Scientific Associate

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.

The Bioscience Division provides support to the pharmaceutical, veterinary pharmaceutical and chemical/agrochemical industries by evaluating the metabolism, distribution and elimination (ADME) of new chemical and biological entities both in vitro and in vivo in a variety of test systems.

We are looking to recruit a Scientific Associate to join this exciting team of scientists in the Bio Sciences Lab Services department. The role of this team is to understand the metabolism properties of novel pharmaceutical and chemical agents in a variety of species/matrices (animals, plants, soils). Working in close contact with our clients, the study directors, the management team and the internal Charles River network you will be expected to contribute to the conduct of projects to support the smooth and swift progression of novel drug/agrochemical/veterinary pharmaceutical candidates through preclinical evaluation and beyond.

Your responsibilities as a Scientific Associate will include the following:

• Accurate and detailed documentation of activities
• Use of general lab equipment including LSC, HPLC, TLC.
• Generation of critical electronic data
• Assisting with the preparation of data and reports for issue to clients
• Engagement in staff training and development programs
• Supervision of staff (where required)

Applicants should be educated to degree level ideally in a chemistry or life sciences (with a chemistry component) related discipline. Relevant laboratory experience in the conduct of regulatory studies would be advantageous, however, full training will be provided.

• Relevant qualifications, specifically a minimum of a scientific degree in a relevant discipline.
• A strong eye for detail and excellent documentation skills.
• Excellent communication, organisation and time management skills as well as an ability to work flexibly and to tight deadlines
• A working knowledge of Microsoft Office or scheduling software would be beneficial.

Closing date: 28 September 2026

Salary for this position is: £28,789.76 per annum.

Performs technical laboratory activities in support of client studies or procedures. Performs analysis of data for quality and completeness and determines if results are as expected. Records data in compliance with company and regulatory policies and standards to meet quality and accuracy requirements. Executes scientific testing strategies and studies. May participate in development as part of team. May lead assay research, assay validation or study conduct, or is involved in preparation of material (e.g. protein, nucleic acid, cells, etc.).

Reviews and interprets study data, communicates results to clients and writes final reports. Ensures compliance with protocols and all applicable SOPs. Troubleshoots and resolves assay or technical issues in the laboratory when scientific expertise is needed. Contributes to specific dataset interpretation, or when appropriate answering questions from regulatory authorities. For singular focus of Chemistry or Biology disciplines, refer to specified role on job architecture.

No degree required

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