Animal Care Specialist
4 weeks ago
We are seeking a highly skilled Animal Care Technologist to join our team at Charles River Laboratories, Inc.
The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and monitoring the health, production, and physical environment of animals within isolators, micro-isolator cages, or barrier rooms. This includes performing specialized production duties, providing training to departmental staff on technical skills and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and ensuring compliance with all SOPs.
Key Responsibilities- Perform specialized duties in packing and shipping animals to customers, performing animal surgeries, biospecimen orders, and introducing supplies.
- Ensure proper breeding procedures and maintain appropriate levels of assigned specialized rodent breeds, including inbred and outbred strains.
- Monitor animal health by observing animal behavior, physical appearance, and physical environment, and identify and report any abnormal findings.
- Collect health monitoring swabs and follow health monitoring schedules.
- Maintain the biosecurity of the animal physical environment by following SOPs related to introduction and removal of supplies/animals, isolator inspection, and supply inspections.
- Maintain accurate departmental and isolator records.
- Participate in preparation of reports, order inquiries, and completion of customer paperwork as assigned.
- Participate in planning/coordination of customer projects for the department.
- Train departmental staff on all levels of animal husbandry, production, and tasks, including feeding, watering, and cleaning cages as required.
- Monitor animal health visually and by swabbing.
- Train departmental personnel on specialized tasks in packing and shipping animals to customers, providing technical training to departmental personnel, performing animal surgeries, biospecimen orders, and introducing supplies.
- Responsible for QA checks on departmental procedures, developing corrective action items, and instituting a follow-up plan.
- Operate equipment and use supplies according to safety and ergonomic guidelines.
- Perform physical environment housekeeping duties and production operations according to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and/or Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to maintain biosecurity.
- Coordinate production activities upon temporary absence of Team Lead.
- Adhere to safety procedures and follow ergonomic practices and stretching schedules.
- High School diploma or GED (General Education degree).
- Two to four years related experience and/or training.
- An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.
- Ability to communicate and follow verbal and written directions accurately.
- Ability to multi-task.
- Must have strong organizational skills.
- Pays close attention to detail.
- Proficient in computers (IE: MS Office Suite).
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- AALAS certification at the Assistant Technician (ALAT) level.
About Charles River Laboratories, Inc.
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, Inc. 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.
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