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
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
Explora Biolabs a Charles River Company is looking for a Veterinary Technician to join ourteam, located in San Diego, CA
How will you have an impact?
This is the moment to use your talents and imagine those talents contributing to improving global health and peoples’ lives. In the Veterinary Technician role, you can do that by providing the highest level of animal care, progressive veterinary medicine, and expert lab animal knowledge.
Why work at Charles River?
We offer an excellent onboarding program for our new employees, internal career development, and competitive benefits!
What you will do!
In the Veterinary Technician role, you have the responsibility of monitoring animal health on a regular basis. You will handle and restrain various animal species while providing a high level of care. You will be tasked with identifying and communicating any animal health issues to veterinarians and respond to emergencies. You will also be required to administer clinical treatments, including various methods such as topical, PO, IM, SQ, and IV. Additionally, you will perform routine treatments related to animal health and welfare, including operating anesthesia equipment. You may also need to perform health rounds and treatments on weekends, holidays, and occasional evenings.
As the Veterinary Technician, you will assist with collecting and submitting diagnostic samples, as well as conducting general facility operations such as recording supply inventory and animal census. Other duties include assisting with contract research studies, data collection, dose administration, surgical procedures, and sample collection. Additionally, you may be required to train and mentor other staff, as well as develop and maintain SOPs. Maintaining AAALAC accreditation standards is essential in your job. This will involve performing routine IACUC post-approval monitoring to ensure all procedures are conducted in accordance with ethical standards.
Who are we looking for?
A candidate that possesses an associate’s/bachelor’s degree, a certification as a veterinary technician, and or equivalent experience required; At least 2 years of experience in lab animal care and proficiency with a variety of technical skills (dosing, sample collection, necropsy, etc.) with Animal Biosafety Levels 1 and 2 experience required. LAT certification is preferred.
The pay range for this position is $29-34 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.
If you are interested in contributing to the well-being of our communities, not only across the country but around the world, please join us and BE THE DIFFERENCE!
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.