Animal Care Technician

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 seeking an experienced Animal Care Technician I to join our Insourcing Solutions team, located in Boston, MA.

As the Animal Care Technician I, you will review, comprehend, and comply with all SOPs and quality assurance standards pertaining to laboratory animals for research, as well as monitor daily animal health and welfare while performing daily animal health observations.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Perform animal husbandry duties to maintain quality and health of research animals, which includes, but not limited to: daily water bottle/automatic water line and cage checks; provide appropriate food and water; perform cage changing and/or cage cleaning as required; record animal health concerns per SOP and/or specified protocols.

• Maintain accurate records of animal breeding, health, and housing/isolator or support areas as required by the Institute and facility.

• Manages own work to ensure that agreed targets are met in a timely manner and to agreed quality standards and welfare

• Use applicable software for the tracking of animals including census and generation of cage cards.

• May be involved in maintaining and following breeding and weaning procedures to ensure appropriate production levels.

• Perform daily cage wash duties and sanitation. Follows sanitization schedules within vivarium.

The following are minimum requirements related to the Animal Care Technician I position:

• High school diploma or general education degree required

• Minimum of one year directly related to laboratory animal experience in an AAALAC accredited facility

• AALAS Certification at the ALAT level within 12 months of employment
The pay range for this position is $20 USD per hour. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.

About Insourcing Solutions
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.

About Charles River
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.

Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

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 we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the…