Animal Care Technician II

Charles River Laboratories; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 33,062; Full time

Job summary

A leading contract research organization in Baltimore is seeking an Animal Care Technician II. Responsibilities include animal husbandry, health monitoring, and compliance with guidelines. Candidates should have a high school diploma, ALAT certification, and 2-3 years of animal care experience, preferably with laboratory species. The position offers an hourly pay of $24.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years related experience in animal care, preferably with laboratory species.
• Must have experience working with rodents and non-human primates.

Responsibilities

• Perform animal husbandry duties including cage cleaning and feeding.
• Conduct daily health observations and report any issues.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines.

Skills

Animal husbandry

Health observation

Cage cleaning

Training and mentoring

Education

High school diploma or G.E.D.

ALAT certification

Job description

Overview

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For 70 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 a Animal Care Technician II for our Insourcing Solutions site located in Baltimore Maryland.

Responsibilities

• Performs animal husbandry duties including but not limited to preparation and actual changing of animal cages and related cage accessories of small and large animals, feeding and manual watering or monitoring/ testing automatic watering devices under minimal supervision.
• Performs cage wash duties as needed. Prepares caging for cagewash, including scraping floor grids, breaking down caging and dumping pans or scraping cages.
• Trains and mentors staff when requested.
• Performs daily animal health observations and reports any abnormal conditions or behavior of animals to the Immediate Supervisor, Facility Manager, Veterinary Technician, and/or Clinical Veterinarian.
• Cleans assigned animal rooms, facility and animal care equipment and associated animal facility areas as assigned.
• Obtain weekly animal census.
• Monitors and reports any irregularities in the room temperature, light cycles, air changes, and other environmental conditions that may affect animals.
• Ensures that all logbooks, checklists and other records are completed accurately in a timely fashion.
• Provide environmental enrichment feed and other enrichment stimuli and/ or provide behavioral assessments.
• Provides lead role on assigned weekends/holidays.
• Performs all work assignments in accordance with guidelines established by federal, state, and local regulatory agencies and NIDA SOP and specific protocol instructions.
• Performs euthanasia using correct procedures.
• Provides a regular and predictable attendance schedule.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or General Education Degree (G.E.D.)
• 2 -3 years related experience in animal care with at least one year of that time working with laboratory animal species, most applicable rodents and non-human primates preferred.
• ALAT certification required

The hourly pay for this position is $24/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 14,000 employees within 80 facilities in 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. And in 2018, revenue increased by 22% to $2.27 billion from $1.86 billion in 2017.

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 supported the development of ~85% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2018.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/Disabled/Vet