Animal Care Technician II

Charles River Laboratories, Inc.; Dixon (CA); On-site; USD 37,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Charles River Insourcing Solutions in Dixon, CA seeks an Animal Care Technician II to join the Insourcing Solutions team. The role covers animal health monitoring, husbandry, and documentation per AAALAC standards and SOPs.

You will observe health, perform daily husbandry tasks, and ensure proper housing for research rodents. Responsibilities include daily health observations, cage changes, feeding, record-keeping, and assisting with rodent handling.

Qualifications

• HS/GED and 1 year directly related lab animal experience.
• AA/AS and 6 months directly related lab animal experience.
• BA/BS in animal or life sciences, no experience required.
• Certification/Licensure: AALAS certification at the ALAT level preferred
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without a sponsor visa, now or in the future

Responsibilities

• Monitor daily animal health and welfare using a tablet device.
• Perform animal husbandry duties to maintain quality and health of research animals.
• Record animal health concerns per SOP and documented protocols.
• Maintain accurate records of animal breeding, health and housing.
• Assist with restraint, handling and manipulation of rodents as needed.
• Use software to track animals, census and cage cards.
• Provide daily service to researchers to ensure study animals receive medicated diet and/or water and other housing requests.

Education

HS/GED and 1 year directly related lab animal experience.

AA/AS and 6 months directly related lab animal experience.

BA/BS in animal or life sciences, no experience required

AALAS ALAT certification preferred

Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship

Job description

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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 Overview

We are looking for a Animal Care Technician II to join our Insourcing Solutions team located in Dixon, CA.

The Animal Care Technician II level will perform animal care and husbandry duties on rodent species in accordance with AAALAC standards and client's SOPs/policies. Observe, monitor, and document the health and physical environment within the client's animal facility. Perform a variety of technical procedures on research rodents.

Job Description

In the Animal Care Technician II role, you will monitor daily animal health and welfare while performing daily animal health observations utilizing an assigned tablet device. Perform animal husbandry duties to maintain quality and health of research animals, to include:

• Perform daily water bottle /automatic water line and cage checks;
• Provide appropriate food and water; perform cage changing and/or cage cleaning as required;
• Record animal health concerns per SOP and/or specified protocols.
• Utilize cage change program schedules and documentation using company issued tablet devices.
• Maintain accurate records of animal breeding, health, and housing.
• May also be involved in maintaining and following breeding/weaning procedures to ensure appropriate production levels.
• May also assist with restraint, handling and manipulation of rodents as needed including receiving, inspection and housing incoming animals.
• Use applicable software for the tracking of animals including census and generation of cage cards.
• Provide daily service to the researchers to ensure study animals receive medicated diet and/or water and any other special housing requests outlined in their study protocol.
• Direct communication and interaction may be required between employee and researcher.
• Perform a variety of technical procedures on rodents as needed.

Qualifications

To qualify for this role, candidates must have one of the following combinations of education/experience:

• HS/GED and 1 year directly related lab animal experience.
• AA/AS and 6 months directly related lab animal experience.
• BA/BS in animal or life sciences, no experience required.
• Certification/Licensure: AALAS certification at the ALAT level preferred
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without a sponsor visa, now or in the future

The pay range for this position is $26.70 - $28.60 USD per hour. Please note the range will depend on factors such as experience, skills, region, and certification.

About Insourcing Solutions

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

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
• work life balance flexibility

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.

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

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