Laboratory Animal Care Technician - Inotiv : Job Details

The Laboratory Animal Technician will provide care for laboratory animals, their environment, and maintain records of their productivity and growth.

Key Accountabilities

• Care for animals including feeding, watering, cleaning, grooming, breeding, and weaning responsibilities alongside routine welfare and environmental checks.
• Cleaning, sanitizing, maintaining animal cages, pens, rooms, associated areas and equipment.
• Provide enrichment and socialize (certain species) animals.
• Provide injections, medication, health samples of animals under veterinary direction.
• Following strict biosecurity policy and disease prevention processes.
• Collecting and recording data accurately and in line with policies and processes and update inventory management databases.
• Performing physical examination and health checks including sexing and weighing animals.
• Report any welfare concerns promptly.
• Receiving animals, selecting, and packing products for delivery; Coordinate order details to include selection, packaging and confirming accuracy.
• Understanding and compliance of legislation and procedures including Animal Welfare Act guide, Quality, SOPs, EHS and ISO.
• Completion of mandatory training to ensure capability of all aspects of the role.
• Time mating animals (if applicable to species).
• Application of identification (ex. microchipping, tattoo, ear notch, leg rings).
• Perform artificial insemination, blood collection, and other health sampling as directed.
• Conduct hatch activities including extensive documentation (if applicable to species).
• Maintain records of animals' history, developing radiographs, administering medications to animals, monitoring an animal's weight and size and preparing tissue samples.
• Preparation and processing of samples, anticoagulants, and blood products.
• Biological tissue collection; tissue biopsy for genotyping (GEMs).
• Providing weekend/holiday cover as requested/directed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

• High School Diploma or Equivalent.
• Desire to work with, care and handle poultry on a daily basis.
• Attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; must be able to read and interpret materials
• Attention to details, experience with GDP desired
• Must be available to work weekends/ holidays on a rotating basis
• Willingness to work overtime when needed
• Cannot have contact with avian species outside of work
• Positive immunity to MMR and Varicella
• Able to work in a confined environment
• Able to follow sterile entry procedures and maintain neat, clean and safe conditions.
• Capable of wearing required PPE

Preferences

• Experience with handling animals, specifically of the avian species
• ALAT or relative certification

Critical Success Factors

• Customer Focus
• Results Driven
• Efficient
• Collaboration
• Organization and time Management