Animal Care Specialist

4 weeks ago


Bethesda, Maryland, United States Charles River Full time
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.

Key Responsibilities
  • Monitor daily animal health and welfare while performing daily animal health observations and animal husbandry duties to maintain quality and health of research animals.
  • Review, comprehend, and comply with all SOP's and quality assurance standards pertaining to specific area.
  • Perform technical support to include animal handling and restraint, weaning, tail snips, ear tagging, and assist with blood collection, tissue samples, and injections.
  • Maintain accurate records of animal breeding, health, weaning, identification, and housing/isolator or support areas as required by Institute and facility.
  • Provide environmental enrichment feed and other enrichment stimuli and/or provide behavioral assessments.
  • Receive, inspect, and put away incoming animals and complete related receiving duties.
  • Operate equipment and use supplies according to safety guidelines; perform general housekeeping and adhere to safety procedures.
  • Assist with receipt, stocking, and maintenance of supply inventories.
Requirements
  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
  • 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.
  • AALAS certification at the Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician level (ALAT).
About Charles River

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO) that has built upon its 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.

We are committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life, including 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.

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.



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