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Senior Laboratory Animal Technician
Charles River Laboratories International Inc (CRL)
Bethesda, MD, US, 20892
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Senior Laboratory Animal Technician to join our Insourcing Solutions team located in Bethesda, MD.
As the Senior Laboratory Animal Technician, you will use existing SOPs and quality assurance standards to assist in assessing training needs; providing leadership and feedback; as well as developing and presenting training to various levels of staff. A key duty of this position is to provide training and oversight to LATs to monitor performance, as well as scheduling and assigning technical procedures to personnel.
Additional responsibilities include:
- Solve customer requests, inquiries, and concerns.
- Quality assurance, to include animal health surveillance, monitoring the sanitation, cage washing and autoclaving procedures, incoming animal shipments for container integrity and animal health, HVAC system, and internal facility reports.
- Provide animal treatments; assist with rodent colony health program and submission.
- Perform daily health exams/clinical observations; animal husbandry duties, behavioral assessments and provide environmental enrichment.
- Provide technical support to include animal handling and restraint, weaning, tail snips, ear tagging, collect blood/tissue samples, perform injections, treatments, surgical preparation and post-operative observations, timed mating, microinjections, and assisting with research procedures as directed.
- Familiarity with and ability to apply/use various forms of anesthetic.
- Record maintenance of animal importations, breeding, health, and housing areas.
Job Qualifications
The following are minimum requirements for the Senior Lab Animal Technician:
- High school diploma or GED required.
- At least 3 years related animal care and handling experience performing laboratory animal technician duties, with at least 1 year in a supervisory/leadership capacity.
- Laboratory Animal Technician (LAT) certification required.
The pay range for this position is $33 to $35 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 [email protected]. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
Job posted: 2024-04-05
