For nearly 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 Summary
Sustainability Manager
- Design, implement, and manage sustainability guidelines within service materials, including sustainable maintenance practices and waste reduction strategies.
- Develop and share educational materials for internal stakeholders, fostering awareness of sustainability practices.
- Collaborate with Marketing and Commercial on Sustainability messaging
Sustainability Strategy Development & LCA
- Collaborate with R&D, product development, and engineering teams to embed sustainable practices in new product introductions, and product updates, to integrate energy-efficient design, circular practices, and eco-labeling.
- Implement and embed Lifecycle Assessments (LCAs) for our product offerings.
- Conduct Lifecycle Assessments (LCAs) and lifecycle inventories to evaluate the environmental impact of analytical instruments across the entire product lifecycle.
- Identify opportunities to minimize environmental footprint through the value chain, integrating sustainability principles into product development and service processes.
- Partner with regulatory and compliance teams to monitor adherence to GHG reporting standards and environmental regulations, integrating these requirements into product and support processes.
Sustainability Metrics & Compliance Tracking
- Track, analyze, and report sustainability metrics, providing regular updates to leadership on progress toward sustainability goals.
- Benchmark sustainability initiatives against industry competitors, identifying and pursuing improvements in sustainable sourcing, energy efficiency, and waste reduction.
Continuous Improvement & Industry Engagement
- Build network and incorporate industry best practices into Microbial.
- Support projects as needed, for example Plastic Import tax. Identify ways to optimize and establish ways of working to mitigate.
- Represent Microbial at industry events on topics relating to Sustainabilty
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, sustainability management or equivalent is strongly preferred.
- 5+ years’ experience working within the bio-medical industryFamiliarity with sustainability certifications and industry best practicesProven ability to collaborate with cross-functionally across a global organizationAbility to analyze and track data metrics.
- Strong organizational skills; able to work independentlyExcellent verbal and written communication skills for engaging internal stakeholders and supporting external sustainability reporting or audits Knowledge of Life Cycle Assessment is strongly preferred
About Microbial Solutions
Our Microbial Solutions business group has a comprehensive portfolio of endotoxin testing, microbial detection and microbial identification products and services is unlike any other, and has been purposefully designed to meet the complex and ever-changing needs of the industry. We help clients to ensure product safety and quality with easy-to-use yet robust testing solutions that satisfy regulatory requirements, support critical decision making and improve operational efficiencies.
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.
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