Summer Student - Maintenance Clerk

at  Charles River Laboratories

Req ID #: 222394
Location:Montreal (Senneville), Quebec, CA, H9X 3R3
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 Maintenance Clerk for our Toxicology team located in Senneville, you will be responsible for the well-being of our laboratory animals. Your contribution will ensure the health of our animals, as well as the integrity of our pre-clinical studies.

In this role, primary responsibilities include:

• Prepare and decontaminate animal rooms according to schedule
• Ensure that the required study materials are available
• Ensure adequate and accessible food and water supplies for all animals at all times
• Handle the animals for any activity that requires it
• Remove domestic and biomedical waste and dispose of in appropriate containers
• Operate the cage washer

ROLE SPECIFIC INFORMATION:

• Location: Senneville / Free parking / Shuttle service from Sainte-Anne-De-Bellevue train station and John Abbott College to the Senneville site
• Salary: $17.25/hrs
• Premiums:
• Weekends : $2.75/hrs
• Overtime : Time and a half
• Holidays: Double time
• Daytime schedule from 8:00 am to 4:15 pm. Depending on the operational needs, you may have to work on weekends
• Temporary position for the summer period, full-time at 37.5hrs per week

In this role, primary responsibilities include:

• Prepare and decontaminate animal rooms according to schedule
• Ensure that the required study materials are available
• Ensure adequate and accessible food and water supplies for all animals at all times
• Handle the animals for any activity that requires it
• Remove domestic and biomedical waste and dispose of in appropriate containers
• Operate the cage washe