Laboratory Animal Care Technician

Starting at $18.00 per hour

Job Description Summary

We are seeking an Animal Care Technician to join our dynamic team! This position works in the barrier operation as part of the team specializing in rabbits. This position will focus on overall animal care and welfare, production and selection for customer orders, facility upkeep and recordkeeping and procedural duties. The person in this role will need to feel passionate about working with animals, enjoy and excel at organization, and support and maintain a clean, safe and compliant working environment. We are seeking someone that is hardworking, shows attention to detail, takes initiative, has a teamwork mentality and positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Cares for animals including feeding, cleaning and breeding responsibilities in a production facility.
• Cleaning/power washing and sanitation of facility.
• Follows protocol to ensure the health and welfare of the animals in care
• Coordinate order details to include selection, packaging and confirming accuracy
• Keeps accurate records of breeding, feeding, cleaning and care of animals
• Maintains responsibility for sanitation of the animal buildings, cages and support areas

Qualifications

We are looking for the following from the Animal Care Technician:

• Desire to work with and care for animals on a daily basis
• Interest in animal development
• Continuous effort toward contributing to a clean and safe working environment
• Ability and willingness to complete paperwork as needed
• Must be available to work weekends/ holidays on a rotating basis
• Must be available to come in early hours when needed for shipments
• Willingness to work overtime when needed
• ALAT or relative certification highly desirable
• 1+ yrs of experience with animal care preferred

This position requires that the Animal Care Technician be able to:

• lift up to 50lbs on occasion
• stand/walk on concrete for at least 2 hours at a time
• frequently bend, reach, push, pull, squat and lift