What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cage Wash Technician II position at Charles River Laboratories?
For nearly 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 a Cagewash Technician II to join our Insourcing Solutions team, located in Boston, MA.
As the Cagewash Technician II, Provide cleaning and maintenance of laboratory animal caging, equipment and cage preparation areas as well as cleaning of animal support areas independent of supervision. Provide quality assurance to the cagewash area.
Additional responsibilities include:• Dumps and scrapes soiled bedding from caging and prepares caging for cagewash independent of supervision. • Sanitizes caging and related equipment using cage washers, pressure washer or hand washing as required. • Properly disposes of soiled bedding and waste in specified receptacles. • Cleans and sanitizes cage preparation and storage areas. • Monitors and records results of cagewash water temperature and cleaning results using provided supplies such as temperature dots/strips, cultures. • Ensures that all logbooks, checklists and other records are completed in a timely fashion.• Flushes all animal racks. • Beds and prepares clean cages for use. • Ensures the correct times are selected and are used for each cagewash load. • Ensures proper amounts of chemicals are present. Reports any chemical needs to the supervisor. • Reports mechanical failures promptly and properly to the supervisor.• May assist in animal husbandry duties as needed.
The following are minimum requirements related to the Cagewash Technician II position:• High school diploma or general education degree• A minimum of nine months related experience
The pay range for this position is $24 to $26 USD per hour. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.
About Insourcing SolutionsCharles 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 RiverCharles 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.
At Charles River Laboratories, we recognize and recruit all talent. We are a company committed to the principle of diversity and inclusion and work daily in this direction.
Salary : $24 - $26
