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 Overview

General tasks

Support the coordination and conduct of research projects involving agricultural field trials (pesticide evaluation).

Support the local business interests for the Field Trials Group. This is a pan-European operation managed from the UK with sites across the EU and UK.

Job Specific Requirements

Sense of ownership, being responsible for the quality of the work and raw data produced.

Ensure and follow sound scientific methods and proper control procedures.

Responsible for ensuring that his/her work is conducted in accordance with appropriate Standard Operating Procedures and the principles of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP). Training will be provided.

Responsible for ensuring that a safe working environment is maintained for him or herself and his/her colleagues by observing all safety procedures and working methods, by making proper use of protective clothing and equipment and by reading, understanding and following all safety documents issued or notified to him.

Responsible for reporting immediately to their local Management any anomalous observations and equipment malfunction not immediately correctable, any data integrity issues, or any factor which will in any way impede the normal scheduling of any Charles River study.





Assist the local Field Trials Manager in ensuring any experiments with agrochemical test items comply with the appropriate regulations or guidelines.

Other Requirements

Degree or relevant further education An understanding of agronomy / crop protection.

Proactive and well organizedExcellent communication skills both written and verbal in Spanish and EnglishTraining in the Principles of GLP and Field Trial conduct will be provided. Any prior experience would be desirable but not essential.

Team playerRecord keeping, data management and reporting expertise

Proficient in working to exact project specifications

Communication skills, ensuring information is regularly shared with colleagues and management

Driving license and ability to travel in The Netherlands and Central Europe

Computer skills (data management)

Welcome opportunities to occasionally visit and be trained at other European Charles River facilities

About Safety Assessment

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.

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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 general 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.

At Charles River Laboratories, we recognize and recruit all talent. We are a company committed to fostering a sense of belonging and work daily in this direction.

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