Job Details
Overview:
Medix is hiring with a high-growth manufacturing company serving the Biomedical Research community, and we are looking for Animal Care Technicians to join the team! In this role, you'll be responsible for the daily care of research animals, including feeding, watering, cage changing, maintaining a clean work environment, and monitoring the overall health of the animals. This role requires a passion for animal welfare, dedication to providing clean living spaces, and flexibility in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment. You will function as part of a team, and your contribution will be valued.
Schedule:
The schedule while training is Monday-Friday. After training, we offer Tuesday-Saturday or Sunday-Thursday shifts. This will require reliable transportation AND likely require going to multiple sites, sometimes even in a single day.
Locations:
San Diego metropolitan area.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Perform routine animal husbandry (cage change, food/water, health monitoring).
- Prepare and submit records, census sheets, room logs, cage cards, and inventories.
- Sanitize and decontaminate all areas of the facility.
- Follow room entry order and biosafety procedures.
- Dispose of waste following appropriate SOPs and waste streams.
- Receive, identify, and properly house incoming animal shipments according to SOPs.
- Maintain animal racks and support equipment.
- Assist with ordering, receipt, and stocking of all supply inventories.
- May perform basic animal health treatments with direction from the veterinary staff.
- Understand and follow SOPs, safety procedures, and quality assurance guidelines for animal care at all levels of biohazard containment (BSLI and BSLII).
- Perform daily animal health surveillance checks and report any abnormal conditions
- of either the animals or the animal room environment to client, veterinary staff, and direct supervisory staff.
- Maintain a daily animal cage census in assigned animal rooms.
- Humanely euthanize animals as requested or required
- Perform other duties under supervision, as assigned.
Why join this team?
- Rapidly growing company
- Flexibility on schedule (start and end times)
- Great culture/people
- Career growth to Research Associate and beyond