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 experienced Animal Care Technician II to join our Insourcing Solutions team, located in Gaithersburg, MD.
As the Animal Care Technician II, you will perform daily laboratory animal care duties including animal health monitoring, animal husbandry, and routine cleaning and sanitation.
Additional responsibilities include:
- Performs animal husbandry duties including but not limited to preparation and actual changing of animal cages and related cage accessories of small animals, feeding and manual watering or monitoring/ testing watering devices independent of supervision.
- Performs daily animal health observations and reports any abnormal conditions or behavior of animals to the LAR Supervisor and/or Facility Director.
- Operate cage/rack washers, autoclave and sterilize animal caging equipment and materials, ensuring that all logbooks, checklists and other records are completed accurately in a timely fashion.
- Cleans assigned animal rooms, facility and animal care equipment and associated animal facility areas as assigned.
- Monitors and reports any irregularities in the room temperature, light cycles, air changes, and other environmental conditions that may affect animals.
- Performs all work assignments in accordance with guidelines established by federal, state, and local regulatory agencies and AstraZeneca specific SOP and protocol instructions.
- Operates equipment and uses supplies according to safety guidelines; performs general housekeeping and adheres to safety procedures.
- Perform other duties as assigned by LAR Supervisor or Manager.
Job Qualifications
To qualify for this role, candidates must have one of the following combinations of education/experience:
- High school diploma or GED and a minimum of 2 years’ experience
- AA/AS and 1.5 years directly related lab animal experience
- BA/BS in animal or life sciences, and 1 year of experience
Certification/Licensure: Evidence of achievement of AALAS certification at the ALAT level or above preferred.
The pay range for this position is $26 to $28 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 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 [email protected]. 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.
