Research Scientist I

Interact with clients in the pharmaceutical industry (i.e., drug products, medical devices, vaccines) or chemical/agrochemical industry (i.e., food or food additive or pesticides) throughout the world to serve their safety assessment testing needs and ensure compliance with the governing regulations (e.g., Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Protection Agency or Europe Chemical Health Agency, International Conference for Harmonization, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Japanese Ministry for Health, Labor, and Welfare) for this testing. This preclinical testing is critical to human exposure, environmental safety and to the health care industry, and is necessary prior to consideration of new compounds for regulatory approval. Serve as the single point of control and has the ultimate responsibility for coordinating study conduct of preclinical efficacy and/or toxicology studies assigned by Testing Facility Management within safety assessment. Responsible for developing protocols/study plans, coordinates with technical teams to allow appropriate execution of the study, including establishing study schedules, ensuring adequate Standard Operating Procedures are available and adhered to, ensuring adequate data recording, and reporting, and ensuring regulatory requirements/expectations are met for the assigned study(ies). Responsible for the interpretation of preclinical toxicity studies, evaluation, and preparation of reports from the data collected during these studies, communication with sponsor representatives, initiating contact with potential clients will be required, and they must have a familiarity with study costs and the impact of any changes in the experimental design. May be involved with development of new technologies/procedures. Minimum Requirements Bachelors degree, or foreign degree equivalent, in Toxicology or related discipline, plus a minimum of 2 years of experience in a related industry (i.e., Contract Research Laboratory, Pharmaceutical, or Biomedical Research). The experience (which may be gained concurrently) must also include the following: 2 years of experience with strong leadership capabilities (i.e., coaching, communicating, setting expectations), supervisory skills, and scientific presentation skills to ensure nonclinical project team members understand the experimental procedures outlined in the nonclinical study protocols/plans; 2 years of experience providing scientific advice (i.e., problem solving) and scientific monitoring of nonclinical projects; and 2 years of experience using state of the art computer technology, such as but not limited to Provantis, Dispense, or Report Monitoring Systems. Occasional domestic travel may be necessary to attend scientific meetings for educational purposes or for client visits for business purposes. Job Location: Charles River Laboratories, Inc., 905 Sheehy Drive, Building A, Horsham, PA 19044. 40 hours per week, 9:00 am 5:00 pm. To apply, send resume and letter of application detailing experience to Pauline Javorski, Associate Director, Human Resources, Charles River Laboratories, Inc.,