For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked to advance the discovery, development, and safe manufacture of new drug therapies, making a profound impact on global health. Our 20-year partnership with Boston Children’s Hospital takes this mission to the next level, supporting groundbreaking innovations that directly impact patient care. At Boston Children’s, their commitment to diversity drives the exceptional quality of care provided to patients from local communities to over 160 countries worldwide. This is your moment to become part of a family where unique talents and perspectives unite to change lives, including your own. Together, we’re shaping a healthier future through compassion, innovation, and opportunity.
We are delighted to be searching for a Maintenance Electrician to join the team within the Site Services Engineering department based in Tranent EH33 2NE.
This role is to carry out Electrical Maintenance, repairs and installations under the direction of the Site Services Engineering Supervisor. This role is mainly based in Tranent, and this role covers Electrical maintenance requirements for our three sites across the Edinburgh area. Based on a varied shift pattern including evenings and an on-call rotation.
The Ideal candidate will have experience in an industrial/manufacturing setting and will have as a minimum 18th Edition qualification, right to work in the UK, Full UK Drivers Licence and own transport.
This opportunity is a permanent full-time role.
We offer a salary of up to £43,000 per annum + on-call allowance.
Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Requirements
- Qualified Electrician with a minimum of 18th Edition Wiring Regulations and industry standard qualifications.
- Experience working as an Electrician, ideally in an industrial context.
- Full, clean driver’s license and your own transport.
- To be able to participate on a rotational basis in the emergency out of hours on-call system. (eligible upon successful completion of the probationary period)
- Posseses a methodical approach to work, employing sound risk assessment techniques.
- Ability to interact and communicate professionally with internal and external stakeholders and have personable customer service skills.
- A collaborative mindset to effectively work with colleagues across all levels of the organisation and to work effectively as part of a team as well as individually.
- Capabilitybility to work to tight timeframes.
- Adopt a flexible response to changing priorities
- Ability to comfortably work at height, work in potentially confined spaces
- To be able to participate in overtime as is reasonably required to ensure the smooth running of the department.
- Electrical repair and maintenance service to Charles River Laboratories sites based over 3 sites around Edinburgh: Tranent, Elvingston and Riccarton.
- Installation of electrical and computer wiring and systems to IEE regulations
- Portable appliance testing and maintenance of records
- Maintain electrical equipment
- Recording of data and management of work orders in the work order management system (Maximo)
- Advise staff on use of electrical apparatus and systems
- Alter room environmental controls settings as directed by operational departments
- Participate in Generator Testing and restart equipment
- Liaise and make themselves familiar with Plant maintenance requirements (for on-call duties)
- Liaise with external vendor service engineers
- Maintain necessary legible records of work carried out, both electronic and written
- Fault finding and diagnostic testing
- Work on high voltage equipment (if qualified)
Due to the nature of this role, you must also be able to work out with normal office hours, as required and as a member of a rotational on-call response team, for which an on-call allowance will be payable, own transport is essential for this.
Salary for this role £43,000 per annum. You will also be expected to participate in the rotational on-call system upon successful completion of the probationary period. You will receive an on-call allowance, and the details of this will be provided to you, once you commence in post. In the event that the on-call arrangement or your participation therein ceases for any reason, then the payment will be discontinued. The payment will not be included in your salary for pension purposes.
What you can expect from us:
- World Class Training and a structured progression scheme
- Competitive salary
- Private Health Care
- Pension scheme including 8% employer contribution
- Personal life insurance equivalent to 6 times your annual salary
- Subsidised electric car scheme open to all employees
- Employee discount scheme – discounts across hundreds of retailers!
- Paid opportunity to volunteer for one day each year
- Free onsite fitness suite and fitness lessons
- Discounted staff canteen
- Free onsite parking
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 [email protected]. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
For more information, please visit www.criver.com.
