Animal Care Technician III - ABSL experience

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 III to join our Insourcing Solutions team, located in Cambridge, MA.

As the ACTIII, you will maintain and monitor the health, production, post-operative care and physical environment of animal models within a ABLS2/ABSL3 facility.  

Additional responsibilities include:

• Work with veterinarians and researchers while performing specialized techniques and procedures with the study of animal models infected with hazardous biological agents.
• Perform duties involving specialized ABSL2/ABSL3 safety methods, procedures and sanitation of the animals' environment.
• Use appropriate barrier techniques and applies knowledge of quarantine, isolation and containment procedures pertinent to ABSL2 and/or ABSL 3 required to prevent cross infection of animals during experiments and to prevent infection of the technicians and/or co-workers.
• Those without ABSL3 experience will recieve training.
• Provide input into the creation/revision of SOPs and assist in implementation and training of new SOPs.
• Perform animal procedures and veterinary technical support duties: including but not limited to blood collection, intramuscular or subcutaneous injections, organ collection, animal identification, sentinel collection, and animal treatment.
• May provide environmental enrichment feed and other enrichment stimuli and/or provide behavioral assessments.
• Perform animal husbandry which includes feeding, watering, and cleaning cages as required. Monitor animal health and adhere to health monitoring schedules.
• Maintain accurate departmental animal housing/isolator or support area record keeping.
• Regularly use and update animal inventory/census
• Receive animals and perform duties such as transporting, unloading/uncrating, transferring, weighing, inspecting and associated documentation.
• Participate in planning/coordination of customer projects for department.
• Operate and perform routine maintenance checks on automated rack washer and bulk autoclaves and other associated equipment (e.g. bedding disposal/dispenser, bottle filler)

Job Qualifications

To qualify for this role, candidates must meet one of the following combinations of education and r elated laboratory animal experience:

• Bachelors of Science Degree and 2 years.
• Associates of Science Degree and 3 years.
• High School Diploma/GED and 4 years.
• Experience working in an ABSL3 facility is preferred but NOT required.

Certification required

• LAT certification

The pay for this position is $26.83-$29.66 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.

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