Lab Technician or Associate, Comparative Medicine (2 Year Contract)
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Job summary
Amgen seeks a Lab Technician or Associate for Comparative Medicine in Burnaby, BC, on a 2-year contract. You’ll support animal studies, care for vivarium welfare, and provide lab support for in vivo research.
Responsibilities include cage changes, health monitoring, safe rodent handling, and data documentation, with opportunities to expand skills and collaborate across teams.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with required rodent handling experience.
- Associate’s degree with 2 years rodent handling experience.
- High school diploma with 4 years rodent handling experience.
- Ability to provide occasional on‑call coverage and work outside regular hours.
- Must be comfortable with lifting up to 20 kg (50 lb).
Responsibilities
- Perform husbandry activities including cage changing, cage wash, sanitation, and routine maintenance.
- Assist with veterinary health monitoring and triage as needed.
- Handle and restrain rodents safely.
- Support vivarium operations including inventory management and 5S Lean initiatives.
- Develop competence in in vivo methods and adjust to study protocols.
- Collaborate with veterinarians and partners to support vivarium operations.
- Recognize and respond to facility alarms per procedures.
- Plan and schedule daily activities within priorities.
- Accurately document data per regulatory requirements.
Skills
Education
Job description
Scientific
Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients
At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission, to serve patients living with serious illnesses, drives all that we do.
Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity‑related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.
Our award‑winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.
What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role, you will support animal‑based studies, husbandry, and vivarium operations while providing technical and laboratory support for in vivo research.
- Perform husbandry activities such as cage changing, cage wash, facility sanitation, and routine maintenance activities.
- Assist with veterinary health monitoring and triage activities as needed.
- Perform safe handling and restraint of rodents.
- Support vivarium operations, including 5S (Lean management), inventory management, and facility organization.
- Develop technical competence and proficiency in in vivo methods (e.g., dosing, sample collection, physiological monitoring) and laboratory procedures for animal models; apply these skills while following established study protocols and animal health care procedures.
- Collaborate with management, veterinarians, peers, and research partners to support vivarium operations and animal‑based studies.
- Demonstrate and apply knowledge of biosecurity principles, including opportunistic disease transmission, prevention, and control.
- Recognize routine technical problems and recommend or implement solutions within established procedures, escalating issues as appropriate.
- Recognize and respond appropriately to facility alarms following established procedures.
- Follow guidance documents, methods, and study protocols to support animal‑based studies.
- Assist with planning and scheduling assigned daily work activities while appropriately prioritizing tasks within established priorities.
- Accurately complete data management and documentation in accordance with departmental and regulatory requirements.
- Establish effective working relationships within the team and actively participate in departmental and cross‑functional activities.
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The detail‑oriented professional we seek is a great teammate with these qualifications.
- Bachelor’s degree
- OR
- Associate’s degree and 2 years of laboratory rodent handling experience
- OR
- High school diploma / GED and 4 years of laboratory rodent handling experience
- Ability to provide occasional on‑call coverage and work outside of regular business hours, including limited weekend and holiday coverage, as business needs require.
- Candidate must be comfortable with regular lifting and/or moving of up to 20kg (50lb).
- Relevant Bachelor of Science
- RLAT certification through CALAS (Canadian Association for Laboratory Animal Science)
- Registered Veterinary Technologist/Technician (RVT)
- Experience working in a research environment with vivarium operations.
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Ability to follow verbal and written instructions and established procedures while demonstrating sound judgement in routine situations.
- Ability to independently perform assigned responsibilities after training while seeking guidance for unfamiliar or complex situations.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills that contribute to a collaborative and respectful work environment.
- Demonstrated accountability, integrity, and ethical conduct in the performance of daily responsibilities.
As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well‑being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.
- An option of a comprehensive health benefits package, or an additional 10% “in lieu of benefits” allowance
- Award‑winning time‑off plans and annual company‑wide shutdowns
- Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible
- Robust Learning and Development opportunities
As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.
Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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