Animal Care Technician II

Mispro Biotech Services Corporation•San Diego, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Animal Care Technician II is an experienced animal care position based in San Diego, focused primarily on humane animal care and vivarium operations and maintenance. The role provides daily husbandry for laboratory animals, predominantly rodents, and supports the local vivarium’s physical plant, client services, operational activities, and compliance with applicable regulations and accreditation standards. It offers greater operational responsibility and independence for someone with laboratory animal care experience. The technician also provides programmatic oversight for assigned vivarium operations, may perform associate Site Lead duties, and coordinates supplies, special projects, and vivarium or research support activities under the guidance of the Site Supervisor and/or Animal Care Technician III/Site Lead(s). The position reports directly to a Site Operations Site Supervisor.

Requirements

At least two years of animal care or vivarium operations experience, such as husbandry or related work.
High school degree.
Dedication to humane animal care and a strong commitment to quality research service support.
Familiarity or exposure to operating practices for in vivo environments and models.
Familiarity with local, industry, federal, and AAALAC regulatory standards governing animal care and use in research.
Ability to identify non-compliant animal care or facility operations and report them to local leadership.
Effective verbal and written communication, email responsiveness, appropriate use of the chain of command, and escalation of emergencies.
Interpersonal skills demonstrating transparency, professionalism, integrity, and trust.
Organizational skills, including prioritization, time management, scheduling, and attention to detail.
Team focus in supporting local site culture and ability to work reliably independently.
Ability to lift 50 pounds, move heavy objects, stand for prolonged periods, and perform repetitive-motion tasks.
Availability for weekend, holiday, emergency, and after-hours operational responsibilities.
Ability to travel locally as needed.

Nice To Haves

Two-year degree in general science, animal science, or veterinary science.
ALAT certification; certification is encouraged upon employment.
Prior animal care experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and/or academic in vivo research environments.

Responsibilities

Provide daily husbandry, checks, cage changes, clinical follow-up, and basic veterinary care or treatment for predominantly rodent species.
Recognize standard rodent clinical conditions and perform euthanasia when required for animal welfare and colony management.
Receive and house animal deliveries, confirming shipment conditions, animal health, genders, numbers, and identification.
Maintain animal care standards and perform vivarium duties such as cage changing, stocking, sanitation, and receiving animals and supplies.
Recognize and report environmental deviations involving temperature, humidity, lighting, HVAC, noise, or odor.
Participate in facility sanitation and decontamination efforts.
Support waste management practices and compliance for regulated medical waste, pathology/chemotherapy waste, laboratory waste, recycling, and composting.
Receive and maintain common consumables, including PPE, caging, and diet; submit animal orders and print cage cards.
Support client service needs and equipment use, and provide interim site leadership when the Site Lead and Supervisor are absent.
Maintain ongoing communications with clients in assigned spaces and escalate concerns about animal care, the environment, or Mispro services.
Provide clients with updates about animal conditions and basic support requests, including clinical updates, breeding progress, consumable restocking, waste management, and sanitation.
Maintain cage-change schedules in alignment with client activities in rooms.
Make appropriate sign-offs and accurately document activities.
Support compliance with institutional, governmental, and accrediting protocols and policies, including IACUC, QA, EPA, PHS, USDA, and AAALACi requirements.
Develop familiarity with Mispro SOPs, maintain standards when they are revised, and stay current with company training and professional development expectations.
Support the program through other requested duties as necessary.
Be available to support weekend, holiday, emergency, and after-hours operational responsibilities.
Travel locally as needed.