Animal Care Technician IWork with Purpose

We are looking for an Animal Care Technician I (rodent husbandry) to join our Insourcing Solutions team located in South San Francisco, CA.

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 ACTI role, you will provide the highest animal welfare standards and care, in addition to maintaining vivarium cleanliness.

Why work at Charles River?
We offer an excellent onboarding program for our new employees; internal career development, and competitive benefits. 

In the Animal Care Technician I role, you will provide cage wash, general husbandry and/or investigative support following established protocols/guidance documents.

• Monitor daily animal health and welfare when performing daily animal health observations.
• Perform animal husbandry duties to maintain the quality and health of research animals, to include perform daily water bottle /automatic water line and cage checks; provide appropriate food and water; perform cage changing and/or cage cleaning as required; record animal health concerns per SOP and/or specified protocols.
• Perform cage wash duties and sanitation.
• Maintain accurate records of room logs, health case logs, animal breeding, and support areas as required by Institute and facility.
• Perform rodent restraint, handling, and technical manipulation as assigned by the on-site Supervisor or facility veterinarian, to include health case treatments, identification, genotyping, and health surveillance sampling.
• Receive, inspect, and put away incoming animal shipments and supplies.
•  Perform general housekeeping and adhere to safety procedures.
• May provide study support on non-invasive techniques including, but not limited to, animal fasting, body weight, food and water measurement, mating, plug check, etc.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Who are we looking for?
A candidate that possesses a High School diploma, General Education Degree (G.E.D.) or equivalent required. Bachelor's degree (B.A./B.S) in animal or life sciences field preferred.  Minimum of one year related rodent laboratory animal experience is preferred.  An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.  AALAS certification at the ALAT level/CALAS preferred.

The pay range for this position is $20.00 - 24.00 per hour.  Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.