Maintenance Electrician
Charles River Laboratories
- Tranent, East Lothian
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Qualified Electrician which must include 18th Edition Wiring Regulations
- You must have a full, clean drivers licence and your own transport
- Previous experience working as a Maintenance Electrician
- To be able to participate in overtime as is reasonably required to ensure the smooth running of the department.
- To be available on a rota basis for emergency callouts out of hours
- Ability to interact with peers effectively
- Ability to adopt a methodical approach to work
- Able to interact and communicate professionally with internal and external clients
- Able to deal with people at all levels
- Ability to work within a team
- Great customer care skills
- Ability to work to tight timescales
- Adopt a can-do attitude
- To carry out an electrical repair and maintenance service to Charles River Laboratories sites.
- To carry out installation of electrical and computer wiring and systems to IEE regulations.
- To carry out portable appliance testing and maintenance of records.
- To maintain electrical equipment.
- To advise scientific staff on use of electrical apparatus and systems.
- To monitor room temperatures and conditions, calibration of temperature and humidity sensors/equipment.
- To alter room controls.
- To participate in Generator Testing and restart equipment.
- To liaise and make themselves familiar with Plant Engineer duties.
- To liaise with service engineers.
- To maintain any necessary legible record of work carried out.
- Fault finding and diagnostic testing.
- Work on high voltage equipment (if qualified).
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 supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.At Charles River Laboratories, we recognize and recruit all talent. We are a company committed to the principle of diversity and inclusion and work daily in this direction.