Charles River Laboratories
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Animal Care Technician III (14BS)
role at
Charles River Laboratories .
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.
Job Summary We are looking for an experienced
Animal Care Technician III
for our
Insourcing Solutions Team
in
Bethesda, MD . As the
Animal Care Technician III , you will maintain, monitor, and document the health, breeding colony production, technical support, and physical environment within the customer’s varied animal care environments.
Additional Duties
Monitors daily animal health and welfare while performing daily animal health observations and animal husbandry duties to maintain quality and health of research animals, including performing water bottle/automatic water line checks, cage checks, providing appropriate food and water, cage changing/cleaning using microisolator techniques, and recording animal health concerns per SOP and/or specified protocols.
Reviews, comprehends, and complies with all SOPs and quality assurance standards pertaining to the specific area. Cares for and maintains laboratory animals in accordance with the Animal Welfare Act, the “Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals”, NIH policies and guidelines, and other pertinent regulations and policies.
Performs technical support including animal handling and restraint, weaning, tail snips, ear tagging, and may assist with blood collection (retro‑orbital sinus, tail vein, cardiac bleeds on mice, rats, and rabbits), tissue sample collection, and injection procedures (IP, IM, SG, IV). Treatments are also performed as needed.
Maintains accurate records of animal breeding, health, weaning, identification, and housing/isolator or support areas as required by the Institute and facility; follows breeding and weaning procedures to ensure required production levels.
Provides environmental enrichment feed and other enrichment stimuli or performs behavioral assessments.
Receives, inspects, and puts away incoming animals and completes related receiving duties.
Operates equipment and uses supplies according to safety guidelines; performs general housekeeping and adheres to safety procedures.
Assists with receipt, stocking, and maintenance of supply inventories.
Ability to take on new tasks and perform daily routines with minimal supervision.
Job Qualifications
Education: High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
Experience: Minimum of two years’ experience working in a lab animal environment with direct hands‑on work with a variety of species, and at least six months of breeding technical experience.
Certification/Licensure: AALAS certification at the Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician level (ALAT).
Hourly range: $25–$27 per hour. Schedule: Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM–3:30 PM. Must be available some weekends and holidays.
About Insourcing Solutions Charles River Insourcing Solutions™ streamlines research by delivering operational and cost efficiencies through strategic insourcing of GMP, GLP and non‑GLP research services from discovery through safety assessment. Insourcing Solutions™ provides 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) focused on laboratory animal medicine and science. With a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non‑GLP, we support clients from target identification through preclinical development. We also provide products and services for clinical laboratory testing and manufacturing activities, enabling flexible drug development models that reduce costs and enhance productivity.
Benefits We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Benefits may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401(k), paid time off, stock purchase program, health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work‑life balance flexibility.
Equal Employment Opportunity Charles River is an equal‑opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
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 otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e‑mail to
crrecruitment_US@crl.com . This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
For more information, please visit
www.criver.com .
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Animal Care Technician III (14BS)
role at
Charles River Laboratories .
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.
Job Summary We are looking for an experienced
Animal Care Technician III
for our
Insourcing Solutions Team
in
Bethesda, MD . As the
Animal Care Technician III , you will maintain, monitor, and document the health, breeding colony production, technical support, and physical environment within the customer’s varied animal care environments.
Additional Duties
Monitors daily animal health and welfare while performing daily animal health observations and animal husbandry duties to maintain quality and health of research animals, including performing water bottle/automatic water line checks, cage checks, providing appropriate food and water, cage changing/cleaning using microisolator techniques, and recording animal health concerns per SOP and/or specified protocols.
Reviews, comprehends, and complies with all SOPs and quality assurance standards pertaining to the specific area. Cares for and maintains laboratory animals in accordance with the Animal Welfare Act, the “Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals”, NIH policies and guidelines, and other pertinent regulations and policies.
Performs technical support including animal handling and restraint, weaning, tail snips, ear tagging, and may assist with blood collection (retro‑orbital sinus, tail vein, cardiac bleeds on mice, rats, and rabbits), tissue sample collection, and injection procedures (IP, IM, SG, IV). Treatments are also performed as needed.
Maintains accurate records of animal breeding, health, weaning, identification, and housing/isolator or support areas as required by the Institute and facility; follows breeding and weaning procedures to ensure required production levels.
Provides environmental enrichment feed and other enrichment stimuli or performs behavioral assessments.
Receives, inspects, and puts away incoming animals and completes related receiving duties.
Operates equipment and uses supplies according to safety guidelines; performs general housekeeping and adheres to safety procedures.
Assists with receipt, stocking, and maintenance of supply inventories.
Ability to take on new tasks and perform daily routines with minimal supervision.
Job Qualifications
Education: High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
Experience: Minimum of two years’ experience working in a lab animal environment with direct hands‑on work with a variety of species, and at least six months of breeding technical experience.
Certification/Licensure: AALAS certification at the Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician level (ALAT).
Hourly range: $25–$27 per hour. Schedule: Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM–3:30 PM. Must be available some weekends and holidays.
About Insourcing Solutions Charles River Insourcing Solutions™ streamlines research by delivering operational and cost efficiencies through strategic insourcing of GMP, GLP and non‑GLP research services from discovery through safety assessment. Insourcing Solutions™ provides 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) focused on laboratory animal medicine and science. With a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non‑GLP, we support clients from target identification through preclinical development. We also provide products and services for clinical laboratory testing and manufacturing activities, enabling flexible drug development models that reduce costs and enhance productivity.
Benefits We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Benefits may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401(k), paid time off, stock purchase program, health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work‑life balance flexibility.
Equal Employment Opportunity Charles River is an equal‑opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
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 otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e‑mail to
crrecruitment_US@crl.com . This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
For more information, please visit
www.criver.com .
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