Animal Care Technologist - (EG)

Charles River Laboratories; Wilmington (MA); On-site; USD 57,859,000 - 64,058,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid sick time

401K with company match

Paid volunteer time off

Job summary

Charles River Laboratories in Wilmington, MA is seeking an Animal Care Technologist to maintain and monitor animal health and environments in isolators and barrier rooms. The role includes training staff and performing SOP-driven tasks, with potential to become a regular employee.

The position emphasizes animal welfare compliance, data entry accuracy, and collaboration across teams in a fast-paced research setting.

Qualifications

• Experience with animal husbandry and routine husbandry tasks.
• Familiarity with data entry and computer systems used in labs.
• Ability to learn SOPs quickly and follow procedures precisely.

Responsibilities

• Maintain health, production and environment of animals in isolators or barrier rooms.
• Provide training to staff on technical skills and SOPs.
• Handle rodents for sample collection and genotyping as needed.
• Ensure compliance with animal welfare, biosecurity, and data accuracy.
• Collaborate to identify and ship animals for customer needs and studies.
• Adhere to EHS and general housekeeping in the lab environment.

Skills

Animal husbandry

Data entry

MS Office

Tablet usage

Education

Bachelor's Degree in life sciences

Associate's Degree

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

MS Office Suite

ICM (Internet Colony Management)

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 Technologist for our GEMS-Breed Department located in Wilmington, MA.

The Technologist performs specialized production duties to maintain and monitor the health, production and physical environment of animals within isolators, micro-isolator cages or barrier rooms. Provides training to departmental staff on all technical skills and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

This is temporary opportunity with the potential to become a regular Charles River Labs employee.

Some benefits include:

• Paid sick time

• 401K participation with a company match

• Paid volunteer time off

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Has substantial understanding and knowledge to perform husbandry tasks, including supplying food, bedding, water and environmental enrichment.

• Proficient at maintaining rat and mouse colonies, including setting up matings, weaning and sexing of offspring, genetic sampling of animals, processing samples and other technical tasks as required.

• Proficient at handling rodents (mice and rats), including restraining of animals for collection of fecal pellets, ear/tail sampling as well as tagging animals for identification.

• Has substantial understanding and knowledge to observe animals for any abnormalities or common health issues.

• Has substantial understanding and knowledge to identify and select specific animals for customer shipments, genotyping, health monitoring, matings, transfers or other various tasks as needed.

• Learn, understand, and comply with all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Able to complete new processes/tasks with minimal instruction.

• Strictly follow all animal welfare standards and biosecurity procedures necessary to maintain isolator integrity and animal health status, including the proper sterilization and entry of supplies/animals into isolators.

• Workload contains complex projects and requires judgement in resolving issues and/or in making recommendations. Be detailed-oriented and enter accurate data entry into Internet Colony Management (ICM).

• Ensure compliance with all local, state and federal laws governing the use of research animals.

• Ability to collaborate with others to train and mentor on knowledge and skills learned.

• Ability to self-organize, plan and execute daily tasks.

• Perform general housekeeping and adhere to EHS, safety, and ergonomic procedures.

• Has substantial understanding of using general computer skills and ability to quickly learn and master required computer programs, databases and other applications (i.e. ICM and Microsoft Office)

• Engage in studies, special projects, efficiency improvements, engagement opportunities, etc.

• Identify issues and recommend potential solutions to management.

• Able to effectively apply and incorporate CRL DNA into day-to-day work.

• Perform all other related duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

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

• Bachelor's Degree (B.A./B.S.) plus a minimum of 0-1 years of related experience.

• Associate's Degree (A.A./A.S.) plus a minimum of 1-2 years of related experience.

• High School diploma or GED plus a minimum of 2-4 years related experience.

In addition:

• Competent with using a tablet computer for data entry and communication (emails, IM's, etc)

• The ability to develop knowledge of, respect for, and skills to engage with those of other cultures or backgrounds.

• The ability to communicate clearly and effectively.

• Must possess a high level of initiative and ability to work with minimal supervision

• Proficient in computers (IE: MS Office Suite)

• Competent with using a tablet computer for data entry and communication (emails, IM's, etc)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• AALAS certification at the ALATG.

The hourly pay rate for this position is $21.25.

About Research Models & Services

Fundamental to basic research and discovery is the use of in vivo models to help identify disease targets and determine potential biological pathways that regulate the condition. As the world's leader in the production and distribution of the highest quality research animal, with 1 out of 2 animal models produced for preclinical research globally, we understand the importance of this step. With seven decades of experience, our expertise is unmatched, allowing us to provide you with the perfect model, including disease-specific and preconditioned options, for basic research and beyond.

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.