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.
Job Summary
We are seeking an Animal Care Technician II to join our Insourcing Solutions team, located in San Diego, CA.
As the Animal Care Technician II, you will perform animal care and husbandry duties on rodent species in accordance with AAALAC standards and client's SOPs/policies. Observe, monitor, and document the health and physical environment within the client's animal facility. Perform a variety of technical procedures on research rodents.
Additional responsibilities include:
Review, comprehend and comply with all SOPs, guidelines/policies, training provided both verbally and written, protocols, and quality assurance standards pertaining to assigned responsibilities and to the care and use of laboratory animals for research.
Monitor daily animal health and welfare while performing daily animal health observations utilizing an assigned iPAD or tablet device.
Perform animal husbandry duties to maintain quality and health of research animals, to include: perform daily water bottle / automatic water line 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.
Maintain accurate room maintenance records and other required record-keeping documentation as required by department SOPs and/or guidelines/policies.
Work closely with client's Veterinarians and Veterinary Staff, assist with animal sample collection and other in vivo procedures as assigned by the on-site facility veterinarian or veterinary staff member.
Provide service daily to the researchers to ensure study animals receive medicated diet and/or medicated water and any other special housing requests outlined in their study protocol. Direct communication and interaction may be required between employee and researcher.
Other Responsibilities
Perform a variety of technical procedures on rodents, such as, ear tagging, shaving, blood collection, tissue sampling, etc.
Strictly follow all procedures necessary to maintain animal housing areas or isolator environments, including room or facility personnel entry and personal protective equipment use, biosecurity procedures, and safety procedures.
Receive, inspect, and house incoming animals; care for and provide for sentinel-free soiled bedding collection cages in each rodent housing area as required by department SOPs, guidelines/policies, and protocols.
Operate equipment and use supplies according to safety guidelines; perform general housekeeping and adheres to safety procedures.
Maintain required attendance level and adherence to assigned work schedule in accordance with required staffing levels in order to ensure that assigned duties are completed to client standards.
Assists with the receipt, stocking inventory, and maintenance of supplies.
Perform all other related duties as assigned.
Job Qualifications
To qualify for this role, candidates must have one of the following combinations of education/experience:
HS/GED and 1 year directly related lab animal experience.
AA/AS and 6 months directly related lab animal experience.
BA/BS in animal or life sciences, no experience required.
Certification/Licensure: AALAS certification at the ALAT level preferred
Schedule will be 6:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Sunday - Thursday or Tuesday - Saturday
The pay range for this position is $27-29 USD per hour. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including skills, certifications, and location.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Proficiency with basic animal identification and handling methods.
Ability to effectively follow verbal and written instructions and exhibit interpersonal skills that are conducive to effective communication and that contribute to a congenial work environment. Maintain a positive work atmosphere by behaving and communicating in a professional manner with coworkers, research staff, and management.
Strong organization skills and attention to detail. Strong written and verbal English communication skills. Proficiency with computers and software documentation systems, including good working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, use hands and fingers to handle, feel, or use objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee is frequently required to @type at a computer or tablet/iPAD. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee is regularly required to talk and/or hear.
Work Environment
While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near or with moving mechanical parts and robotics and is frequently exposed to laboratory animals and caging of various species including mice, rats, and other small animals. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, animal allergens, biohazard materials and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud and may require hearing protection.
About Insourcing Solutions
Charles River Insourcing Solutions? can streamline research by delivering operational and cost efficiencies through the strategic insourcing 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.
About Charles River
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 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 people's 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 well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.
We're committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
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 e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. 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.com.
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