Charles River Laboratories, Inc.
Location
La Jolla, CA | United States
Job description
For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.
We are looking for an Animal Care and Breeding Technician to join our Charles River Accelerator & Development Labs team in La Jolla, 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 Animal Care and Breeding Technician role, you can do that by managing rodent breeding programs and providing 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!
What you will do!
In the Animal Care and Breeding Technician role , you have the responsibility of maintaining rodent breeding programs and ensuring compliance with SOPs, including animal husbandry, quality, customer expectations, and production goals. To excel in this position, you will need to be highly motivated and able to work independently in a fast-paced work environment. You will provide care to the animals by providing them with food, water, clean housing, and waste removal. Additionally, you will perform routine animal health observations, monitor temperature and humidity, and report any issues to your manager.
You will be responsible for receiving, unpacking, and housing animals according to SOPs and Animal Receiving Forms. As a part of your role, you will maintain accurate records and vivarium cleanliness. Overall, your focus will be on ensuring that all aspects of the rodent breeding program are carried out with precision and efficiency while meeting the highest standards of animal welfare.
Who are we looking for?
A candidate that possesses a high school diploma or equivalent required; Associate degree or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school and 1-2 years of experience as an animal technician preferred. AALAS certification is a plus.
The pay range for this position is $22-24 USD per hour . Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.
If you are interested in contributing to the well-being of our communities, not only across the country but around the world, please join us and BE THE DIFFERENCE!
About Insourcing Solutions
Charles River Insourcing Solutions℠ can streamline research by delivering operational and cost efficiencies through the strategic insourcing of GMP, GLP and non-GLP research services from discovery through safety assessment. Insourcing Solutions℠ provides you with the ability to maintain control of your facility and expertise while leveraging available space.
About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.
With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, veteran or disability status.
If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to [email protected]. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
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