Animal Care Technician II

Charles River Laboratories; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Charles River Laboratories is seeking an Animal Care Technician II to join the Insourcing Solutions team in Baltimore, MD. You will perform daily husbandry, assist with breeding programs, and help maintain animal health records in a fast-paced research setting.

The ideal candidate has a high school diploma or GED, 1 year of animal care experience (rodents), and ALAT certification within 1 year 3 months, with LAT preferred, and must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• 1 year of experience working with research animals (specifically rodents).
• ALAT certification required within 1 year and 3 months.
• LAT certification or equivalent training preferred.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsor visa, now or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily animal husbandry duties to maintain quality and health of research animals, including water checks, food and water provision, cage changes and documentation of health concerns.
• Monitor environmental parameters and maintain written records.
• Assist with restraint and handling of various animal species and transfer of non-human primates between cages.
• Support rodent breeding program including mating pairs, weaning, recordkeeping, and phenotype observations.
• Ensure cages are identified with strain or lineage, sex and status.
• Maintain breeding records and pedigree data.
• Care for transgenic births, determine sex, and wean when appropriate.
• Provide animal identification (ear notching, ear tagging, toe clipping).
• Assist with specialized care including diet preparation, medicated water, and drug administration.
• Assist research staff with logistics and scheduling of projects and provide lab support.

Skills

Animal handling

Research animals

Care protocols

Education

High school diploma or GED

ALAT certification within 1 year 3 months

LAT certification or equivalent training

Job description

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

Job Summary

We are seeking an Animal Care Technician II to join ourInsourcing Solutionsteam located inBaltimore, MD

Additional Responsibilities Include

• Perform daily animal husbandry duties to maintain quality and health of research animals, including: perform daily water bottle /automatic water line and cage checks; provide appropriate food and water; perform cage changing and/or cage cleaning. Accurately document animal health concerns.
• Monitor environmental parameters and maintain written records.
• Assist with restraint and handling of various animal species. Safely transfer non-human primates from cage to cage.
• Provide support to rodent breeding program, including setting up mating pairs, weaning, recordkeeping, and performing associated technical procedures, including phenotype observations.
• Ensures that cages are identified correctly with information regarding strain or lineage, sex and sexual status.
• Maintain detailed breeding records indicating the birth date, animal age, and fertility data of each animal. Responsible for computerized or manual breeding records to maintain pedigree information on each animal.
• Cares for potential transgenic births, determines sex, and weans when appropriate.
• Provide animal identification, i.e. ear notching, ear tagging, and toe clipping.
• Assist with specialized care of animals including preparation of special diets, medicated water, care of immature, aged, and special study animals. Administer drugs or treatments to animals as directed.
• Assist research staff with logistics and scheduling of projects, and conduct research and laboratory support services.

Job Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED
• 1 year of experience working with research animals (specifically rodents) with related technical experience.
• AALAS certification at the ALAT level required or must be achieved within 1 year and 3 months.
• LAT certification or equivalent training and experience preferred
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without a sponsor visa, now or in the future.

The pay for this position is$24.72 USD per hour.

About Insourcing Solutions

Charles River Insourcing Solutions can streamline research by delivering operational and cost efficiencies through the strategic insourcing of GMP, GLP and non-GLP research services from discovery through safety assessment. Insourcing Solutions provides you with the ability to maintain control of your facility and expertise while leveraging available space.

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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