Senior Animal Lab Technician
About The Position
We are the leading oncology CRO, developing novel treatments for patients that need them most. Our team is fully dedicated to oncology – it is all we do – combining innovation and expertise to quickly move your medicines from preclinical development into clinical trials. Adaptive and forward-thinking – we guide your therapy through the most critical development milestones from the lab to planning your regulatory and clinical strategy. Our ultimate goal? To help patients. The Senior Animal Technician’s chief responsibility is providing rodent facility maintenance, rodent care and monitoring, and diet provisions in accordance with departmental regulations. Other responsibilities include performance of general laboratory duties and supporting research staff with study-related duties. This position reports to the Lab Manager, Nonclinical Operations. The perfect candidate is one that is looking to grow their career in animal care.
Requirements
- Minimum High School Diploma or equivalent with 5 years’ relevant experience.
- Experience in rodent handling and husbandry tasks.
- Frequent lifting throughout the day; prolonged standing; extended hand manipulation, including but not limited to, grasping and holding.
- Ability to follow departmental and study protocols.
- Understanding of animal welfare guidelines
Responsibilities
- Maintain detailed laboratory files and documents
- Change out animal cages, water dispensers, and feed containers.
- Run cleaning and sterilization equipment.
- Dispense feed and water.
- Receive new animals, set up housing, provide feed and water, and fill out animal arrival information.
- Maintains animal receipt documentation and animal inventory
- Perform general laboratory duties as assigned.
- Operate and perform quality control on appropriate equipment.
- Perform lab maintenance (e.g. room cleaning and sanitizing, instrument autoclaving).
- Monitor animal rooms and feed storage conditions.
- Assist Research staff with technical duties (e.g. data collection, administration of test agents according to protocol).
- Make observations and report deviations to lab management progress, results, and future studies.
- Works with department leadership with accreditation maintenance
- Leads training and provides mentorship to husbandry staff
- Preforms other duties as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
High school or GED
