Animal Care Technician

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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 Ito work at our
CRADL (Charles River Accelerator & Development Labs) animal facilities in South San Francisco, California.

The Animal Care Technician I will observe, monitor, and document the health and physical environment within the Charles River Accelerator & Development Labs (CRADL) animal facility. Perform routine husbandry tasks such as feeding, watering, cage changing, and cleaning of equipment and rooms to maintain a safe and compliant environment. Support animal health and welfare by accurately reporting concerns and collaborating with veterinary staff, ensuring all work aligns with institutional, state, and federal guidelines.

Work schedule:
Sunday - Thursday- 7:00 am - 3:30 pm and rotating holidays.

he following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

• Cage Wash:
• Operate a washer for cleaning and sanitizing animal cage supplies through automatic processes.
• Operate autoclave machine to sterilize caging equipment and instruments for the animals.
• Maintain documentation for QA including but not limited to temperature strips, room environmental reports and logs, dish washer and/or autoclaving logs.
• Handle, transfer, and deliver animals, supplies (caging, gases, dry ice, liquid nitrogen), and waste as needed to and from work area(s).
• Perform daily cage duties including recycling and scheduled sanitation procedures.
• Animal Care:
  • Review and comprehend relevant SOPs, BOPs, and quality standards at the entry level, applying them to routine animal care and facility tasks under supervision. Demonstrate basic understanding and consistency in following written procedures.
  • Monitor daily animal health and welfare while performing daily animal health observations.
  • Perform animal husbandry duties to maintain quality and health of research animals, to include performing daily water bottle 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.
  • Dispose of biological, hazardous, and animal facility waste following established procedures.
  • Perform humane euthanasia in accordance with the Guide for Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, the AVMA Guide on Euthanasia, and under the direction of the attending veterinarian, or designee.
  • Operate equipment and use supplies according to safety guidelines; perform general housekeeping (i.e. check pest traps, common area cleaning, testing eye wash stations and emergency showers) and adhere to safety procedures.
  • Assist with receiving and housing incoming animals under supervision based on site needs.
  • Cage card distribution including but not limited to printing cage cards for incoming shipments and requests from clients.
  • Collect census data from animal cages and assist with uploading manual or handheld scanner data into approved software.
  • Assist with monitoring client row assignments in shared animal holding rooms to ensure…