Animal Technician I

Charles River Laboratories is seeking an Animal Technician to join their Integrated Toxicology team at the Kansas City (CR-KAN) Site. The technician will learn basic skills required to conduct a study, including animal husbandry needs, animal handling/restraint, housing maintenance, feeding procedures, collecting data, observing the animals for health status, body weight measurements, administering doses, conducting euthanasia, and/or biological specimen collections for analysis.

Requirements

• Ensure good welfare and humane care for all animals, using gentle and positive human-animal interactions.
• Perform basic skills of the department including animal handling/restraint, housing maintenance, and feeding procedures; collecting data, observing the animals for health status, and body weight measurements; administering doses by various methods, conducting euthanasia, and/or biological specimen collections for analysis.
• Collect, document, review, and verify data on forms, or in electronic data capture systems.
• Review documentation of functions performed as part of quality control requirements.
• Use and maintain instrumentation and equipment.
• Perform all other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive hourly rate of $20/hour
• Opportunity to work in a research environment with a team of experienced professionals
• Potential for overtime, weekend, holiday, and/or after hours shift coverage