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 Veterinary Technician to join our Insourcing Solutions team, located in Boston, MA. As the Lead Rodent Vet Tech, you will write and participate in the implementation and training of SOPs as well as oversee adherence to these SOPs. Additional responsibilities include: + Onboarding and ongoing training of veterinary technicians in areas such as animal assessments/rounds, basic techniques, use of veterinary drugs, equipment monitoring/maintenance and other vet duties. + Provide technical skills training to the VTs and research community in support of approved protocols, such as animal handling/restraint, weaning, tail snips, ear tagging, blood/tissue sample collection, injections, treatments, surgical preparation, pre-, peri-, and post-op observations. + Coordinate veterinary technical staff to ensure there is adequate coverage for the animal health reports. + Conduct routine audits of animal holding rooms and procedure spaces to ensure the health and well-being of the animals; as well as ensuring the vet techs are completing rounds. + Perform daily clinical observations, health examinations of sick animals and provide treatments per SOP. + Ensure and maintain veterinary records, such as sentinel health reports, drug log audits, inventory supply as well as ordering supplies for the veterinary group. + Contribute to both the preventative animal health and animal surveillance program, such as specimen collection, processing samples, providing summaries and conducting communications with diagnostic labs. + Participate and present in management meetings, and other groups/meetings and interact with research staff to provide solve problems, and address requests and inquiries. **Job Qualifications** The following are minimum requirements related to the Lead Rodent Vet Tech position: + Bachelor's degree in animal science or equivalent + 2-4 years related rodent care and handling experience + Veterinary technical skills in a research setting + Direct experience working with mice and rats, including the ability to perform health assessments, common injection techniques, gavage, phlebotomy techniques, training aseptic techniques for rodent surgery + AALAS certification at the Laboratory Animal Technician level (LAT) or higher, CVT/LVT preferred An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted for the requirements listed above. The pay range for this position is $32 to $34 USD per hour. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location. **Vaccine Mandate** This position services client(s) that requires us to ensure our employees are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. We will require proof of vaccination from all employees servicing client(s) with COVID-19 Vaccination requirements. **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, 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. 224484