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 Animal Care Technician I to join our Insourcing Solution steam located in Irvine, CA.

As the Animal Care Technician I, you will work with our research animals to ensure their well‑being.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Provide cleaning and maintenance of laboratory animal caging, equipment and cage preparation areas as well as cleaning of animal support areas under supervision.

• Remove soiled bedding, prepare caging for cagewash under supervision and sanitize caging and related equipment using cage washers, pressure washer or hand washing as required.

• Monitor and record results of cagewash water temperature and cleaning results using provided supplies such as temperature dots/strips, cultures.

• Ensure that all logbooks, checklists and other records are completed in a timely fashion.

• Flush all animal racks, prepare clean cages for use, and ensure the correct times are selected and are used for each cagewash load.

• Ensure proper amounts of chemicals are present and report any chemical needs. Maintain equipment used and report any mechanical failures promptly to the supervisor.

• Assist with housekeeping duties such as trash collection and cleaning animal facility laboratories, offices and ancillary areas.

• You may also perform animal husbandry duties including but not limited to preparation and actual changing of cages and related cage accessories, feeding, and manual watering or monitoring/testing

• Receive, inspect and put away incoming animals; ensure and provide for sentinel animals in each rodent housing area.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

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

• High School diploma/GED or equivalent (a B.S. in either animal science or life sciences preferred) and one (1) year of animal husbandry experience with laboratory rodents preferred.

• AALAS Certification at the ALAT level preferred.

The pay rate for this position is $22.00 - 25.00 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.

If you are interested in contributing to the well‑being of our communities, not only across the country but around the world, please join us and BE THE DIFFERENCE!

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.

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…