Animal Care Technician II (14BS)Work with Purpose

We are seeking an experienced Animal Care Technician II to join our Insourcing Solutions team located in Bethesda, MD.  

As the Animal Care Technician II, you will maintain, monitor, and document the health, breeding colony production, technical support, and physical environment within the animal facility. Your role will be to maintain the quality and health of the research animals. 

Additional responsibilities include: 

• Perform Animal Health assessments and send notifications to clinical veterinarians and investigative lab staff. 
• Animal health observations across multiple species; perform basic animal husbandry.  
• Perform breeder set-ups, vaginal plug checks and weaning. 
• Perform blood collection via various routes for technical service requests. 
• Perform ear tag/ID placement; sample/tissue collection for genotyping and other technical service request and facility sentinel program. 
• Administer topical, injectable, and oral treatments. 
• Maintain and update all related records, logs, forms, cage cards, etc. 
• Applying quality assurance/quality control standards to ensure Statement of Work expectations are fulfilled.

The following are minimum requirements related to the Animal Care Technician II position: 

• High school diploma or GED 
• One or more years of related animal care and handling experience 
• ALAT certification, or become certified within one year of eligibility 

Schedule: Monday through Friday 7AM-3:30PM. Must be available some weekends and holidays. 
 

The hourly range for this position is $22.00- $24.00 USD per hour. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.