Animal Care Technician I

Mispro•Cambridge, MA

1d•$24 - $26•Onsite

About The Position

The Animal Care Technician (ACT) I is a junior-level animal care position focused primarily on animal care, animal husbandry, and facility maintenance at Mispro’s AAALAC-accredited contract vivariums. The role supports the responsible and humane use of in vivo research models, predominantly rodents, and reports directly to a Site Operations Site Supervisor. The technician performs daily animal husbandry and wellness checks, maintains facility sanitation and supplies, supports waste management, and communicates routine animal-condition updates and basic support information to clients. The role also requires accurate documentation, compliance with applicable procedures and regulations, ongoing training, and availability to support weekend, holiday, emergency, and after-hours operations.

Requirements

High school degree required.
Understanding of the commitments and responsibilities associated with general animal care.
Willingness to learn about animal care, environments, and facility operations in a research setting.
Strong commitment to providing quality research service support.
Familiarity with regulatory standards governing the care and use of animals in research, including local, industry, federal, and AAALAC standards.
Ability to identify non-compliant animal care or facility operations and report them to local leadership.
Effective verbal and written communication, including responding to emails, following the appropriate chain of command, and escalating emergencies.
Interpersonal and organizational skills, including professionalism, integrity, transparency, trust, prioritization, time management, scheduling, and attention to detail.
Team-focused approach and ability to support local site culture.
Ability to work independently while recognizing when to engage management for triage, support, or clarification.
Ability to travel locally.
Ability to lift 50 pounds, move heavy objects, stand for prolonged periods, and perform repetitive-motion tasks.
Availability to support weekend, holiday, emergency, and after-hours operational responsibilities.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to or familiarity with research environments through work study, academic class or lab, internship, or related experience.
Two-year degree in general science, animal science, or veterinary science.
ALAT certification is encouraged upon employment.

Responsibilities

Provide daily husbandry for laboratory animals, predominantly rodents, including daily checks, cage changes, clinical follow-up, and wellness identification.
Recognize and respond to standard rodent clinical conditions and maintain cage-change schedules in alignment with client activity.
Ensure animal care standards and perform euthanasia when required for animal welfare and appropriate colony management.
Recognize and report environmental deviations involving temperature, humidity, lighting, HVAC, noise, or odor.
Perform facility sanitation and support waste management, including regulated medical waste, pathology/chemotherapy waste, laboratory waste, recycling, and composting.
Receive and maintain common consumables such as PPE, caging, and animal diet.
Provide clients with regular updates about animal conditions and basic support requests, including clinical updates, breeding progress, consumable restocking, waste management, and sanitation.
Ensure appropriate sign-offs and accurate documentation of activities.
Develop familiarity with Mispro SOPs and maintain standards as procedures are updated or revised.
Support compliance with institutional, governmental, and accrediting protocols and policies, including IACUC, QA, EPA, PHS, USDA, and AAALACi requirements.
Remain current with company training and professional development opportunities.
Support weekend, holiday, emergency, and after-hours operational responsibilities.
Assist with other duties as requested to support the program.