Sr Animal Technician

Purpose:

The Comparative Medicine Bay Area (CMBA) department provides health surveillance preventative disease programs and daily husbandry and care for all laboratory animals at ABA. The department has primary responsibility for assuring that the Animal Care Program meets the standards for continued accreditation by the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) and that the animal Program at ABA meets all pertinent governmental regulations.  

The Sr. Technician is responsible for the assistance and oversight of the husbandry and care for the animals.  They also have direct contact with animals providing minimal husbandry and cage changing. The person will perform technical procedures and assisting the Veterinarian and Manager with various  duties.  They will also train personnel on technical and/or husbandry policies and procedures.

Major Responsibilities: 

• Manage the procurement of all regular consumables and services needed to operate the vivarium 
• Perform all husbandry duties when needed 
• Perform PO IV ID IP and SC injections and training 
• Perform blood collection methods and trainings 
• Perform euthanasia methods such as CO2 isoflurane exsanguination and associated trianing 
• Perform animal ID such as ear punching ear tagging and ink marking 
• Perform anesthesia of rodents and associated record keeping and training 
• Perform tissue harvest collection/necropsy 
• Provide assistance with animal health and environmental monitoring & equipment validation 
• Train other CMBA technicians pharmacology contractors and interns 
• Perform facility weekly or more regularly walkthroughs 
• Review weekly logs sanitation records equipment certification supply/stock expiration etc. and promptly and clearly report any problems to supervisor 
• Learn and perform surgical procedures 
• Scheduling of staff (husbandry/technical) as needed 
• Provide project leadership to animal care technicians 
• Other duties as needed 

Qualifications :

• LAT certification with High School Diploma/GED and 9 years experience in laboratory animal field or LAT with AS and 7 years experience or LAT with BS and 5 years experience or LATG certification with High School Diploma/GED and 7 years experience or LATG with AS and 5 years experience or LATG with BS and 3 years experience. 
• Able to perform repetitive procedures.  
• Must be adaptable and flexible to meet demands of ever changing work environment.  
• Must be able to trouble shoot cage wash machinery. 
• Takes initiative on and communicates about problems in facility.  
• Understands and acts on detailed instructions. 
• Must have proficiency in computer skills (Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook). 
• Maintains concise accurate and comprehensive written records.  
• Good oral and written communication skills. 
• Must have good organizational skills and keen observation skills.  

Additional Information :

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: 

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation holidays sick) medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

• This job is eligible to participate in our shortterm incentive programs. 

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus commission incentive benefits or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Companys sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion consistent with applicable law. 

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