Laboratory Animal Care Technician

Role Overview

We are seeking an Animal Care Technician to join our dynamic team. The person in this role will need to feel passionate about working with animals, enjoy and excel at organization, and support and maintain a clean, safe and compliant working environment.

What You Will Do

Cares for animals including feeding, cleaning and breeding responsibilities, follows protocol to ensure the health and welfare of the animals in care, coordinate order details, keeps accurate records, maintains responsibility for sanitation of the animal buildings, cages and support areas.

Why It Might Be a Fit

Desire to work with and care for animals on a daily basis, interest in animal development and breeding, continuous effort toward contributing to a clean and safe working environment, ability and willingness to complete paperwork as needed.

Requirements

• Desire to work with and care for animals on a daily basis
• Interest in animal development and breeding
• Continuous effort toward contributing to a clean and safe working environment
• Ability and willingness to complete paperwork as needed
• Ability to lift up to 50lbs on occasion
• Ability to stand/walk on concrete for at least 2 hours at a time
• Ability to frequently bend, reach, push, pull, squat and lift
• English Communication - reading, writing and oral

Benefits

• Health and dental coverage
• Short- and long-term disability
• Paid time off
• Paid parental leave
• 401K