Animal Support Technician II

Charles River Laboratories

Cambridge, MA

Pay: $25-$28/hr

Shift: Full time

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 Overview**

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We are seeking an **Animal Support Technician II** to join our Insourcing Solutions team, supporting the Boston,Cambridge, MA and other areas.

As the **Animal Support Technician II** , you will maintain and monitor the health, production and physical environment within the IS commercial and client animal facility.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Review, comprehend and comply with all SOPs and quality assurance standards pertaining to specific area.

+ Monitor animal health and welfare while performing daily animal health observations and animal husbandry duties to include: performing daily equipment checks; providing appropriate food and water; performing cage changing and/or cage cleaning; recording animal health concerns.

+ Provide environmental enrichment appropriate to species.

+ Maintain accurate records of animal breeding, health, and housing/isolator or support areas.

+ Assist with restraint, handling and manipulation of various animal species as assigned by the on-site supervisor or facility/attending veterinarian.

+ Perform humane chemical and physical 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.

+ Follow all procedures necessary to properly maintain animal housing areas, including room or facility personnel entry; personnel protective equipment use, and sanitation/decontamination of equipment and materials.

+ Receive, inspect and house incoming animals.

+ Operate equipment and use supplies according to safety guidelines; perform general housekeeping and adheres to safety procedures.

+ Sanitize, maintain, and repair caging materials as directed. Maintain cage wash facilities in a clean and organized manner.

+ Maintain facility equipment and perform routine preventative maintenance on cagewash and autoclaves, including routine inspection of cleaning filters, roto-arms, and other critical control points as directed.

+ Assist with the receipt, stocking and maintenance of supply inventories.

+ Prepare and submit required written records, charts, logs and inventories.

+ Interact with customers as directed to resolve customer requests, inquiries, and complaints, and may be tasked to provide technical assistance.

+ May perform post-surgical observations and associated record keeping.

+ May perform basic technical skills such as fasting, body weights and food/water measurements.

+ May perform animal identification (ear notching, tattooing, microchip).

+ May set up breeding pairs, performing plug checks, conducting weaning and collecting samples for genotyping; maintain colony records.

+ Train to perform rodent dosing such as PO, IP, SQ and topical.

**Job Qualifications**

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Education & Experience: To qualify for this role candidates must have one of the following combinations of education/experience:

• High school diploma or General Education Degree (G.E.D.) and two (2) year related animal husbandry and/or technical experience in lab animal research facility.

+ Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) in Life Sciences or related field and one (1) experience in animal husbandry and/or technical in lab animal research facility.

+ Certification/Licensure: AALAS certification at the Laboratory Animal Technician level (LAT) preferred.

The pay for this position is $25-28 USD per hour.

**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 d