Animal Support Technician II

3 weeks ago

Spring House, United States Charles River Laboratories 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**

We are seeking an **Animal Support Technician 2** for our **Insourcing Solutions Department** based at our facility in **Springhouse, PA** .

As the ASTII, you will maintain and monitor the health, production, and physical environment within our client animal facility. Perform animal care and husbandry, to include daily equipment checks; providing appropriate food and water; performing cage changing and/or cage cleaning; recording animal health concerns, cage wash duties and sanitation and basic technical skills. Provide environmental enrichment appropriate to species and support to other client's lab animal facilities in the Philadelphia area.

You may also be tasked with the following:

+ Perform post-surgical observations and associated record keeping.

+ Perform basic technical skills such as fasting, body weights and food/water measurements.

+ Perform animal identification (ear notching, tattooing, microchips).

+ May set up breeding pairs, perform plug checks, conduct weaning and collecting samples for genotyping; maintain colony records.

+ Train to perform rodent dosing such PO, IP, SQ and topical.

Other duties will include receiving, inspecting, and housing incoming animals in addition, reviewing, comprehend and complying with all SOPs and quality assurance standards pertaining to specific area.

**Job Qualifications**

Candidate will possess **_:_**

+ High School Diploma required; Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science, Biology or Biological Science preferred.

+ A Minimum of Twelve months related laboratory/research animal husbandry and basic technical experience.

+ AALAS certification at the Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician level (ALAT) preferred.

The pay for this position is **$24.00 - $26.00** per hour. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.

**About Insourcing Solutions**

Charles River Insourcing Solutions? can streamline research by delivering operational and cost efficiencies through the strategic insourcing of GMP, GLP and non-GLP research services from discovery through safety assessment. Insourcing Solutions? provides you with the ability to maintain control of your facility and expertise while leveraging available space.

**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 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.

**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.

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.

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