Maintenance Electrician

For 75years, 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

We are delighted to be searching for a Maintenance Electrician to join the team within the Site Services Engineering department based in Tranent.

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)
• Possesses 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.

What you’ll be doing

• 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.

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. 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 80% of the drugs approved by the FDA in the last five years.

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.