Animal Care Technician II (50)

Charles River Laboratories; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in contract research is looking for an experienced Animal Care Technician II in Bethesda. The role involves maintaining animal health and ensuring high-quality standards in the facility. Ideal candidates will have a background in animal care and relevant certifications.

Benefits

Health and wellness coverage

401K

Paid time off

Employee and family wellbeing support programs

Bonus/incentives based on performance

Qualifications

• Experience in animal care and handling required.
• ALAT certification needed within one year of eligibility.
• Must be available some weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Maintain health records for research animals.
• Perform animal husbandry and health assessments.
• Administer treatments and ensure compliance with quality control standards.

Skills

Animal Health Assessment

Basic Animal Husbandry

Technical Service Requests

Education

High school diploma or GED

ALAT certification

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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 Summary

We are seeking an experiencedAnimal Care Technician II to join ourInsourcing Solutionsteam located inBethesda, MD.

As theAnimal Care Technician II, you will maintain, monitor, and document the health, breeding colony production, technical support, and physical environment within the animal facility. Your role will be to maintain the quality and health of the research animals.

Additional Duties

• Perform Animal Health assessments and send notifications to clinical veterinarians and investigative lab staff
• Animal health observations across multiple species; perform basic animal husbandry
• Perform breeder set-ups, vaginal plug checks and weaning
• Perform blood collection via various routes for technical service requests
• Perform ear tag/ID placement; sample/tissue collection for genotyping and other technical service request and facility sentinel program
• Administer topical, injectable, and oral treatments
• Maintain and update all related records, logs, forms, cage cards
• Applying quality assurance/quality control standards to ensure Statement of Work expectations are fulfilled
  
  

Job Qualifications

The following are minimum requirements related to the Animal Care Technician II position:

• High school diploma or GED required.
• One or more years of related animal care and handling experience
• ALAT certification, or become certified within one year of eligibility
  
  

Schedule: Monday through Friday 7AM-3:30PM. Must be available some weekends and holidays.

The hourly range for this position is $22.00-$24.00 USD per hour.Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.

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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