**IMMEDIATE OPENING** Animal Care Tech opportunity

Interested in this role? Reach out directly to grawilliams @actalentservices .com (Call: 317 567 6610)  with an updated resume to apply

SUMMARY:

A large clinical research team is opening a brand new, exciting opportunity to start your career within research for an Animal Research Care Tech in Lafayette, IN. Being a vital member of the team, as it's supporting crucial projects for innovative and advanced solutions for current and future problems in animal and human health. You will provide professional husbandry and care to a variety of laboratory animals, including rodents, rabbits, sheep, poultry, and barn housing. You will perform husbandry and health checks for all species on campus, change cages, clean stalls, and prepare animal caging components. Additionally, you will use specialized equipment such as rack washers, autoclaves, steam guns, and skid steers. This role involves working with animals exposed to biological, chemical, and radiation hazards and may include occasional euthanasia of rodents. You will also perform breeding services as needed and begin learning advanced technical skills to support researchers and Gnotobiotics.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Working hands-on with Vets and other research staff to ensure animals are getting the top level of care possible. There is a manual aspect to this role and it also requires a high level of attention to detail in order to follow all research and trial policies.We have some teams that focus more with large animals and some teams that work more with smaller animals (mice, rabbits, rodents, etc).Other than the types of animals you would work with, the daily tasks are the same on each team.About 40% of the day will be providing animal care, another 40% will be maintaining their housing and living environments20% - 30% is training in more advanced technical skills to support researchers and Gnotobiotics, recording data, quality assurance, animal health and welfare monitoring, along with other administrative tasks.ResponsibilitiesPrimary Housing Maintenance Animal Health and Welfare MonitoringCage Wash/Preparations Breeding Services Record Keeping and Quality Assurance Other Duties as Required

QUALIFICATIONS:

1) High school diploma or equivalent required

2) 6 months or more performing animal care

3) Must be able to have indirect and direct physical contact with multiple species of animals

4) Must have interest and ability to perform physically demanding job duties

5) Experience from Farming, Barn hand, 4H, etc. experience

NICE TO HAVES - Not Required:

1) Animal certifications (LAT, ALAT, LATG, etc) or animal schooling (vet tech, AS or BS studies, etc) is a huge plus but not required.

2) Animal research experience is also a huge plus

Work is onsite within different facilities that house the Laboratory Animal Program, comprised of four departments. The role involves working directly with animals and interacting with various team members. Specific tasks are performed in dedicated rooms, and consultants will spend the majority of their time in animal rooms. The team currently cares for about 500 animals.

INTERESTED IN THIS ROLE? APPLY NOW FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERTATION:

I am scheduling interviews for this position this week and conducting phone interviews as early as today. All candidates will be considered immediately within 24 hours of applying directly to Grace Williams.HOW TO APPLY DIRECTLY: Email your updated resume, brief intro about your interest, preferred method of communication for you (i.e., call, email, text) to grawilliams@actalentservices. com or call me directly at (317-567 -6610)

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $20.00 - $20.00

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in West Lafayette,IN.

Application Deadline

This position will be accepting applications until Dec 23, 2024.

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Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

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