Animal Care Technician 3/Floor Lead 1

Animal Care Technician 3/Floor Lead 1 Req ID #:  195771 Location: 

Poolesville, MD, US, 20837 For 70 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.

IMPORTANT:   In order to be considered for this position, a resume/CV must be uploaded and submitted during the application process.  Please make sure work history and education are added correctly.   

  Job Summary We are looking for an Animal Support Technician III to join our Insourcing Solutions team located in Bethesda, MD. 

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 ASTIII role, you can do that by offering technical and supervisory support, contributing towards Quality Assurance/Assessment goals, and training staff appropriately to ensure the integrity of the research.  

Why work at Charles River?  

We offer an excellent onboarding program for our new employees, as well as internal career development and competitive benefits!

What you will do! 

In this role, you will use existing SOPs and quality assurance standards to provide support to government contracts, with an emphasis on technical services, supervisory skills, training support, and Quality Assurance/Control. Technical support ranges from rodents to nonhuman primates, and you will need to maintain accurate record-keeping of breeding, health, housing, or support. You could also be included in handling and restraint, ear notching, tagging, breeding methodology, weaning, and sexing, tissue and blood collection, gavage, injections, tail snips, tumor measurements, osmotic pump insertion, pain scoring/alleviation measures, surgical pack preparation, surgical preparation, health observations, sterilization techniques, and drug dosage calculation. Quality Assurance/Control duties could include, but are not limited to, facilitating, and optimizing quality compliance practices, scheduling and conducting audits, as well as reviewing documents, logs, medical files, and training records for accuracy and compliance. 

Supervisory duties may include interaction with members of the site to discuss inquiries, coordination, or management of team scheduling, as well as delegating work assignments and ensuring their completion, and mentoring/training new employees. Training duties may include formulating teaching outlines and determining appropriate instructional methods, coordinating training schedules and activities, evaluating, and assessing trainees’ progress, reporting on training progress as needed, and maintaining training and teaching records to recommend improvements. Job Qualifications  

Who are we looking for? 

The ideal candidate would possess a B.A. or B.S. in Animal Sciences or related field, with 3+ years’ experience with animal care and handling, as well as technical experience, within a research lab program. AALAS certification at the Laboratory Animal Technologist (LATG) level required. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.  

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!

IMPORTANT: A resume is required to be considered for this position. If you have not uploaded your resume in your candidate profile, please return to upload field and attach your resume/CV. 

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 17,000 employees within 90 facilities in 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. And in 2019, revenue increased to $2.62 billion.

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 ~85% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2019.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/Disabled/Vet.

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.

Nearest Major Market: Washington DC

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