Cage Wash Technician, Animal Resource Center

UT Southwestern Medical Center • Dallas, TX

4h • Onsite

About The Position

UT Southwestern is actively seeking a skilled Cage Wash Technician to join our Animal Resource Center (ARC) team. We are looking for someone dependable and detail-oriented; experience with following safety procedures, ability to handle physical tasks, maintain accurate records, and work efficiently in a fast-paced laboratory environment. As Cage Wash Technician, you will be responsible for operating cage wash and autoclave equipment, maintaining high sanitation standards, processing animal caging, performing housekeeping duties, and supporting daily facility operations in a laboratory setting. This role works under constant supervision to provide care and maintenance of laboratory animals and animal facilities.

Requirements

• No experience required.
• Comply with and wear required personal protective equipment.
• Follow appropriate safety procedures.
• Maintain required attendance level and adherence to set work schedule in accordance with required staffing levels in order to ensure that assigned duties are completed.
• Ability to work weekends as assigned.

Nice To Haves

• High School Diploma High School graduation or GED

Responsibilities

• Operate cage washing and processing equipment, perform appropriate start-up and shut-down procedures.
• Thoroughly clean and monitor equipment throughout the day and report equipment failures to the supervisor.
• Maintain high quality sanitization.
• Recognize the facility's equipment needs and rapidly processes appropriate equipment.
• Maintain cagewash logs and steam strip logs.
• Operate autoclave equipment.
• Clean and maintain autoclave equipment.
• Report equipment failures and maintains autoclave log books.
• Evaluate and prepare extra equipment and deliver sterile equipment to appropriate storage rooms.
• Process animal caging through the cagewash equipment.
• Add appropriate bedding and enrichment to animal caging.
• Examine equipment for cracks or malfunctioned parts, reject unclean or broken equipment.
• Clean and maintain multiple support areas (storage rooms, restrooms, break rooms, and procedure rooms) as well as main hallways.
• Utilize appropriate techniques and chemicals to ensure sanitization of all surfaces.
• Accurately request, sort, and organize routine supplies to meet area needs.
• Provide supply requests in a timely manner to supervisor.
• Correctly apply appropriate techniques and chemicals to maintain facility floors.
• Routinely sweep and mop.
• Utilize floor machines to effectively remove buildup of wax and debris.
• Follow appropriate safety procedures.
• Perform housekeeping duties and laundry.
• Keep machines cleaned and well-maintained.
• Maintain required attendance level and adherence to set work schedule in accordance with required staffing levels in order to ensure that assigned duties are completed.
• Ability to work weekends as assigned.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100%25 coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED