Laboratory Animal Technician

4 weeks ago

Bethesda, Maryland, United States Charles River Laboratories Full time

We are seeking an experienced Laboratory Animal Technician to join our Insourcing Solutions team located in Bethesda, MD.

As the Laboratory Animal Technician, you will maintain and monitor the health, technical, and physical environments within the animal care facility.

You will work closely with the Clinical Veterinarians and Veterinary support staff to perform daily health assessments, clinical observations, and provide treatments to the lab animals.

Additional responsibilities include:

  • Animal handling and restraint, weaning, timed mating, tail snips, ear tagging, injections (Sub-Q, IP, tail vein), blood/tissue collections (mandibular, tail vein, term bleed: IC or RO), treatments, microinjections, surgical preparations, and post-operative observations.
  • Familiarity with and ability to use various forms of anesthetic (Gas/Injectable).
  • Provide environmental enrichment feed, other enrichment stimuli as well as behavioral assessments.
  • Provide quality assurance to include animal health surveillance, HVAC, animal shipments, facility sanitation, and other procedures.
  • Maintain accurate records of animal importations, breeding, and health checks.
  • Assist in assessing training needs; develop and present to staff and PIs.
  • Prepare and submit written reports, charts, logs, and inventories.

Job Qualifications:

  • High school diploma or GED.
  • A minimum of 3 years' lab animal facility experience performing animal husbandry and clinical support.
  • Must have LAT certification.

Schedule:

Monday through Friday: 7AM-3:30PM, weekends and holidays if necessary.

The pay range for this position is $27 to $30 USD per hour.

Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.

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 increases 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 clients' unique challenges.

Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies, and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

About Us:

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.

Benefits:

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.

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