Animal Packer

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

Join Our Team and Earn a $500 Sign-On Bonus! (Applicable to external candidates.)

Charles River Laboratories is seeking an Animal Packer to join our Raleigh team. In this role, you'll help ensure the safe and timely packing, shipping, and transportation of animals and supplies while supporting operations across our facility.

If you enjoy active work, warehouse responsibilities, and being part of a team dedicated to advancing scientific research and improving health, we'd love to hear from you!

What you’ll do:

• Prepare and ship containers according to required packing and shipping procedures
• Complete shipping and transportation documentation accurately
• Unload delivery trucks and organize supplies in designated areas
• Operate a forklift to move materials throughout the warehouse
• Maintain a clean, sanitized, and organized work area
• Inspect live traps each weekday morning and reporting findings
• Assist with other support services, including materials delivery and housekeeping
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Valid driver's license
• At least 18 years of age
• Ability to safely lift, carry, push, and pull materials weighing up to 50 pounds
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without a sponsor visa, now or in the future

Preferred Qualifications

• 1+ year of animal care or animal handling experience
• 1+ year of warehouse or stockroom experience
• Forklift operating experience

Schedule: Shift hours may vary between 5:00 AM and 3:00 PM

The pay for this position is $17.75 / hour.

About Research Models & Services

Fundamental to basic research and discovery is the use of in vivo models to help identify disease targets and determine potential biological pathways that regulate the condition. As the world’s leader in the production and distribution of the highest quality research animal, with 1 out of 2 animal models produced for preclinical research globally, we understand the importance of this step. With seven decades of experience, our expertise is unmatched, allowing us to provide you with the perfect model, including disease‑specific and preconditioned options, for basic research and beyond.

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.

• bonus/incentives based on performance
• 401K
• paid time off
• stock purchase program
• Health and wellness coverage
• employee and family wellbeing support programs
• 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.