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 **Animal Care Technician I** to join our Insourcing Solutions team, located in Chicago, Illinois. As the Animal Care Technician, you will observe, monitor, and document the health and physical environment within the Charles River Accelerator & Development Labs (CRADL) animal facility. Additional responsibilities include: + Perform routine animal husbandry tasks to include the cleaning, feeding, and watering of laboratory animals. + Cleaning of cages, related ancillary equipment; and the maintenance of animal care environments within the CRADL animal facility. + Collaborate with the veterinary staff to ensure that the health and welfare of laboratory animals are maintained in compliance with local, state, federal and institutional guidelines, and regulations. + Perform humane euthanasia in accordance with the Guide for Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, and under the direction of the Attending Veterinarian, or designee. + Review, comprehend and comply with all SOPs, BOPs and quality assurance standards pertaining to laboratory animals for research. + Operate a washer for cleaning and sanitizing animal cage supplies through automatic processes. + Operate autoclave machines to sterilize caging equipment and instruments for the animals. + Maintain documentation for QA including but not limited to temperature strips, room environmental reports and logs, dish washer and/or autoclaving logs. + Handle, transfer, and deliver animals, supplies, and waste as needed to and from work areas. + Dispose of biological, hazardous, and animal facility waste following established procedures. + Collect census data from animal cages, including but not limited to upload of manual census data, or upload data from handheld scanners into approved software and verify data prior to posting and reconciliation. **Job Qualifications** The following are minimum requirements related to the Animal Care Tech I position. *High school diploma or GED is required *Bachelor's degree in animal or life sciences field preferred. *0-6 months directly related to laboratory animal experience in a laboratory animal facility *Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician (ALAT) certification from AALAS preferred. An equivalent combination of education, experience, and certifications may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above. The pay range for this position is $20-22 USD per hour. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including experience, skills, education, certifications, and location. **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 worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years. We're committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility. **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. It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. 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. 226286