Animal Caretaker - Baltimore, United States - Charles River Laboratories

Charles River Laboratories

Verified Company

Baltimore, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Req ID #:222997
Location:

Baltimore, MD, US, 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 a
Animal Care Technician for our
Insourcing Solutions site located in
Baltimore, MD.

As the
Animal Care Technician, you will provide husbandry and veterinary assistance in a laboratory for small animals, as well as monitor animal health and report findings.

Additional responsibilities include:

Prepare caging for cagewash.
Perform daily animal health observations and report any abnormal conditions or behavior. Monitor and report irregularities in environmental conditions that may affect animals.
Clean assigned animal rooms, facility and animal care equipment, and associated animal facility areas. Obtain weekly animal census.
Ensure logbooks, checklists and other records are completed accurately in a timely fashion.
Provide environmental enrichment feed and other enrichment stimuli and/ or provide behavioral assessments.

Job Qualifications
The following are minimum requirements related to the
Animal Care Technician position:

High school diploma or GED
AALAS certification at the ALAT level within one year of eligibility
1 year related experience in animal care
3 months working with lab animal species, most applicable rodents, preferred

The pay for this position is $17.20 USD per hour.

About Insourcing Solutions

Charles River Insourcing SolutionsSM 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 SolutionsSM provides you with the ability to maintain control of your facility and expertise while leveraging available space.
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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.

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 supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, veteran or disability status

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Nearest Major Market:

Baltimore

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