What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2025 Summer Intern - Facilities Engineer Intern position at Charles River Laboratories?
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
We are seeking a controls technician intern to work with the building automation engineer on an upgrade for the chillers control system to be done with Trane. Ideal candidate is one interested in pursuing a career in Building Automation Installation, Programming, and Commissioning systems. The Intern is responsible for successfully completing the internship program departmental project focused on knowledge application. Due to the regulatory environment of our business, this internship includes understanding the importance of compliance with regulatory agencies and associated guidelines. Must be able to meet physical requirements established in this job description.
This is an onsite role in Reno, NV. The pay range for this position is $18 - $21 per hour. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.
Job Qualifications
Education Requirements:
May regularly operate a computer and occasionally operate other office productivity machinery such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
Must regularly communicate with employees/customers; must be able to exchange accurate information.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk, climb, kneel, crouch or crawl, and use hands to handle, finger or feel objects, tools or controls.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to wear protective clothing (goggles, face shield, surgical mask, respirator, cap, gloves, scrubs, boots).
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to work with and/or near moving mechanical parts, sharp objects, toxic or caustic chemicals and biohazards, and live animals with risk of exposure to allergens and/or zoonotic diseases.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, unpleasant odors, wet, humid and/or extreme temperature conditions, and risk of electrical shock.
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 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 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, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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 crrecruitment_US@crl.com. 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.
225965
Job Summary
We are seeking a controls technician intern to work with the building automation engineer on an upgrade for the chillers control system to be done with Trane. Ideal candidate is one interested in pursuing a career in Building Automation Installation, Programming, and Commissioning systems. The Intern is responsible for successfully completing the internship program departmental project focused on knowledge application. Due to the regulatory environment of our business, this internship includes understanding the importance of compliance with regulatory agencies and associated guidelines. Must be able to meet physical requirements established in this job description.
This is an onsite role in Reno, NV. The pay range for this position is $18 - $21 per hour. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.
Job Qualifications
Education Requirements:
- Currently enrolled in a degree program in Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering or Electronics and Automation.
- Demonstrated knowledge of HVAC and chillers control system programming and instrumentation
- Ability to troubleshoots and resolves basic HVAC controls problems.
- Review and understand engineering as-built drawings
- Coordinates with building automation engineer and external vendor to precisely understand requirements for all on-site installation and repairs by forecasting issues, gathering materials and synchronizing on-site work.
- Contribute to commissioning, programming, setting up graphics, communications link, end to end testing, troubleshooting and servicing on assigned projects.
- Assist in documenting point to point verification, sequence of operations validation and job close out requirements.
- Ability to performs basic commissioning and system diagnostics from system-level controllers to end devices (i.e. sensors, actuators, etc) and complete all required commissioning documentation.
- Ability to calibrate systems requiring basic electronic test equipment
- Ability to follow all safety standards and attend required safety training
- Provide recommendations and solutions to ensure facility is running efficiently
- Documents changes and provides information for as-built documentation.
May regularly operate a computer and occasionally operate other office productivity machinery such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
Must regularly communicate with employees/customers; must be able to exchange accurate information.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk, climb, kneel, crouch or crawl, and use hands to handle, finger or feel objects, tools or controls.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to wear protective clothing (goggles, face shield, surgical mask, respirator, cap, gloves, scrubs, boots).
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to work with and/or near moving mechanical parts, sharp objects, toxic or caustic chemicals and biohazards, and live animals with risk of exposure to allergens and/or zoonotic diseases.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, unpleasant odors, wet, humid and/or extreme temperature conditions, and risk of electrical shock.
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 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 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, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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 crrecruitment_US@crl.com. 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.
225965
Salary : $18 - $21
