What are the responsibilities and job description for the Animal Support Technician II position at Charles River Laboratories?
About Charles River
For 75 years, our employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development, and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. 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.
We are a contract research organization (CRO) that has built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services.
We provide a suite of products and services to support our clients' clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities.
Job Summary
We are seeking an Animal Support Technician 2 for our Insourcing Solutions Department based at our facility.
Responsibilities
Maintain and monitor the health, production, and physical environment within our client animal facility.
Perform animal care and husbandry, including daily equipment checks, providing food and water, cage changing, and recording animal health concerns.
Provide environmental enrichment appropriate to species and support to other client lab animal facilities.
Additional Duties
Perform basic duties such as fasting, body weights, and food/water measurements.
Perform animal identification, set up breeding pairs, and maintain colony records.
Qualifications
Candidate will possess:
A high school diploma; a bachelor's degree in Animal Science, Biology, or Biological Science preferred.
A minimum of twelve months related laboratory/research animal husbandry and basic technical experience.
AALAS certification at the Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician level (ALAT) preferred.
About Insourcing Solutions
We can streamline research by delivering operational and cost efficiencies through the strategic insourcing of GMP, GLP, and non-GLP research services.
About Us
We are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people's lives. Our mission, excellent science, and strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do.
We approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe.
