Facility Supervisor

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 an experienced Facility Supervisor to join our Insourcing Solutions team, located in Boston, MA within the Charles River Accelerator & Development Labs (CRADL) animal facilities.


As the Facility Supervisor you will provide direct supervision of the daily activities and training of staff conducting husbandry and support services. Prioritize and complete on-going tasks independently following established policies and guidelines. Liaises with clients to ensure satisfaction with staff performance


Additional responsibilities include:

• Plan, create, assign, and monitor work schedules for staff daily husbandry and study support assignments; assign weekend, holiday, and on-call coverage.
• Supervise and develop animal care and support staff, including hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance management, and employee development.
• Serve as a model to CRADL employees as it relates to CRL Core Values (CARE, LEAD, OWN, COLLABORATE). Provide mentorship, leadership and motivation to all CRADL personnel.
• Monitor and analyze staff performance to ensure the highest level of animal care and support, timely reporting of health concerns, and meeting client needs.
• Communicate with clients, listen to feedback/concerns and respond promptly and professionally, demonstrating strong organizational skills to manage multiple tasks, prioritize effectively, and ensure that client service operations run smoothly.
• Ability to perform or obtain proficiency to provide husbandry or technical backup on dosing, injections, collections as needed.
• Inspect animal housing systems to ensure proper setup and function; coordinate the movement of animals within the facility and assign housing locations for incoming animals.
• Conduct routine QA inspections of animal holding and support facilities to ensure established levels of animal health, facilities condition, sanitation levels, environmental parameters, and security are being met or exceeded.
• Investigate animal welfare concerns, propose and deliver appropriate mitigations to active concerns while preventing future recurrences.
• Generate work orders, maintain documentation on all maintenance and ensure resolution.
• Place & receive orders, monitor acquisition, receipt, storage and issue of supplies/animals; supervise the use of all space within the facility.
• Supervise record maintenance; generate and submit reports and report operations issues to management.
• Provide timely, concise and effective communication regarding all facility utilities, infrastructure, process equipment, and supply chain and housing system issues to management.
• Participate in the development and implementation of CRADL organization and site-specific policies and SOPs.

Job Description

The following are minimum requirements related to the Facility Supervisor position.

• High school diploma, General Education Degree (G.E.D.) or equivalent required.
• Bachelor's degree (B.A./B.S.) in animal or life sciences field preferred.
• Minimum four 4 years in a laboratory animal facility of which 2 years is supervisory or lead technician experience.
• Laboratory Animal Technologist (LATG) certification from AALAS or Certified Supervisor (CS) certification from ICPM preferred.

The pay range for this position is $88k-$95K USD annually. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.

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 View email address on click.appcast.io. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

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