Animal Caretaker Technician - 173853

Piper Companies; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (Cigna)

Dental

Vision

401K

Job summary

Piper Companies is hiring an Animal Caretaker Technician in Philadelphia, PA to support an on-site academic medical research institution. The role focuses on feeding, cleaning, and caring for laboratory animals, ensuring health and proper environment.

Responsibilities include monitoring health, documenting behaviors, and ensuring compliance with animal care laws. Weekend rotations may be required. Compensation is $21 per hour with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 0–1+ years of experience handling animals in a lab setting.
• Ability to apply animal welfare principles to daily care.

Responsibilities

• Maintain nourishment and sanitation of lab animals.
• Care for animals in a clinical research environment.
• Document behaviors and activity for researchers.
• Monitor compliance with federal animal care laws and policies.
• Rotate weekend shifts as needed.

Skills

Animal handling

Animal welfare knowledge

Education

ALAT certification (preferred)

Job description

Piper Companies is currently seeking an Animal Caretaker Technician (ACT) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA) to work for a nationally recognized academic medical research institution. The Animal Caretaker Technician will serve as a key contributor in responsibly maintaining animal care within on-site laboratories.

The Animal Caretaker Technician will feed, clean, and care for animals, ensuring their health and standard of environment.

Responsibilities for the Animal Caretaker Technician include:

• Maintain timely and effective nourishment and sanitation of lab animals
• Work comfortably in the clinical research environment of using animals for educational research
• Document and track the animals’ behaviors and activity to report to researchers
• Monitor compliance regarding the institutional care of the animals by use of federal laws and policies
• Be available for rotational weekend shifts

Required Qualifications for the Animal Caretaker Technician include:

• 0-1+ years of experience required directly handling animals inside a laboratory
• Understand difference between animal rights and animal welfare in order to manage excellent husbandry
• ALAT level of certification through the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (preferred)

Compensation included for the Animal Caretaker Technician includes:

• $21 per hour
• Comprehensive Benefits: Cigna Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K

This job opens for applications on 9/04/2026. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.

Keywords

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