Animal Caretaker III

Job Summary

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.

• 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

• 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 7:00 AM-3:30 PM. Must be available some weekends and holidays.

Charles River Insourcing Solutions™ can streamline research by delivering operational and cost efficiencies through the strategic in sourcing of GMP, GLP and non‑GLP research services from discovery through safety assessment. Insourcing Solutions™ provides you with the ability to maintain control of your facility and expertise while leveraging available space.

Charles River is an early‑stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non‑GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and…