Technician I, Inhalation

Charles River; Ashland (OH); On-site; USD 21,593 - 30,754; Full time

Job summary

Charles River is seeking a Technician I - Inhalation in Ashland, Ohio. This entry-level position involves performing basic skills in animal handling, data collection, and collaborating within a team environment. Responsibilities include ensuring animal welfare and documenting data while learning under supervision.

The role requires a high school diploma and the willingness to work flexible hours, including overtime and potential weekends. Starting pay is $19.00 per hour, varying based on qualifications.

Qualifications

• No previous experience required; education and experience may substitute for qualifications.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Ensure welfare and humane care for all animals.
• Train in essential skills including animal handling and data collection.
• Collect and verify data on forms or electronic systems.

Skills

Communication skills

Ability to manage multiple tasks

Basic computer skills

Ability to work safely

Willingness to work flexible hours

Education

High school diploma or G.E.D.

Job description

Job Overview

A Technician I - Inhalation is in training to perform and become proficient in on-boarding skills, procedures, and cooperating in a team environment. The technician is learning basic skills required to support a study, which may include animal handling, husbandry, observations, basic physiological indices, and data collection/recording to support each skill. The technician may occasionally perform basic skills independently but continues working under supervision to gain proficiency on skills still in development.

The starting pay for this position is $19.00 per hour. Please note that starting salaries vary based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure good welfare and humane care for all animals worked with through gentle, positive human-animal interactions.
• Train in on-boarding skills which may include animal handling, husbandry, observations, basic physiological indices, and data collection/recording to support each skill.
• Collect, document, review, and verify data on forms, or in electronic data capture systems.
• Ensure high levels of study quality to meet study goals.
• Follow all PPE, safety, cleaning, and cross-contamination elimination practices.
• Maintain appropriate communication with other personnel.
• Support team‑mates, technicians, and members of other departments.
• Follow direction from team leaders, trainers, research associates and supervisors.
• Use and maintain instrumentation and equipment according to SOPs.
• Perform all tasks per SOP, BOP, and/or protocols.
• Perform all other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or General Education Degree (G.E.D.) preferred.
• Experience: No previous experience required. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.
• Certification/Licensure: None.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities to achieve goals.
• Computer skills (e.g., Microsoft Office Suite), commensurate with essential functions, including the ability to learn a validated system.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without a sponsor visa, now or in the future.
• Ability to ensure that a safe working environment is maintained by observing all safety procedures and working methods by making proper use of protective clothing and equipment, and by reading, understanding, and following all safety documents issued or notified of.
• Ability to work extended hours beyond normal work schedule to include, but not limited to evenings, weekends, extended shifts, and/or extra shifts, sometimes on short notice.
• Ability to work under specific time constraints.
• Ability to ensure that the studies and fulfill the work are performed in accordance with Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and other regulatory agencies' requirements activities, based on Laboratory Practices Standard Operating (SOP), BOP, and the Institutional Animal Care and Use rules.

Physical Demands

• Employees must be able to lift, move, manipulate, and/or hold heavy objects up to and including 50 pounds; this includes work materials, equipment, and/or animals.
• Must be able to perform laboratory procedures, which require talking, hearing, standing, or sitting for long periods of time, entering data into a computer, using appropriate instruments, reaching with hands and arms, working in narrow spaces, and wearing safety equipment (PPE) according to OSHA regulations and company standards.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

Work in a research environment, which requires use of sharp objects, working around mechanical parts, working with or near known or unknown toxic or caustic chemicals and/or biological hazards, exposure to fumes and airborne particles, working at noise levels ranging from moderate to loud.

The employee regularly works with live animals with risk of exposure to allergens, zoonotic disease, and biohazards.

The noise level in the work environment ranges from low to high depending upon the species housed.

Comments

This position requires overtime, weekend, holiday, and/or after hours shift coverage, as needed.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.