Technician I-Animal Care-FDE

Eli Lilly and Company; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare company in Indianapolis is seeking an Animal Care Technician. This role involves providing animal husbandry support, sanitation services, and ensuring compliance with animal care regulations. Ideal candidates have a high school education and experience with animals. Join a dynamic team dedicated to improving lives through research.

Benefits

401(k) Plan

Pension

Vacation Benefits

Medical Benefits

Dental Benefits

Vision Benefits

Prescription Drug Benefits

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Fitness Benefits

Qualifications

• One year experience working directly with animals.
• Certification by AALAS at ALAT level encouraged within the first year.

Responsibilities

• Provide animal husbandry support and daily health observations.
• Perform sanitation services for animal rooms and laboratories.
• Maintain records and observe laboratory animals for health status.

Skills

Verbal Communication

Written Communication

Electronic Communication

Transferrable Skills

Education

High School Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences

Registered Veterinary Technician

Job description

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Organization Overview:

Lilly's dedication to excellence never ends. Our values of integrity, excellence and respect for people are embedded in all that we do. This is evidenced by the work we do in research and development of medicines that improve the lives of patients around the world. It takes a team effort, from discovery to development and beyond, to impact these patients. Our Animal Care organization is a meaningful important part on this team.

Veterinary Resources contributes veterinary, animal care, facilities, and other vivarium services to enable Discovery Biology research at the Indianapolis laboratories. Animal Care operates under the direction of Veterinary Resources management to ensure a quality, compliant animal care program. Veterinary Resources is part of the larger ADME, Toxicology, Pathology, Lab Experimental Medicine, Veterinary Resources (ATPLV) division of Lilly Research Laboratories. The Animal Care Group within Veterinary Resources provides key capabilities to our research organization. We provide cage wash services, husbandry, clinical care, and technical support for laboratory animals. Other responsibilities include daily cleaning and sanitation of animal room and vivarium support space. A variety of technical projects and project management opportunities supporting the ATPLV organization may also be required within this role.

Are you looking to join a great company committed to its employees and communities? Apply today and be a part of a dynamic team passionate about supporting our outstanding researchers!

Responsibilities:

• Provide animal husbandry support including daily health observations, feed and water observations, preparing cages for change out, changing cages on a scheduled basis, performing general husbandry.
• Provide sanitation services associated with animal rooms, procedure laboratories, necropsy rooms, surgery suites, and other support facilities.
• Provide general housekeeping services for corridors and support areas (feed rooms, procedure rooms, surgery rooms, necropsy rooms, cage wash, etc.).
• Provide support including, but not limited to, performing limited prophylactic or therapeutic measures on animals, performing various methods of animal identification, maintaining records (census, room log, etc.) daily. Observe laboratory animals for variations in the dietary habits, feces and urine character, health status, unusual behavior and death.
• Report distress, abnormal clinical signs, or signs of disease to appropriate personnel.
• Perform animal receipt, animal census, technical support, project support, and administrative support.
• Support Discovery, Veterinary Resources, and divisional needs through committee and project involvement and project management.
• Perform other services as assigned by Management in compliance with the needs of Veterinary Resources.

Basic Requirements:

• HS education required.
• One year experience working directly with animals.
• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment position.

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• Transferrable skills and ability to learn new tasks.
• Verbal, written, and electronic communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in the life sciences field or Registered Veterinary Technician.
• Previous experience in/with laboratory animals and/or a pharmaceutical research setting.
• Awareness and general understanding of established and proposed federal, state and local regulations, guidelines and policies relating to laboratory animal science.
• Certification by the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS). Certification by (AALAS) at the Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician (ALAT) level or higher is encouraged to be attained within the first year of employment.
• Awareness and general understanding of provisions set forth in the "Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals".
• General knowledge of machinery.

Additional Information:

• Fixed Term: This position is not permanent. It is for a fixed duration of two years with potential to extend up to 4 years total.
• Requires working with animals. Individuals with known allergies to animals, formalin, corn products, or wood products should not apply. Requires the use of personal protective equipment. Must be able to push, pull, and/or lift 50 pounds. Also requires long periods of walking, standing, and performing highly repetitive tasks with arms and hands.
• Work hours: 6:00AM - 3:00PM. Flexibility required for potential changes in work shift hours. Weekend, holiday, and after-hours overtime is expected.
• Location: Indianapolis

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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is

$17.30 - $39.06

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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