Logistics Technician

Req ID #: 222229

Kaarst, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE

Full time

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.

**Job Summary**

The** Logistics Technician** is part of a small team of Warehouse/Logistics Technicians at our Charles River Microbial Solutions site in Kaarst, Germany. The main tasks of this position are receiving raw materials, packaging material for production and laboratories, receiving samples for the laboratories, national/international dispatching of reagents and laboratory instruments as well as general warehouse activities.

**Job Qualifications**

**Minimum qualifications**:

- **Education**: Completed vocational training as a logistics specialist or equivalent. Many years of experience can be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific training and experience mentioned above_._
- **Experience**:At least 1 year in warehousing and transport
- **Certifications/Licences**:Class B driving licence
- **Other**:Knowledge of written and spoken German (C2 level), knowledge of written and spoken English (C2 level), good IT skills and use of common Microsoft Office package, good spatial awareness/thinking

**Preferrable qualifications**:

- Class C driving license
- Forklift license

**Workplace requirements**:Precise work, Ability to concentrate, Physical resilience

**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.

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 ~85% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2019.

**Equal Employment Opportunity**
Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, veteran or disability status.