Technical Trainer II (Lab Animal Facility)

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 Overview

Charles River Laboratories (CRL) is seeking a Technical Trainer II to join our integrated toxicology (ITox) team at the Kansas City site. This site is the first of its kind, bridging CRL’s Discovery and Safety Assessment business units, while bringing automation to standard lead optimization toxicology study models to deliver rapid study results to our clients. When you join our team, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe.

A Technical Trainer II is responsible for providing technical skills instruction for staff including skills within in-vivo operations, basic clinical pathology sample processing, and animal euthanasia. This includes providing and/or coordinating technical training, conducting skill proficiency assessments, maintaining training documentation, and providing feedback to training program governance representative(s) and managers of the trainees. Conduct learning assessments, participate in trainer qualification programs, support global initiative, lead orientation activities for new hires, and attend sponsor audits. They may serve as a subject matter expert for training on new equipment or systems across muliple disciplines.

The pay range for this position is $29.00 - $32.00 USD/hour. Please note that hourly rates vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.

Job Description

• Coordinate staff technical training based on needs identified through collaboration with functional line management; conduct training, including cross-training, where applicable; assess trainee knowledge/skills acquisition and evaluate trainee competence to perform required tasks.
• Document training progress and completion; coordinates and monitors training conducted by other subject matter experts.
• Review work performed by trainees (including data collected as part of the job) and address minor deficiencies and escalate more notable deficiencies to department management.
• Provide feedback about trainee progress to trainee and department management.
• Review, update, and/or create training materials; obtain input for content and appropriate instructional design from other subject matter experts, as applicable.
• Perform assessments of staff technical skills to verify that correct and consistent practices are used; identify skill gaps and provide or coordinate refresher training, as needed.
• Assist learning professionals with design and implementation of training programs and knowledge/skills assessments.
• Idendepdently train (including cross-training) for multiple technical laboratory disciplines. Actively maintain competencies and assist with production work for at least one technical laboratory discipline, as needed.
• Consistenly generate accurate reports from the Learning Management Systems (LMS) for new hires and management.
• Effectively train staff to assist with laboratory maitenance functions with minimal oversign. Assist with laboratory maintenance functions, as needed.
• Independently perform and create competency assessments to identify knowledge/skill gaps to effectively evaluate trainee performance with minimal oversight.

Job Requirements

• Education: High School diploma/GED (general education development) required. Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Experience: One(1) - four(4) years of relevant experience in a lab animal facility including at least one year of experience as a trainer.
• Certification: AALAS (American Association for Laboratory Animal Science ) certification at the ALAT (Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician ) level preferred.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without a sponsor visa, now or in the future.
• Other: Demonstrated proficiency in required departmental technical skills; previous training experience preferred
• Demonstrated knowledge of department processes and procedures.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing at all levels inside and outside the organization.
• Basic famliarity with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Computer skills, commesurate with Essential Duties and Responsibilities, including the abilty to learn a validated system.
• Ability to work extended hours beyond normal work schedule to include, but not limited to evenings, weekends, extended shift, and/or extra shifts, sometimes on short notice.
• Ability to work under specific time constraints.

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.

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.