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IT Customer Support - Technical/Scientific

Charles River Laboratories International Inc (CRL)

Stilwell, KS, US, 66085

At Charles River, we are passionate about improving the quality of people’s lives. When you join our global family, you will help create healthier lives for millions of patients and their families. 

Charles River employees are innovative thinkers, who are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement. We will empower you with the resources you need to grow and develop in your career. 

As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will play a key role in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalized processes. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, when you work at Charles River, you will be the difference every day for patients across the globe.

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior IT Analyst for our Safety Assessment site located in Kansas City, Kansas. This role will perform requirements gathering, break/fix analysis, problem resolution research, queue monitoring, root cause analysis, site communication planning, content development for incident knowledge base, training materials, and coordination of support services, request management. The Senior IT Analyst will assist in change management.

Job Qualifications

  • Gather and document functional and technical requirements and consult with the user
  • community to turn those requirements into an appropriate Investment Proposal, and potentially
  • its associated Capital Equipment Request (CER).
  • Perform break/fix analysis for individual and recurring support issues. Document findings and
  • work with appropriate resources to find and deliver cost effective and timely solutions.
  • Monitor queue in the Service Desk software tool and follow appropriate guidelines for ensuring
  • that the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) processes are followed within
  • approved Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Monitor queue Key Performance Indicators
  • (KPIs) and provide solutions to improve results.
  • Perform root cause analysis of complex incidents or recurring problems. Develop solutions to
  • those problems. Document in the problem resolution knowledge database and develop training
  • materials to resolve ongoing issues or improve knowledge.
  • Develop new processes and procedures to improve existing services, or to assist in deploying
  • new support services.
  • Create the training and communications materials for new and enhanced services. Implement
  • training for medium to large scale service rollouts.
  • Participate in and document status of change management for site services.
  • Ensure work is compliant with applicable guidelines and regulations (e.g. BOP, SOP, GLP,
  • SMP, SOX, etc.)
  • Perform all other related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Education: Bachelor's Degree in computer science or related
  • discipline.
  • Experience: Minimum of 2 years related experience in IT.
  • 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: Requires good organizational, communication and interpersonal skills and must have a
  • good general knowledge of IT functional area.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear and
  • work/type at a computer.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

  • General office working conditions, the noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
  • May be required to travel.

The pay range for this position is $70-80k/year. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location

About Corporate Functions The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.  

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.

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. 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.

Job posted: 2023-03-23

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