Lab Animal Technician

Syracuse University is committed to delivering an exceptional student experience through vibrant, engaged campus communities. This position is based at the above campus location and requires regular in-person presence to support our students, collaborate with colleagues, and contribute to our thriving academic environment. Syracuse University values the collaboration, mentorship, and spontaneous connections that happen when our community works together on campus.

Remote work arrangements are limited in accordance with University policy.

Pay Range $17.55 Per Hour

Pay rates at Syracuse University are based on a combination of factors including, but not limited to, the job responsibilities; the candidate’s education, training, work experience and key competencies; the university’s strategic priorities; internal peer equity; applicable federal, state, local laws, grant funding and contractual requisites; and external market analyses.

FLSA Status Non-exempt

Schedule & Availability Requirements

• Standard hours: 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM (academic year and summer)
• Schedule flexibility is required; hours may vary based on operational needs
• Must be available for assigned weekend and holiday rotations

Job Type Full-time

The Lab Animal Technician, under immediate supervision provides animal care, husbandry, and facility cleaning in an AAALAC accredited facility. Provides diligent and responsible animal care, feeds and waters animals, changes and cleans cages, sanitizes equipment and animal care facilities. In addition, records and/or reports animal abnormalities and environmental abnormalities.

May take on additional duties as assigned by supervisor or manager such as but not limited to, preparing supply orders, assisting animal users, and performing facility quality control.

Must be available for weekend and holiday work rotation; must be able to lift 50 pounds and work for extended periods of time in a facility maintained at approximately 82 degrees Fahrenheit.

Must be able to use a ladder for brief periods of time for tasks above six feet but no more than eight feet high.

• High school diploma or GED required, bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Knowledge of animal facility, animal husbandry, and colony maintenance as would normally be acquired with a bachelor’s degree in biology or animal sciences, a Veterinary Technician license, or 0-2 years of mouse room and/or freshwater aquarium experience.
• Other means of acquiring this knowledge will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
• Some level of AALAS certification preferred

• Knowledge of laboratory animal regulations, procedures, husbandry, colony maintenance, and protocols for collection of biological samples for colony health testing.
• Operate equipment and use supplies according to safety guidelines; perform general housekeeping and adhere to safety procedures.
• -Must be available for weekend and holiday work rotation.
• Ability to read and follow standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• -Written and oral communications skills sufficient to permit clear and effective exchange of information.

• Provide diligent and responsible animal care, including feeding and watering animals and changing and cleaning tanks/cages.
• Record and/or report animal abnormalities including altered eating, drinking, waste elimination, altered behavior, superficial lesions, and/or death.
• Monitor, maintain, and perform quality control assessment on life support systems for fish colonies and vivarium equipment.
• Maintaining LAR facilities: sanitizing equipment and facilities, ordering supplies/inventory, and stocking supplies.
• Provide minor technical…