Animal Caretaker III

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well‐being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform.

In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

We are looking for an experienced Animal Care Technician III for our Insourcing Solutions Team in Bethesda, MD
.

As the Animal Care Technician III
, you will maintain, monitor, and document the health, breeding colony production, technical support, and physical environment within the customer's varied animal care environments.

Additional duties include:

• Monitors daily animal health and welfare while performing daily animal health observations and animal husbandry duties to maintain quality and health of research animals, to include but not limited to perform daily water bottle / automatic water line and cage checks; provide appropriate food and water; perform cage changing and/or cage cleaning, utilizing microisolator techniques, as required; record animal health concerns per SOP and/or specified protocols
• Reviews, comprehends, and complies with all SOP's and quality assurance standards pertaining to specific area. Cares for and maintains laboratory animals in accordance with the Animal Welfare Act and the “Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals”, as well as NIH policies and guidelines and other pertinent regulations and policies
• Performs technical support to include but not limited to animal handling and restraint, weaning, tail snips, ear tagging. May assist with blood collection (retro‑orbital sinus, tail vein, cardiac bleeds on mice, rats, and rabbits), tissue samples, perform injections (IP, IM, SG, IV) treatments
• Maintains accurate records of animal breeding, health, weaning, identification, and housing/isolator or support areas as required by Institute and facility. Follows breeding and weaning procedures to ensure required production levels
• Provides environmental enrichment feed and other enrichment stimuli and/or provides behavioral assessments
• Receives, inspects, and puts away incoming animals and complete related receiving duties
• Operates equipment and uses supplies according to safety guidelines; performs general housekeeping and adheres to safety procedures
• Assists with receipt, stocking, and maintenance of supply inventories
• Ability to take on new tasks and perform daily routines with minimal supervision

The following are minimum requirements related to the ACT III position:

• Education:
  
  High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Experience:
  
  Minimum of two years’ experience working in a lab animal environment with direct hands on with a variety of species, and at least six months of breeding technical experience.
• Certification/Licensure: AALAS certification at the Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician level (ALAT).

The hourly range for this position is $25-$27/hour.

Schedule:

Monday through Friday 7 AM-3:30 PM. Must be available on some weekends and holidays.

We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401(k), paid time off, stock purchase program, health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work‑life balance flexibility.

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.