Animal Care Technician

<h2>Job Overview:</h2><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Covance is now Labcorp Drug Development</strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 12pt;">We believe in harnessing science for human good. And so we work day and night, around the world, to deliver answers for all your health questions—whether you’re a provider, drug developer, hospital, medical researcher or patient. That means everything from advancing diagnostic testing, to helping launch new drugs, to offering new perspectives through data, all drawing from a deep well of scientific expertise</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Animal Care Technician-Animal Research</strong> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 12pt;">Greenfield Indiana $2,000* sign on bonus! </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What will you be doing? </strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 12pt;">This entry level role requires no experience, just an interest in working with small and large animals in a laboratory setting. Duties include but not limited to;</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 12pt;">Maintaining the highest standards of animal care and welfare in accordance with the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 12pt;">Performing daily cleaning, feeding of our laboratory animals</span></li><li><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 12pt;">Providing environmental and dietary enrichment</span></li><li><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 12pt;">Learning and applying proper handling and restraint techniques</span></li><li><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 12pt;">Working in a fast paced, team environment</span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 12pt;">*sign on bonus is paid in two increments, $1,000 upon hire and $1,000 at 6 months </span></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #4d4d4d;">What do we look for? </span></strong></p><ul><li><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">A passion for caring for animals </span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000;">This position has a lot of sanitation duties, it helps if you like to clean! </span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000;">Ability to follow standard procedures and embrace the extensive training that will be provided </span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000;">Stable work record with history of positive upward progression is preferred </span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000;">Prior animal care experience is helpful but not required. </span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #4d4d4d;">Work hours? </span></strong></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000;">This is a day time position with work hours Monday-Friday 6:30am-3:00 pm along with working every 3rd weekend and some Holidays </span></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #4d4d4d;">What do we provide? </span></span></strong></span></p><ul><li style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Arial; color: #4d4d4d;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000;">You’ll be working with small and large animals on a daily basis and get lots of exercise!  </span></li><li style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Arial; color: #4d4d4d;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000;">Extensive training, especially around proper animal handling and care  </span></li><li style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Arial; color: #4d4d4d;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000;">Enjoy 24 days of personal-time-off (PTO) in the first year along with 7 paid holidays. </span></li><li style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Arial; color: #4d4d4d;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000;">Great benefit offerings that start the first of the month including  3 medical plans, 2 dental, all lab work done at Labcorp office is Free!  Immediate ability to participate in our 401K with 5% matching funds, tuition  reimbursement and rewards focused on keeping the mind, body and person financially healthy. </span></li><li style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Arial; color: #4d4d4d;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000;">Starting pay rates for Trainee Level $15.00 and $16.00 for Animal Care Tech, .50  increase once training is completed, typically around 6 months.  </span></li><li style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Arial; color: #4d4d4d;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000;">Fantastic growth opportunities for you to grow your knowledge and career  </span></li><li style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Arial; color: #4d4d4d;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #000000;">Great work environment, see why FORTUNE magazine has named Labcorp as one of the</span><a href="https://fortune.com/company/laboratory-corp-of-america/worlds-most-admired-companies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <span style="color: #1155cc;">Worlds Most Admired Companies</span></a><span style="color: #000000;"> for 3 years in a row! </span></span></li><li style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Arial; color: #4d4d4d;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000;">24 days of PTO the first year with outstanding growth potential  </span></li><li style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Arial; color: #4d4d4d;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000;">A career where your work connects to improving the lives and health of people and animals around the world.</span></li></ul><p aria-hidden="true" style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p><h2>Education/Qualifications:</h2><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 12pt;">High school diploma or equivalent.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 12pt;">Stable work history, strong attention to detail, </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 12pt;">Prior animal care experience in research setting, farm experience or animal care experience is desired but not required. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </p><h2>Experience:</h2><h1 style="margin-top: 24pt; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Labcorp Drug Development</span></span></h1><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">We are one global company innovating for millions – together, continuing to bring you more advanced medical breakthroughs.  Did you know we contributed to the development of all the current top 50 drugs on the market ? Some of our work includes Clinical Trials in 100+ Countries, we've collaborated on 100% of the novel Oncology Drugs and helped develop 86% of Rare and Orphan Drugs.  If you are looking to make a positive impact on lives Join us Today! </span></span></p>