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 to join our Insourcing Solutions team. In this role, you will provide cage wash, general husbandry and/or investigative support following established protocols/guidance documents.

• Provide general husbandry and perform cage change procedures following customer Guidance Documents.
• Perform daily health observations with demonstrated ability to recognize and report abnormalities and common signs of illness
• Handle and restrain rodents.
• Maintain accurate records (e.g. documentation of various facility procedures & metrics).
• Perform routine facility sanitation procedures; maintain a clean, clutter-free facility.
• Prepare and stock room supplies
• Monitor and record facility environmental parameters.
• Perform euthanasia procedures as directed
• Perform sentinel husbandry procedures to include assisting in receiving, housing and shipping sentinel animals as requested
• Assist in receiving process; monitor the inventory and provide order requests for animal food, bedding and enrichment
• Operate husbandry-related equipment (e.g. cage washers, autoclaves, laminar air flow cabinets, etc.) using approved validation technologies.
• Wash, autoclave and prepare caging and equipment.
• Recognize and appropriately respond to facility alarms.
• Discard expired (non-regulated) supplies.
• Adhere to proper handling and disposal procedures for hazardous materials.
• Keep assigned areas well maintained.
• Foster a safe work environment for self and colleagues.
• Provide logistical support, standard supplies and caging/ equipment for investigators.
• May provide study support on non-invasive techniques including, but not limited to, animal fasting, body weight, food and water measurement, mating, plug check, etc.
• Perform all other related duties as assigned.

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or related discipline or CVT/LVT/RVT and no experience

OR

High School Diploma/GED and one (1) year related husbandry and technical experience required.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and will not require visa sponsorship now or at any time in the future.

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.

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