Associate Operations Specialist

Hiring organization: Charles River Laboratories

Job posted: 2026-10-01

Valid through: 2036-10-01

Locations:

United States - Cambridge

Experience requirements: 2-5 years experience

Education requirements: High School/GED

Description:

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 Associate Operations Specialist to join the InSourcing Solutions team supporting multiple sites in the MA area. In this role you will provide in-vivo support to clients for technical services. Perform technical training and techniques to include surgical and/or technical procedures on rodents, including dose administration, sample collection, euthanasia, necropsy, anesthesia, surgical preparation, and recovery.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Review, comprehend and comply with all SOP's and quality assurance standards pertaining to specific area.
Provides technical procedure training to less experienced staff and researchers, and provide re-training as needed.
May coordinate (or assist) or manage schedules of other team members; resolves schedule conflicts
Assemble, set up, operate and maintain any necessary experimental equipment to conduct in-vivo studies.
Document experimental data in technical notebooks or approved electronic files including activities undertaken, existing conditions, observed results and variation from expected data patterns.
Record, prepare, and analyze data for inclusion in project reports.
Perform the following techniques in rodents:
- PO, IV, SQ, IP, IM, and IN dosing and/or inoculation techniques
  Blood collection from multiple vessels or cardiac, and perfusions
  Tumor measurements, body weights, IBD and EAE scoring, behavioral monitoring, etc
  Rodent telemetry and physiological recordings
  Necropsy, tissue and fluid collections
Assist Operations Manager Provide coverage for monitor animal health and welfare while performing daily animal health observations and animal husbandry duties to include: performing daily equipment checks; providing appropriate food and water; performing cage changing and/or cage cleaning; recording animal health concerns.
Maintain accurate records of animal breeding, health, and housing/isolator or support areas.
Assist with restraint, handling and manipulation of various animal species as assigned.
Sanitize, maintain, and repair caging materials as directed. Maintain cage wash facilities in a clean and organized manner.
Assist with the receipt, stocking and maintenance of supply inventories.
Audit compliance with company policies, procedures and management guidelines. Provide recommendations for procedure updates as appropriate.
Perform breeding and weaning procedures to ensure appropriate production levels.
Interact with customers as directed to resolve customer requests, inquiries, and complaints, and to provide technical assistance.

Job Qualifications

To qualify for this role candidates must have one of the following combinations of education/experience:

• High school diploma or General Education Degree (G.E.D.) and four (4) year related animal husbandry and/or technical experience in lab animal research facility.

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) in Life Sciences or related field and two(2) experience in animal husbandry and/or technical in lab animal research facility.

• Certification/Licensure: AALAS certification at the Laboratory Animal Technician level (LAT) preferred.

The pay range for this position is $29-$36 per hour.

About Insourcing Solutions
Charles River Insourcing Solutions℠ can streamline research by delivering operational and cost efficiencies through the strategic insourcing of GMP, GLP and non-GLP research services from discovery through safety assessment. Insourcing Solutions℠ provides you with the ability to maintain control of your facility and expertise while leveraging available space.

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.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For more information, please visit www.criver.com.

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