Aquatic Specialist 3 - Animal Health 1

For 70 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.

IMPORTANT: In order to be considered for this position, a resume/CV must be uploaded and submitted during the application process. Please make sure work history and education are added correctly.

We are seeking an Aquatic Specialist 3 for our Insourcing Solutions site in Bethesda, MD.

The responsibilities of the Aquatic Specialist 3 are:

• Provide husbandry support for aquatic species: Zebrafish, Xenopus laevis, and Xenopus tropicalis.
• Provide colony management support in multiple facilities. Maintains accurate detailed records utilizing written log sheets and computer databases regarding colony health, water quality parameters, animal breeding, and housing or support areas as required by Institute, facility, and/or Task officials and investigators.
• Perform health checks on animals and reports any abnormalities to the Facility Veterinarian.
• Culture live feeds
• Conduct all in-house water quality tests accurately
• Perform preventative maintenance for Zebrafish and Xenopus life support systems and maintains all aquatic support equipment
• Effectively troubleshoots aquatic animal housing systems
• Identify, document, and report actions and findings related to daily duties as requested.
• Recognize various parasites, abnormal clinical chemistry values, and abnormal behaviors of animals, correctly notifying the veterinarian immediately
• Apply aquatic terminology to maintain effective lines of communication with fellow employees and investigators regarding colony and support duties.
• Provide day to day direction to teammates providing support to assigned area to ensure that all work is performed according the task Statement of Work and is carried out in the most effective and efficient manner.
• Actively interact with customers as required to solve customer requests, inquiries, and complaints and to provide technical assistance when applicable to job description.
• Maintain effective lines of communication with investigator regarding colony and support duties when applicable.
• Perform technical procedures related to aquatic species (e.g. facilitate animal breeding and embryo collection, perform prescribed Veterinary treatments).
• Help screen for specific mutants (primarily husbandry and organizational tasks).

The qualifications for the Aquatic Specialist 3 are:

Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences plus 18 months experience working with Aquatic animals required. OR 2 years working in an aquatic research industry environment. LAT certification within 6 months of eligibility for both.

IMPORTANT: A resume is required to be considered for this position. If you have not uploaded your resume in your candidate profile, please return to upload field and attach your resume/CV.

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.