Application deadline
Deadlines only apply to undergraduate placement year positions. These are placed within adverts on-line.
Starting salary
Competitive salaries dependant on position and level of experience.
Pension scheme, annual bonus, training and development.
No of graduate positions
Most roles are at Harrogate and typically employ around 100+ per year.
Leeds approx 10 - 30 per year.
Maidenhead and Crawley - A few in data management and as trainee CRAs.
First year usually based location
Harrogate for majority of the Graduate roles.
Head office location
Princeton, NJ, USA.
Disciplines accepted
Life Sciences mainly, some Administration, Data Management, SAS programming, Computer Sciences, Medical Writing/Pharmocometrics etc.
How to apply
via our on-line application system at
University events list
Listed on-line
Location
Harrogate, North Yorkshire; Leeds, West
Yorkshire; Maidenhead, Berkshire; Crawley,
West Sussex
Annual Revenue
In 2006, global revenue was $1.34billion.
Our customers include the top 50 global
pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
About us
Covance is one of the world's largest and most
comprehensive drug development services
companies with revenues in excess of $1
billion, global operations in over 20 countries,
and has over 9,000 employees working from
33 offices. Covance provides innovative
and practical solutions to the challenge of
drug development, enabling biotechnology,
pharmaceutical and agrochemical companies
to get their products to market sooner. With
extensive experience and expertise in every
stage of drug development, Covance is a
recognised industry leader.
At Covance, we help make the miracles of
medicine reality. We offer opportunities to
work on diverse, challenging projects with
bright, interesting colleagues while building
a flexible and rewarding career. At our core,
Covance is about bringing drugs to market
faster, helping our clients turn discoveries
into marketed products - we are a catalyst that
enables medicines to change and save lives.
People come to Covance to make a difference.
We all take pride in and have a passion for
what we do. We strive to continually take the
company from Good to Great by introducing
the most talented people to help realise our
goals.
Key attractions
At Covance we understand and value the
contribution that each of our employees
makes. We know that we wouldn't be at the top
of our industry if it weren't for our dedicated
workforce. In return for this commitment
we offer an excellent remuneration package
including a comprehensive salary and bonus
structure, long-term disability insurance in
conjunction with a well established pension
scheme. Couple this with some of the best
in-house training, specifically designed to
encourage career progression and you can
understand why Covance employees are
some of the most satisfied in the industry.
Main recruitment areas
Significant areas of recruitment in Harrogate
are biotechnology, animal house operations,
toxicology operations, metabolism &
environmental services, bioanalytical
services, pharmaceutical analysis, genetic &
molecular toxicology and QA.
For Leeds the core areas are clinical
operations, data management, volunteer
recruitment and pharmacometrics.
For Maidenhead and Crawley the core areas
of recruitment are late stage development
services, clinical operations, data
management, and CoSource, the insourcing
division of Covance.
For a complete list of the openings currently
available globally, please visit:
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