Animal Care Technician IWork with Purpose

We are seeking an Animal Care Technician to join our Insourcing Solutions team, located in Boston, MA.

As the Animal Care Technician, you will observe, monitor and maintain the health, production and physical environment within the Insourcing Solutions client animal facility. Perform routine animal husbandry tasks to include the cleaning, feeding, and watering of laboratory animals; the cleaning of cages, related ancillary equipment; and the maintenance of animal care environments within the animal facility. Provide environmental enrichment appropriate to species and support to multiple lab animal facilities.  

Additional responsibilities include:

• Handle, transfer, and deliver animals, supplies (caging, gases, dry ice, liquid nitrogen), and waste as needed to and from work area(s).
• Perform daily cage duties including recycling and scheduled sanitation procedures.
• Monitor daily animal health and welfare while performing daily animal health observations.
• Perform animal husbandry duties to maintain quality and health of research animals, to include performing daily water bottle 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 humane euthanasia in accordance with the Guide for Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.
• Interact with customers as directed to resolve customer requests, inquiries, and complaints, and may be tasked to provide technical assistance.
• Maintain an organized and clean work environment including but not limited to animal rooms, common areas such as corridors, cage washrooms, procedure rooms, anterooms, storage areas and grounds by cleaning at prescribed intervals following established procedures.
• May learn to perform basic technical skills such as fasting, body weights and food/water measurements, animal identification (ear notching, tattooing, microchip).

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

• 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 6 months of animal handling experience. Laboratory animal experience in a laboratory animal facility preferred.
• Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician (ALAT) certification from AALAS preferred.

The pay range for this position is $22-24 USD per hour. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.