Support Technician (cage wash)

Inotiv; Belton; Remote; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life assurance

Pension

Private health insurance

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

Inotiv, Inc. is seeking a Support Technician (cage wash) in Belton, Leicestershire, UK. This is a fixed-term full-time role from 07:30 to 15:45, 5 days a week, with a starting salary of £26,501.

Your duties include operating cage washing and decontamination equipment, receiving and routing goods, stocking stores, and maintaining a clean and safe unit through regular housekeeping and PPE-compliant tasks.

Qualifications

• Experience operating machines and cleaning/sanitising.
• Able to perform physical tasks (lifting/loading/unloading) with PPE.
• Good spoken and written English; able to understand instructions.
• Compassionate and humane approach to animals.

Responsibilities

• Operate decontamination equipment to clean and sterilise goods.
• Soak animal cages, jet wash, and load/unload cage cleaning machines.
• Receive, process and distribute goods within the unit; restock stores.
• Carry out regular stock takes to ensure supplies are maintained.
• Daily facility housekeeping; sanitise floors and surfaces for a safe environment.

Skills

Machine operation

Team player

Attention to detail

English proficiency

Job description

Support Technician (cage wash)### Support Technician (cage wash)Apply: On-site: Belton, Leicestershire, UK: Full time: Posted Yesterday: JR101918In this role you’ll be the key support to one of our animal units, making sure the technicians inside have everything they need, and the entire unit can operate perfectly. A large part of this will be operating decontamination equipment to clean and sterilise goods and items that the staff in our units need. These would be tasks such as soaking animal cages, jet washing them and loading/unloading cage cleaning machines. You’ll be responsible for receiving, processing, and distributing goods within the unit, restocking stores, and carrying out regular stock takes to ensure supplies are always maintained. In addition, you’ll perform daily facility housekeeping of the unit, sanitising all floors, surfaces and working areas to maintain a safe and clean environment. **About you:**It’s preferable that you have experience of operating machines/machinery, and cleaning/sanitising. You’re not afraid of hard work, you’re comfortable performing a lot of physical tasks (lifting, loading, unloading) and you’re comfortable performing waste management and wearing PPE (hairnet, face covering, gloves, tyvek suit etc) during your day. It’s essential that you’re a great team player with a reliable and proactive approach to work. You’re flexible and happy to support colleagues with a variety of tasks. You have a strong attention to detail and can stick to procedures. You have a level good of spoken/written English and you’re able to understand written and verbal instructions. You also need a compassionate and humane approach to animals. **Location/Benefits:** This is a fixed-term contract (for 18 months, with the opportunity to turn permanent). Working full-time from 07:30-15:45, Monday to Friday. Based in Belton, NW Leicestershire. * Starting salary of £26,501* 33 days holiday (inc. 8 public holidays).* Core benefits including life assurance and pension, plus income protection after 3 years of service.* Flexible benefits scheme, with optional private health insurance, health cash plan, technology scheme, and retail discounts.* Wellbeing benefits including our Employee Assistance Programme and our wellbeing portal with fitness videos, recipes and mindfulness exercises, plus much more.**Due to the nature of this role, candidates cannot have pet rodents (mice, rats or guineapigs), rabbits, or animals that feed on rodents (snakes, birds). for biosecurity reasons.** **Candidates must be able to drive and have access to their own vehicle. We are in a rural are with no public transport.** **About us:** Inotiv is a growing global contract research organisation (CRO) supporting drug discovery and development. Our work contributes to scientific and medical advances that improve health and wellbeing worldwide. At every stage of the journey, our teams play a key role in delivering quality science and operational excellence. Click **APPLY** now to join!