Aquatics Specialist

Duties

• Provide daily husbandry needs for fish colony. Tasks will include feeding fish, performing water quality tests, and conducting fish health checks.
• Support facility operations by washing fish tanks and components, cleaning and organizing facility and equipment, organizing, and washing glassware.
• Perform technical services including, but not limited to, invitro fertilizations, microinjections, and sperm cryopreservation.
• Ensure facility equipment is maintained, calibrated, and operating correctly. Assist with troubleshooting and triaging equipment problems when discovered.
• Foster a collaborative and educational environment for interns, students, and researchers.
• Some weekend and Holiday work is required.
• Miscellaneous jobs, as needed.

Requirements

• Education and Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in biology, aquatic sciences, or closely related field.
• Previous experience working with and caring for animals.
• Prior experience with aquaculture is preferred but not required.

• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
• Proven capability to multitask and a desire to learn more about the scientific community.
• Excellent troubleshooting and organizational abilities.
• Excellent time-management skills and ability to work independently.
• Detail orientation.
• Excellent oral communication and interpersonal skills.
• Collaborative spirit and a willingness to dive in where help is needed within the lab.
• Reliable and predictable attendance at work is required.

Working Conditions and Physical Effort

• Work is normally performed in an animal vivarium and/or laboratory setting.
• Responsibilities require staff to be on their feet the majority of the time and will periodically need to lift items up to 50 lbs.
• Work will be performed in and around wet conditions that require extra attention to surroundings.
• Duties may require working with or around malodorous smells, hazardous chemicals, and/or aquatic animal waste.