Animal Attendant II, Animal Resources Center

Job Posting

Title:

Animal Attendant II, Animal Resources Center

Hiring Department:

Animal Resources Center

Position Open To:

All Applicants

Weekly Scheduled

Hours:

40

FLSA Status:

To Be Determined at Offer

Earliest

Start Date:

Ongoing

Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

Location:

AUSTIN, TX

The Animal Resources Center at The University of Texas at Austin covers approx. 150,000 sq. ft. of research animal space. The Animal Resources Center is responsible for managing three centralized animal facilities as well as some of the smaller satellite locations.

UT Austin offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• 100% employer-paid basic medical coverage
• Retirement contributions
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Paid holidays

Please visit our Human Resources (HR) website to learn more about the total benefits offered.

We are seeking dedicated individuals to join our team as Animal Attendant II. In this role, you will provide support to the ARC animal care mission, directly contributing to discoveries that improve lives through research.

• Provides animal husbandry and care for all species housed in all ARC facilities, as needed, to assist when facilities are understaffed. Provides cross-campus support by fulfilling assigned job responsibilities in all ARC vivaria, as needed, to ensure consistent coverage during staff absences or fluctuations in animal census. Provides animal husbandry to all ARC-managed species, including USDA-covered large animals, other USDA-covered species, rodents, and aquatics.
  
  Cleans cages, pens, and animal quarters. Sanitizes animal rooms, equipment, and facilities to prevent infections and disease. Maintains accurate records of room/equipment cleans.
• Completes all required documentation, including per diem sheets, checklists, animal records, and files.
• Serves as a backup for cagewash staff and operates cagewash equipment as needed.
• May work without onsite supervision on weekends and University holidays as required.
• Performs routine maintenance checks on equipment and reports any equipment that requires repairs or maintenance. Maintains accurate records of equipment checks.
• Sets up and coming animal deliveries. Receives, identifies, and houses newly arrived animals. Verifies animal deliveries against order documentation and submits delivery documentation to supervisor.
• Transfers or transports rodents, feed, and bedding materials to their specified room.
• Participates in training and continued education activities as provided by the ARC and required by federal guidelines and accreditation standards. Interacts and communicated effectively with ARC staff and University of Texas at Austin research staff. Attends meetings as needed to improve skills and knowledge or as required by management.
• Prepares or mixes feed according to specific instructions. Tracks inventory of feed supplies and notifies supervisor when supplies needre-stocking.
• Other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or GED and at least 1 year of experience in animal care.
• Experience learning new skills and application of that training to assigned tasks and responsibilities.
• Demonstrated ability to be detail oriented and meticulous when completing tasks.
• Demonstrated ability to work efficiently in a high-stakes environment.
• Ability to understand policy, procedure, and regulations regarding care for lab animals
• Ability to safely lift, carry, push, and/or pull items weighing up to 50 pounds on a regular basis.
• Applicant must successfully pass the Work Steps physical abilities test.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

• American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) Certification.
• Previous experience working in a research vivarium.
• Relevant degree in a related field.

$41,000

• Usual research or laboratory animal facility.
• Use of protective clothing is required and furnished.
• Contact with a variety of animals that may bite or scratch.
• Possible exposure to animal bites, diseases, allergens and bio-hazards.
• May work around chemical fumes, biohazards or chemicals.
• May work in all weather conditions
• May work in extreme temperatures
• Use of manual dexterity
• Climbing of stairs & ladders
• Lifting and moving
• Work hours and shifts may vary and are subject to change with advance notice when possible.
• Occasional evening, weekend and holiday work to meet essential operational standards.

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor.
• Letter of interest

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

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