LABORATORY TECHNICAL ASSISTANT 1, 2 or 3

LSU; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

LSU is seeking an experienced professional to manage animal husbandry and sanitation for a diverse cohort of research animals within a biosafety facility. The role requires on-site work, including weekend duties, and collaboration with supervisory veterinarians and lab leaders.

The incumbent will maintain daily logs, monitor animal health, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards. The position emphasizes independent care in BSL-1 to BSL-3 areas, cage changes on weekends, inventory

Qualifications

• Experience in animal care and husbandry in controlled biosafety areas.
• Ability to maintain sanitation and regulatory compliance in animal housing facilities.
• Ability to monitor and report health status and abnormalities in research animals.
• Proficiency in maintaining environment and inventory records.

Responsibilities

• Perform specialized maintenance or animal husbandry duties in biosafety level 1, 2, 3 areas.
• Independently maintain husbandry and sanitation of animal satellite housing facility exceeding regulatory requirements.
• Visually inspect and monitor the health status of research animals and report abnormalities to the veterinarian.
• Record animal behavior, fecal and urine output, and food and water intake.
• Identify and report subtle signs of illness in all laboratory animals.
• Operate large, specialized autoclave equipment to ensure proper sanitation and disinfection of materials used in the facility.
• Perform cage changes in specialized behavioral areas on weekends.
• Cross train for all areas in the facility to provide husbandry as needed.
• Maintain weekly animal and feed inventory.
• Maintain daily monitoring logs of animal environment.

Skills

Animal husbandry

Sanitation

Health monitoring

Record keeping

Tools

Autoclave

Job description

The experienced incumbent will be responsible for basic and specialized animal husbandry duties for a large variety of research animals maintained and housed within the Division of Animal Care. The Facility Manager, Clinical Veterinarian, Laboratory Technical Assistant Supervisor, and Laboratory Technician Supervisor will provide supervision for this position. These positions will require weekend and holiday duties.

Job Duties:

• Perform specialized maintenance or animal husbandry duties in biosafety level 1, 2, 3 areas.
• Independently maintain husbandry and sanitation of animal satellite housing facility exceeding regulatory requirements.
• Visually inspect and monitor the health status of research animals and report abnormalities to the veterinarian.
• Record animal behavior, fecal and urine output, and food and water intake.
• Identify and report subtle signs of illness in all laboratory animals.
• Operate large, specializes autoclave equipment to ensure proper sanitation and disinfection of materials used in the facility.
• Perform cage changing in specialized behavioral areas in weekends.
• Cross train for all areas in the facility to provide husbandry as needed.
• Maintain weekly animal and feed inventory.
• Maintain daily monitoring logs of animal environment.