing on critical functions and days, ability to function as senior technician in functional area.
• Assist/provide input to supervisor/manager regarding personnel management activities such as, but not limited to: training and development, providing regular direction and feedback on performance.
• Promote teamwork within the department and between other departments.
• Collaborate with other team leads, project leads and supervisors to balance workload across teams.
• Function as point person on weekends for multiple groups to provide oversight and help troubleshoot any potential issues.
• Ensure accurate, high-quality work, and adherence to pertinent departmental policies, practices and procedures (SOPs, safety procedures and biosafety protocols) through regular observation and oversight of technical functions.
• Assist supervisor to prioritize workload of assigned group; ensure schedule is prepared daily, accurately reflecting group and laboratory tasks and workload.
• Assist in the interview and selection of qualified non-exempt personnel.
• Assist in the development, implementation, and delivery of departmental training programs.
• Assist in the maintenance and communication of departmental systems and SOPs.
• Serve as a model as it relates to effective time management, positive interactions, communication, and utilization of resources. Provide leadership and motivation to departmental personnel.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or General Education Degree (G.E.D) required.
• Experience: 2 years technical expereince in functional area preferred.
  • Demonstrated internal experience commensurate at a Technician 4 (or equivalent) or above; or Technician 3 (or equivalent) or above with PK & Acutes experience
  • An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.
• Certification/Licensure: None
• Other: Good communication, time management and leadership skills

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.

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.

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 is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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