Animal Care Associate - Urgent Need

About the role

Contract position in Grayson, GA for an entry-level Animal Care Associate. 12-month duration, 40 hours/week, 1st shift with a 5:30 or 6AM start time. Works with rabbits and rats, performing tasks within cGMPs, OSHA, USDA, FDA, ISO, and corporate policies.

Responsibilities

• Perform feeding, carrying, and holding animals; cleaning and sanitizing of animal caging systems, water lines, and other animal handling components
• Perform maintenance, cleaning and wash down procedures for buildings, floors, drains, and air handling equipment
• Perform animal immunizations, bleeds, and bleed outs
• Perform incoming health and Quality Assurance checks for incoming animals
• Administer antibiotics, analgesics and anesthetics as required by protocol or by consulting Veterinarian
• Assist in performance of tasks necessary to complete daily production work in the animal facilities, including maintenance of housing, cage lining, daily feed/water supply, medications if needed, immunization and bleeding schedules, and documenting changes to published schedules
• Collection of injections, test bleed information and other related information and materials required for daily production activities
• Maintain pasture and fence surroundings
• Maintain receipt and disposition records for all DEA controlled substances
• Assist in maintaining Animal Resource records for care and use of all animals
• Assist in bringing new techniques and procedures to the department to reduce costs and improve quality of care
• Assist in daily production tasks including blood collection and immunization of rabbits, rats and other animals as required
• Perform various immunizations protocols for all animals including rabbits, goats, sheep, mice, rats and others as required (IP, IM, IV, SC, IA and IC)
• Perform blood collection procedures for rabbits, sheep and goats, and other animals as required, while maintaining death rates from this procedure below 10%
• Operate and maintain medicators, tractor and accessory equipment, pathological incinerator
• Perform all tasks necessary to maintain clean environmental animal cages, including daily cleaning of building floors, animal cages, feeders and other related equipment
• Assist and perform tasks necessary to maintain animal health, including feeding of all animals and applying general topical medication required to maintain animal health

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED
• Valid Georgia driver's license
• AALAS certification
• Two years' experience as an Animal Handler or three years' experience working with laboratory and farm animals in a production or research facility
• Must have mastered all tasks outlined above as Job Functions and Responsibilities
• Must have completed training of all Departmental DI's, SOP's and policies related to tasks mastered
• Must be able to read, write, analyze and evaluate charts, follow simple diagrams, and perform basic math

Skills

• Must be able to lift 50 lbs
• Must be able to endure prolonged standing and walking
• Must have good manual dexterity in hands
• Must be non-allergic to any animal species used in manufacturing or research applications