Lab Animal Care Technologist & Trainer

Charles River Laboratories; Wilmington (MA); On-site; USD 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid sick time

401K participation with a company max

Paid volunteer time off

Job summary

Charles River Laboratories in Wilmington, MA is seeking an Animal Care Technologist for the GEMS-Breed Department. The Technologist will perform specialized production duties to maintain animal health and environment within isolators and barrier rooms, and will train staff on SOPs.

This temporary position offers potential for becoming a regular employee and involves data entry, adherence to animal welfare standards, and collaboration with team members to support customer shipments and health

Qualifications

• 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.

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.

Skills

Tablet data entry

Clear communication

Initiative

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.)

Associate’s degree

High School diploma or GED

Tools

MS Office Suite

ICM

Job description

Charles River Laboratories in Wilmington, MA is seeking an Animal Care Technologist for the GEMS-Breed Department. The Technologist will perform specialized production duties to maintain animal health and environment within isolators and barrier rooms, and will train staff on SOPs.

This temporary position offers potential for becoming a regular employee and involves data entry, adherence to animal welfare standards, and collaboration with team members to support customer shipments and health