Animal Care & Lab Logistics Technician

Zachary Piper Solutions; Denver (Lancaster County); On-site; USD 49,594,000 - 57,859,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Piper Companies in Denver, PA is seeking a Product Service Support Technician with a background in animal handling to support a life sciences services operation on a contract-to-hire basis. The role emphasizes hands-on labor, animal housing care, and data recording.

You will assist with logistics, equipment handling, and occasional weekend coverage, while adhering to strict animal welfare, safety, and biosecurity protocols.

Qualifications

• Experience in general labor, animal handling, pet care, or pet store environments preferred.
• Comfortable performing physical labor and supporting project-based work.
• Reliable and committed to completing assignments and projects through to completion.
• Adaptable, able to follow strict facility protocols, and capable of working in a structured environment.

Responsibilities

• Receive, stock, rotate, and store supplies while supporting deliveries from internal and external sources.
• Maintain animal housing areas by cleaning and changing cages, operating sanitation and decontamination equipment, and ensuring compliance with biosecurity and disease prevention protocols.
• Collect, monitor, and accurately record environmental, facility, and operational data in accordance with standard operating procedures.
• Support logistics and transportation activities, including constructing transport boxes, safely operating material-handling equipment, and coordinating the shipment of animals, samples, equipment, and consumables.
• Perform general housekeeping and waste removal while maintaining compliance with animal welfare, quality, health and safety, and regulatory standards.
• Provide operational support as needed, including weekend/holiday coverage and performing euthanasia in accordance with established protocols and regulations.

Skills

Animal handling

General labor

Reliability

Adaptability

Job description

Piper Companies in Denver, PA is seeking a Product Service Support Technician with a background in animal handling to support a life sciences services operation on a contract-to-hire basis. The role emphasizes hands-on labor, animal housing care, and data recording.

You will assist with logistics, equipment handling, and occasional weekend coverage, while adhering to strict animal welfare, safety, and biosecurity protocols.