Job Description

Job Summary:
As an Animal Care/Support Associate for our Gnotobiotics production site in Wilmington, MA you will be responsible for the well-being of our research animals. Your contribution will ensure the health of our animals, as well as impact the lives of patients across the world. You will also assist in maintaining production and production support operations. This individual will perform production support tasks to maintain product, supplies and environmentally-controlled work area(s).

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILTIES:
• Perform routine animal husbandry duties and monitor daily health and welfare to maintain quality and health of animals.
• Handle, transfer, and distribute animals, supplies and waste as needed to and from work area(s).
• Monitor animal health by observing animal behavior, physical appearance, and physical environment. Identify and report any abnormal findings.
• Responsible for collecting health monitoring swabs and following health monitoring schedules.
• Perform physical environment housekeeping duties and production operations according to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and/or Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Maintain recordkeeping pertaining to animal or supply area inventories.
• Strictly follow all procedures necessary to maintain the isolators.
• Use supplies according to safety guidelines. Perform all job-related duties in accordance with company safety procedures.
• Colony Management
• Performs area support cleaning to maintain quality of production support materials.
• Transfers and distributes supplies and waste as needed to and from work area(s).
• Performs physical environment housekeeping duties according to Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) and/or Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS).
• May assist in maintaining recordkeeping pertaining to equipment operation and supply inventories.
• Operates equipment and use supplies according to safety guidelines.
• Performs all job-related duties in accordance with company safety procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
• No experience required. On the job training will be provided.

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:
• Valid Driver’s license
• Previous experience in a warehouse environment.
• Experience operating an electric pallet jack.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee frequently is required to walk and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally move 100+ pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

The max pay rate is $17.75/hour for this postion 

Job Tags

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