Animal Caretaker (Baltimore, MD, US, 21224) - Full-time

pspan style="font-size:10.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"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./span/span/p divdiv style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"div style="font-size:10.0px;word-wrap:break-word"H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"bJob Summary/b/H2 /divdivpspan style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"We are seeking an strongAnimal Caretaker/strong to join our Insourcing Solutions team located instrong Baltimore, MD/strong /span/p pspan style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"    /span/p pspan style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"As the strongAnimal Caretake/strongr, you will provide basic husbandry to rodents and lagomorphs, monitor environmental parameters for abnormalities and provide customer assistance to the investigative staff.  /span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Additional responsibilities include: /span/p pspan style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"- Perform daily animal husbandry duties to maintain quality and health of research animals, including: perform daily water bottle /automatic water line and cage checks; provide appropriate food and water; perform cage changing and/or cage cleaning. /span/p pspan style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"- Monitor environmental parameters and maintain written records /span/p pspan style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"- Assist with restraint and handling of various animal species. /span/p pspan style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"- Receive, inspect, and put away incoming animals; as well as provide for sentinel animals in each rodent housing area. /span/p pspan style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"- Operate equipment and perform general housekeeping. /span/p/div/divdiv style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"div style="font-size:10.0px;word-wrap:break-word"H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"ubJob Qualifications/b/u/H2 /divdivpspan style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"The following are minimum requirements related to the strongAnimal Caretaker/strong position: /span/p pspan style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"- AALAS certification at the ALAT level within one year of eligibility /span/p pspan style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"- 1 year of related experience in animal care/span/p pspan style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"- 3 months working with lab animal species (rodents), preferred /span/p pspan style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"- High school diploma/ GED preferred /span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"strongThe pay for this position is $18.47 USD per hour./strong /span/p p /p/div/div/divpspan style="font-size:10.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"bAbout Insourcing Solutions/bbr 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./span/span/p pbr span style="font-size:10.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"bAbout Charles River/bbr 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./span/span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:10.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"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./span/span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:10.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"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./span/span/p p /p p style="margin-bottom:11.0px"span style="font-size:10.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"bEqual Employment Opportunity/bbr 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./span/span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:10.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"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 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./span/span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:10.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"For more information, please visit www.criver.com./span/span/p