Cage Wash Technician
Req ID #: 227198
Watertown, Massachusetts, USA
What you’ll do
We are seeking a Cagewash Technician to join our Insourcing Solutions team, located in Cambridge, MA.
As the Cagewash Technician, you will provide cleaning and maintenance of laboratory animal caging, equipment and cage preparation areas as well as cleaning of animal support areas under supervision.
Additional responsibilities include:
- Dumps and scrapes soiled bedding from caging and prepares caging for cagewash under supervision.
- Sanitizes caging and related equipment using cage washers, pressure washer or hand washing as required.
- Properly disposes of soiled bedding and waste in specified receptacles.
- Cleans and sanitizes cage preparation and storage areas.
- Ensures that all logbooks, checklists and other records are completed in a timely fashion.
- Flushes all animal racks.
- Ensures proper amounts of chemicals are present. Reports any chemical needs to the supervisor.
- Performs animal husbandry duties including but not limited to preparation and actual changing of cages and related cage accessories, feeding, and manual watering or monitoring/testing automatic watering devices. i.e.,
- Assists housekeeping duties such as trash collection and cleaning animal facility laboratories, offices and ancillary areas.
- Maintains equipment used in performance of work and/or reports the problem to supervisor promptly.
- Operate Techniplast washer in accordance with SOP
- Operate and maintain Steris autoclaves.
What you’ll need
The following are minimum requirements related to the Cagewash Technician position.
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GED or High School Diploma
The pay range for this position is $20 USD per hour. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.
What you get
Core Benefits
- Mental/Dental/Vision Plans
- Vacation and Holiday
- 401(k) with Company Match
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Value Added Programs
- Employee discount program
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Recognition and Referral Program
Additional Benefits
- Employee Assistance Plan
- Fitness Reimbursement and Wellness Programs
- Paid Volunteer Time Off
- Parental Leave
About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage Contact Research Organization (CRO). Here, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people's lives. With 100 sites around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our clients' unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
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