Senior Technician

About This Role

Provide state-of-the-art animal care for laboratory animals, primarily rodents, within Princeton University's Laboratory Animal Resource facilities. This role involves animal husbandry, maintaining cleanliness, and assisting with facility management.

Responsibilities

• Provide animal care for various laboratory species (rodents, aquatics, USDA-covered species), primarily rodents, according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Ensure cleanliness of the facility and adequate supplies of food, bedding materials, and PPE
• Rotate through all LAR facilities and work with co-workers according to a schedule
• Monitor, document, and report deviations from normal environmental parameters and facility maintenance issues
• Provide species-specific environmental enrichment for laboratory animals under Veterinary Services direction
• Monitor animal health and welfare daily, reporting sick and dead animals to researchers and Veterinary Services
• Receive and maintain adequate inventory levels of cleaning materials, PPE supplies, bedding, food, and dietary supplements
• Prepare for and receive new animal shipments, entering data into electronic management software
• Collect facility-wide animal census and accurately enter data into various systems
• Assist with transgenic rodent breeding colony management, including tissue sample collection, mating setup, weaning, and data tracking
• Cross-train and provide absentee support for other animal care technicians in other facilities
• Rotate for weeknight, weekend, and holiday coverage as needed

Requirements

• Willingness and ability to work safely with biological and chemical hazards
• Ability to lift a minimum of fifty (50) lbs
• Basic knowledge of biology and behavior of laboratory animal species, including non-human primates
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a laboratory animal resources team
• Ability to share husbandry knowledge with other animal care staff, students, and new researchers
• Proven ability to work independently and communicate well with different levels within the organization
• Proficient knowledge of federal, state, and local Animal Welfare legislation

Qualifications

• 1-3 years minimum of full-time work experience as an Animal Care Technician.

Nice to Have

• Ability to handle assignments and changing priorities
• Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills (person-to-person and email)
• Ability to use Microsoft Office Applications (including Outlook) and other software in animal research and compliance
• Ability to follow-up tasks from beginning to completion and meet deadlines
• Ability to preserve confidential information

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits

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