Animal Care Technician II 226051
Animal Care Technician II 226051
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Job Description
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 wellbeing 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 well help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.
Job Summary
We are seeking a Animal Care Technician IIfor ourInsourcing Solutionssite located in Washington DC.
In the Animal Care Technician II role you will perform animal husbandry duties including but not limited to preparation and actual changing of animal cages and related cage accessories of small and large animals feeding and manual watering or monitoring/ testing automatic watering devices under minimal supervision. You will also perform cage wash duties as needed. Prepares caging for cagewash including sing floor grids breaking down caging and dumping pans or sing cages.
Additional responsibilities include:
- Use existing SOPs and quality assurance standards to perform daily animal health observations as well as animal husbandry duties to maintain quality and health of research animals.
- Maintain accurate records of things like animal breeding as well as housing or support areas and you may also be tasked with receiving inspection and housing of incoming animals.
- Assist with restraint handling and manipulation of animal species and you may become involved in the breeding and weaning procedures.
- Other duties may include monitoring personnel and equipment entry into various rooms as well as operating required equipment and general housekeeping when required.
The following are minimum requirements related to theAnimal Care Technician II position.
- Minimum of two years directly related laboratory animal experience.
- Candidate will possess a high school diploma or general education degree (GED) required. Bachelors degree (B.A./B.S. in animal or life sciences field preferred
- An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.
- Certification/Licensure: AALAS certification at the Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician level (ALAT) preferred.
The pay range is $26 $27 per hour.Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including 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 insourcing of GMP GLP and nonGLP 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 earlystage 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 nonGLP 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 20000 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 clients 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 peoples 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 health and wellbeing of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 86 of the approved by the FDA in 2021.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or national originveteran or disabilitystatus.
If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an email message to This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
For more information please visit www.criver.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Hourly
