Animal Care Technician IWork with Purpose

 We are seeking an Animal Care Technician I to join our Insourcing Solutions team, located in Chicago, Illinois.

As the Animal Care Technician, you will observe, monitor, and document the health and physical environment within the Charles River Accelerator & Development Labs (CRADL) animal facility.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Perform routine animal husbandry tasks to include the cleaning, feeding, and watering of laboratory animals.
• Cleaning of cages, related ancillary equipment; and the maintenance of animal care environments within the CRADL animal facility.
• Collaborate with the veterinary staff to ensure that the health and welfare of laboratory animals are maintained in compliance with local, state, federal and institutional guidelines, and regulations.
• Perform humane euthanasia in accordance with the Guide for Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, and under the direction of the Attending Veterinarian, or designee.
• Review, comprehend and comply with all SOPs, BOPs and quality assurance standards pertaining to laboratory animals for research.
• Operate a washer for cleaning and sanitizing animal cage supplies through automatic processes. 
• Operate autoclave machines to sterilize caging equipment and instruments for the animals. 
• Maintain documentation for QA including but not limited to temperature strips, room environmental reports and logs, dish washer and/or autoclaving logs.
• Handle, transfer, and deliver animals, supplies, and waste as needed to and from work areas.
• Dispose of biological, hazardous, and animal facility waste following established procedures.
• Collect census data from animal cages, including but not limited to upload of manual census data, or upload data from handheld scanners into approved software and verify data prior to posting and reconciliation.
   

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

• High school diploma or GED is required 
• Bachelor’s degree in animal or life sciences field preferred. 
• 0-6 months directly related to laboratory animal experience in a laboratory animal facility 

•Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician (ALAT) certification from AALAS preferred. 

An equivalent combination of education, experience, and certifications may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above. 

The pay range for this position is $20-22 USD per hour. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.