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 Technical Support Tech – ACT3 for our Insourcing Solutons site located in Bethesda, MD.
The following are responsibilities related to the Technical Support Tech – ACT3:
• Reviews, comprehends and complies with all SOP’s and quality assurance standards pertaining to specific area. Cares for and maintains laboratory animals in accordance with the Animal welfare Act and the “Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals”, as well as NIH policies and guidelines and other pertinent regulations and policies.
• Monitors daily animal health and welfare while performing daily animal health observations, animal husbandry duties to maintain quality and health of research animals, to include: perform daily water bottle and cage checks; provide appropriate food and water; perform cage changing and/or cage cleaning as required; record animal health concerns per SOP and/or specified protocols.
• Assists with restraint, handling and manipulation of various animal species as assigned by the on-site Supervisor or facility veterinarian.
• Strictly follows all procedures necessary to maintain animal housing areas including entry of personnel and equipment into facility, room or other controlled areas.
• Receives, inspects and puts away incoming animals; ensures and provides for sentinel animals in each rodent housing area.
• Performs technical support to include, but not limited to: animal handling and restraint, weaning, tail snips, ear tagging, blood collection), tissue collection, time-mating, rodent breeding colony management as needed, and assists with research procedures as directed.
• Ability to use an anesthesia machine and monitor anesthetized rodents.
• Provide rodent identification using various techniques.
• Perform computer-based responsibilities to include, but not limited to: email notifications, document and image uploads, updating logs, spreadsheet data entry, and maintain up-to-date records.
• Assist veterinary staff with providing blood collection, clinical and post-operative care and observations as needed.
• Maintains accurate records of animal breeding, health, and housing/isolator or support areas as required by Institute and facility. Follows breeding and weaning procedures to ensure required production levels.
• Provide customer service to research staff and complete submitted service requests.
• Alert veterinary staff of health concerns with animals that have been serviced.
Qualifications
The following are minimum qualifications related to the Technical Support Tech – ACT3 position:
• Education: High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required.
• Experience: Minimum of 2-year experience performing basic animal care is required.
• Certification/Licensure: LAT eligibility required; LAT certification preferred.
An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.
The pay range for this position is $20.00 – 21.00 USD per hour. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.
About Insourcing Solutions
Charles River Insourcing Solutions℠ 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 Solutions℠ provides you with the ability to maintain control of your facility and expertise while leveraging available space.
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.
With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
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.
If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
For more information, please visit www.criver.com.