Animal Care Technician I

Charles River Laboratories; Horsham (PA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Charles River Laboratories in Horsham, PA is seeking an Animal Care Technician I to perform daily animal husbandry duties in a GLP environment. Responsibilities include feeding, monitoring, weighing, handling, cage maintenance, data recording, and strict adherence to study protocols.

No degree is required; a high school diploma or GED is preferred. The role is on-site with starting pay of $19.00 per hour and opportunities for training and growth within a supportive, safety-focused team.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Experience: Animal handling in a veterinary, commercial, or industry setting preferred.
• Certification/Licensure: ALAT, LAT, or LATG preferred.
• Other: Accurate data keeping in GLP-compliant records; meet Animal Care Technician I core competencies.

Responsibilities

• Change room filters and clean behind vents.
• Clean animal rooms and housing per senior-devised schedules; sweep, mop, change cage pans, wash water bottles.
• Feed and water laboratory animals; monitor consumption.
• Assist in handling and grooming, weighing and receiving animals.
• Monitor chlorine, air flow, and water pressure; observe animal health and wellbeing.
• Record study data and husbandry data in electronic systems; follow GLP SOPs and study protocols.

Skills

Animal handling

Data recording

Record keeping

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma or GED preferred

Job description

At Charles River, we are passionate about improving the quality of people's lives. When you join our global family, you will help create healthier lives for millions of patients and their families.

Charles River employees are innovative thinkers, who are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement. We will empower you with the resources you need to grow and develop in your career.

As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will play a key role in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalized processes. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, when you work at Charles River, you will be the difference every day for patients across the globe.

Job Overview

Perform daily animal husbandry duties.

Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Change room filters and clean behind vents.

• Clean laboratory animal rooms and laboratory animal housing according to a schedule devised by senior personnel. Includes floor sweeping and mopping, changing of cage pans, removal of animal waste, changing and washing of water bottles and feeders, sanitizing carts, rooms and ancillary equipment.

• Feed and water laboratory animals and monitor feed and water consumption of animals.

• May assist in handling and grooming, weighing of and receiving of animals.

• Monitor and record chlorine levels, air flow, and water pressure.

• Observe animals for general health and overall wellbeing.

• Receive, store, and distribute supplies. Report low inventory to supervisor.

• Record study required data in appropriate form.

• Record husbandry data in electronic database(s).

• Review protocols to ensure proper husbandry and environmental parameters.

• Use GLPs, SOPs, study protocols, processes and company policies when performing all job functions.

• Perform all other related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education: High school diploma or General Education Degree (G.E.D.) preferred.

• Experience: Animal handling in a veterinary or commercial or industry establishment preferred.

• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.

• Certification/Licensure: ALAT, LAT, or LATG preferred.

• Other: Must be able to perform accurate data record keeping in compliance with GLP guidelines. Must be able to meet core competencies of an Animal Care Technician I.

The pay for this position is $19.00/hour. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to read, talk, hear, write and type at a computer.

• Must regularly be able to use close vision and have the ability to adjust focus.

• Must be able to frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds over a distance of approximately 1-75 feet.

• Must be able to regularly stoop, kneel, stand or reach up with hands and arms to manipulate objects on shelves from one and one-half to six and one-half feet above the floor on a repetitive basis each day.

• Must be able to regularly stoop, kneel, stand, or reach up with hands and arms to perform repetitive tasks such as filling water bottles, placing stoppers in water bottles and removing soiled liners from cages.

• Must be able to securely restrain and move mice, rats, hamsters, guinea pigs and rabbits from one location to another.

• Must be able to regularly clean animal rooms, including mopping of floors on a repetitive basis each day.

• Must be able to regularly push wheeled carts weighing up to 1200 pounds on a repetitive basis each day over distances of approximately 1- 100 feet.

• Duties require standing for an average of eight hours a day.

• Must be able to regularly handle and transfer small to medium size animals from one location to another.

Education

No degree required

About Safety Assessment

Charles River is committed to helping our partners expedite their preclinical drug development with exceptional safety assessment services, state-of-the-art facilities and expert regulatory guidance. From individual specialty toxicology and IND enabling studies to tailored packages and total laboratory support, our deeply experienced team can design and execute programs that anticipate challenges and avoid roadblocks for a smooth, efficient journey to market. Each year approximately 120 investigational new drug (IND) programs are conducted in our Safety Assessment facilities.

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 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 worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.

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 is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e‑mail message to [e-mail]. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For more information, please visit www.criver.com.

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