Animal Care Technician III
1 month ago
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 experienced Animal Care Technician III to join our Insourcing Solutions team located in Bethesda, MD.
As the Animal Care Technician III, you will maintain, monitor, and document the health, breeding colony production, technical support, and physical environment within the customer's varied animal care environments.
Additional responsibilities include:
- Monitors daily animal health and welfare while performing daily animal health observations and animal husbandry duties to maintain quality and health of research animals, to include but not limited to perform daily water bottle /automatic water line and cage checks; provide appropriate food and water; perform cage changing and/or cage cleaning, utilizing microisolator techniques, as required; record animal health concerns per SOP and/or specified protocols
- Reviews, comprehends, and complies with all SOP's and quality assurance standards pertaining to specific area. Cares for and maintains laboratory animals in accordance with the Animal Welfare Act and the "Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals", as well as NIH policies and guidelines and other pertinent regulations and policies
- Performs technical support to include but not limited to animal handling and restraint, weaning, tail snips, ear tagging. May assist with blood collection (retro-orbital sinus, tail vein, cardiac bleeds on mice, rats, and rabbits), tissue samples, performs injections (IP, IM, SG, IV) treatments as directed
- Maintains accurate records of animal breeding, health, weaning, identification, and housing/isolator or support areas as required by Institute and facility. Follows breeding and weaning procedures to ensure required production levels
- Provides environmental enrichment feed and other enrichment stimuli and /or provide behavioral assessments
- Receives, inspects, and puts away incoming animals and complete related receiving duties
- Operates equipment and uses supplies according to safety guidelines; performs general housekeeping and adheres to safety procedures
- Assists with receipt, stocking, and maintenance of supply inventories
- Ability to take on new tasks and perform daily routines with minimal supervision
The following are minimum requirements related to the ACTIII position:
- Education: High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
- Experience: Minimum of two years' experience working in a lab animal environment with direct hands on with a variety of species, and at least six months of breeding technical experience.
- Certification/Licensure: AALAS certification at the Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician level (ALAT)
Schedule: Monday through Friday 7AM-3:30PM. Must be available some weekends and holidays.
The hourly range for this position is $25-$27 USD per hour. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including 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 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, 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 [email protected]. 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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