Animal Care Technician III ABSL

Location:

Cambridge, MA 02139

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.

We are seeking an experienced Animal Care Technician III to join our Insourcing Solutions team, located in Cambridge, MA
.

As the ACTIII
, you will maintain and monitor the health, production, post‑operative care and physical environment of animal models within an ABLS2/ABSL3 facility.

• Work with veterinarians and researchers while performing specialized techniques and procedures with the study of animal models infected with hazardous biological agents.
• Perform duties involving specialized ABSL2/ABSL3 safety methods, procedures and sanitation of the animals' environment.
• Use appropriate barrier techniques and apply knowledge of quarantine, isolation and containment procedures pertinent to ABSL2 and/or ABSL3 required to prevent cross infection of animals during experiments and to prevent infection of the technicians and/or co‑workers.
• Those without ABSL3 experience will receive training.
• Provide input into the creation/revision of SOPs and assist in implementation and training of new SOPs.
• Perform animal procedures and veterinary technical support duties: including but not limited to blood collection, intramuscular or subcutaneous injections, organ collection, animal identification, sentinel collection, and animal treatment.
• May provide environmental enrichment feed and other enrichment stimuli and/or provide behavioral assessments.
• Perform animal husbandry which includes feeding, watering, and cleaning cages as required. Monitor animal health and adhere to health monitoring schedules.
• Maintain accurate departmental animal housing/isolator or support area record keeping.
• Regularly use and update animal inventory/census.
• Receive animals and perform duties such as transporting, unloading/uncrating, transferring, weighing, inspecting and associated documentation.
• Participate in planning/coordination of customer projects for department.
• Operate and perform routine maintenance checks on automated rack washer and bulk autoclaves and other associated equipment (e.g. bedding disposal/dispenser, bottle filler).

To qualify for this role, candidates must meet one of the following combinations of education and experience:

• Bachelors of Science Degree in Animal Science/Biology or a related discipline and 2 years of related animal laboratory experience.
• Associates of Science Degree in Animal Science/Biology or a related discipline and 3 years of related animal laboratory experience.
• High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of related animal laboratory experience.
• Experience working in an ABSL1 or ABSL2 facility.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• LAT certification
• Experience working in an ABSL3 facility.

The pay for this position is $26.83-$29.66 per hour. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.

Charles River Insourcing Solutions™ can streamline research by delivering operational and cost efficiencies through the strategic in sourcing 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.

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…