Aquaculture Lab Technician: Zebrafish & Water Quality

UMBC: Recent Jobs; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

14 Days of Annual Leave

15 Days of Sick Leave

15 Holidays

3 Personal Days

Tuition Remission: 8 credit hours per‑

Life and disability insurance

Professional development opportunities

Wellness opportunities

Job summary

UMBC’s Rita Rossi Colwell Center in the Aquaculture Research Center is seeking a hands-on technician to support animal care and water systems for research animals. You will feed fish and invertebrates, prepare artificial saltwater, monitor water quality and system controllers, and keep detailed records while maintaining a clean, organized facility.

Additionally, the role requires weekend work and on-call duties to support ongoing research projects.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Six months in a laboratory animal facility supporting a research project similar to the type being recruited for.
• Experience in animal husbandry.

Responsibilities

• Understand and perform feeding routines for fish and invertebrates in ARC.
• Make batches of artificial saltwater.
• Determine water quality, observe data, and make corrective actions.
• Monitor controllers for dissolved oxygen, pH, ORP, salinity, conductivity, and temperature.
• Cleaning floors, systems, countertops, spaces, equipment, etc. to meet facility standards.
• Responsible for the care and feeding of animals in the zebrafish room. This includes harvesting artemia, feeding zebrafish, removal of animal mortalities.
• Observe organism feeding responses.
• Maintain proper documentation on systems. Review and update SOPs, as needed, in consultation with the IMET veterinarian and ARC Manager/Assistant Manager.
• Assist researchers and the ARC Veterinarian with animal care relocation, weighing, & biopsies as needed under the guidance of the ARC Veterinarian.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Animal care

Water quality monitoring

Record keeping

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Six months in a laboratory animal facility

Experience in animal husbandry

Job description

UMBC’s Rita Rossi Colwell Center in the Aquaculture Research Center is seeking a hands-on technician to support animal care and water systems for research animals. You will feed fish and invertebrates, prepare artificial saltwater, monitor water quality and system controllers, and keep detailed records while maintaining a clean, organized facility.

Additionally, the role requires weekend work and on-call duties to support ongoing research projects.