Lead Technician

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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 seeking an experienced Lead Animal Care Technician to join our Insourcing Solutions team at Boston Children's Hospital located in Boston, MA.

As the Lead Technician, you will provide guidance to technicians in the day-to-day operations of the animal facilities and program.

Additional responsibilities include :

• Help train animal care staff in the following : cage changing, microisolator cage changing techniques, autoclave / cagewash operations, and other husbandry duties.
• Provide support in animal rooms changing cages and work in cage wash operations.
• Ensure all rooms are observed daily to monitor the health of the animals and report negative findings to the veterinary staff.
• Ensure proper maintenance of animal records to include room logs, health reports, cage card labels, autoclave / cagewash records, animal census and other necessary records.
• Inspect the animal holding areas and support facilities to ensure they are meeting / exceeding regarding animal health, facilities conditions, environmental parameters and security.

The goal is to provide quality performance of departmental and client objectives in all areas and interact with the customer to solve requests, inquiries and provide technical assistance.

• Provide back-up and assistance to the Animal Facility Supervisor.
• Assist / provide input to the supervisor / manager regarding personnel management activities such as : scheduling, personal actions (hiring, promotions, transfers), training and development, disciplinary actions, and providing feedback and direction on performance to assist in preparing and delivering annual performance and salary reviews.
• Serve as a role model and ensures accurate, high-quality work and adherence to dept. policies, practices, and procedures.

Job Qualifications

The following are minimum requirements related to the Lead ACT position :

• High school diploma, General Education Degree (G.E.D.) or equivalent
• Two to four years husbandry experience in a laboratory animal facility.
• AALAS certification at the Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician level (ALAT) or higher or ability to successfully achieve ALAT certification within one (1) year of hire / promotion
• Other : Working knowledge of laboratory animal facilities operations. Demonstrated ability to adapt and respond timely to the needs of faculty, research personnel and ARCH Client staff to ensure that excellent customer service is provided at all times.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously. Positive, professional leadership skills to : coach and influence employees;

counsel, and provide supervisor with feedback for productive performance evaluations.

The pay for this position is $26 USD per hour.

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 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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